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

Now, researchers from Polytechnique Montréal in Canada and École Polytechnique in France have come up with a clever twist: ...

A team of engineers from Polytechnique Montréal report a new and unique parachute concept inspired by the Japanese art of ...

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

A team of engineers from Polytechnique Montréal reported today in Nature a new and unique parachute concept inspired by the ...

A team of researchers in France and Canada might have just improved upon humble parachutes by making lots of holes in them.

Engineers in Montréal design a kirigami-cut parachute that stabilizes instantly, promising low-cost aid drops and future Mars ...

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

Democratic Senate Leader Chuck Schumer faces mounting pressure as government shutdown continues, with some observers ...

The amplituhedron, a shape at the heart of particle physics, appears to be deeply connected to the mathematics of paper folding.

After helping negotiate peace in Northern Ireland, the former prime minister’s reputation was tarnished by his role in the ...

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