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

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

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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.

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

Parachutes rarely get the credit they deserve. They transform deadly freefall into a gentle descent, saving lives in war ...

In this week’s Science for All newsletter, Vasudevan Mukunth explains how scientists found inspiration in kirigami, the Japanese art of cutting paper to create complex forms, to be used in parachutes.

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

The movers stormed the house like a SWAT team, dismantling large pieces of furniture as if they were Legos. They loaded all ...

Battlefield 6’s launch patch reworks movement, weapon recoil, and vehicles, slowing gameplay and fixing major beta issues ...