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

How to make simple mouse or rat trap from paper! For this project you need: 8 x A4, 2 yellow and 2 red sheets of paper, glue ...

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

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

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 ...

You’re both rattled. You feel out of sorts. Here’s how to get back on track. By Jancee Dunn Two weekends ago, my husband and I got into an argument in our kitchen ...

You can make paper in Minecraft and use it to craft books, maps, and even fireworks when combined with other material.

As a scientist and a woman born, educated and based in Latin America, I propose some steps that editors and publishers — the ...

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

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

Polytechnique Montréal’s kirigami parachute offers low-cost, stable delivery for aid, drones, and Mars missions.