If you have a fear of heights and find yourself falling out of an airplane, you probably don’t want to look up to find your parachute full of holes. However, if the designer took inspiration from ...

A humble concept from ancient Japanese design might remake the way supplies are dropped from the air. Polytechnique Montréal ...

Researchers are using Kirigami technology to give a parachute different properties. The initial approaches are very promising ...

Montreal researchers design a low-cost kirigami parachute that is cheap, stable, and scalable, for use in drones, airdrops, ...

Around 210 junior soldiers at the Army Foundation College near Harrogate have been hit by the error Junior soldiers at the Army Foundation College in Harrogate ahead ...

This green mesh parachute is unlike any that Westerners are used to: It is thin, flexible and can be folded back into a disk for reuse. Montreal researchers are testing its uses with small objects.

Parachutes inspired by Japanese paper cutting unfurl automatically and fall more predictably than standard parachutes.

I tried a simple trick to fold a paper plane that really soars through the air. It’s surprisingly easy and way more fun than a regular fold! Trump Invokes ‘Golden Share’ to Block U.S. Steel Plans for ...

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Beginning with a child’s love of paper dolls, Joan Son’s creativity has unfolded — and folded — its way to high art. Son’s exhibition “Part Geometry-Part Zen: Paperworks and Contemporary Origami” is ...