Highlighting recent advancements in ceramic AM that are coming out of academic labs and are influencing the future of the ...

South Korean engineers are stress testing a new kind of lunar robot that is designed to survive the Moon’s most hostile ...

For an object we carry, curse, and replace with alarming regularity, the umbrella has barely evolved. Too small, too flimsy, ...

Origami has become known as a miracle technique for designers. Elegant compliant mechanisms can leverage the material ...

Origami, the Japanese art of paper folding, is much more than a creative pastime. It has deep cultural roots and has been practiced for centuries in Japan. The art form is not just about creating ...

The next generation of soft robots might be folding and sliding as effortlessly as living tissue, say a team of engineers who have created “magnetic muscles” with 3D printing. Filling elastic, ...

A team at the University of Houston has developed a new class of ceramic structures that flex under pressure instead of fracturing, offering promising applications in fields where resilience and ...

Fragile no more: University of Houston researchers have engineered ceramic structures that flex without breaking — blending ancient origami with modern materials science. Their innovation could ...