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Elizabeth Thomson
Feb 6, 20193 min read
Origami, 3D Printing Merge to Make Complex Structures in One Shot
Click here to download the PDF of this article By merging the ancient art of origami with 21st century technology, researchers have...
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David Bonner, Chief Executive
Jun 9, 20171 min read
Let's Create Jobs & a Clean Environment!
Goodness sake, people, let's try to be clear-headed & rational about this. Let's think! There are 94 MILLION Americans who are not...
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Raffaella Grassi
Apr 4, 20173 min read
NASA’s New Shape-Shifting Radiator Inspired by Origami
Japan’s ancient art of paper folding has inspired the design of a potentially trailblazing “smart” radiator that a NASA technologist is...
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Raffaella Grassi
Feb 7, 20173 min read
Quasi-phase transition spotted in water-filled carbon nanotube
The optical properties of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) change when the tiny structures are filled with water. That is the...
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Raffaella Grassi
Jan 16, 20173 min read
Into the Fold: How Origami is Helping to Solve Manufacturing Challenges
To the vast majority of people, origami is a hobby – a way of folding paper to create objects that have little value beyond their...
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Raffaella Grassi
Sep 19, 20162 min read
Liquid Light: Scientists Unite Light and Electricity to Make Electronics Smaller and Faster
Researchers have found a way to bridge the gap between light and electricity—the two main components of current data transmission. Using...
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Raffaella Grassi
Jul 18, 20162 min read
Can Carbon Fiber Replace Steel in the Automotive Industry?
Carbon-Fiber Composites may have just gotten the push they need to truly surpass steel as the material of choice for automotive...
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Raffaella Grassi
Jun 20, 20162 min read
Origami-inspired metamaterial changes shape and stiffness on command
“A house that could fit in a backpack or a wall that could become a window with the flick of a switch” are just two fantastical objects...
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Raffaella Grassi
Jun 14, 20165 min read
How Nanotechnology can help us grow more food using less energy and water
With the world’s population expected to exceed nine billion by 2050, scientists are working to develop new ways to meet rising global...
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Raffaella Grassi
May 19, 201613 min read
Is Origami the Future of Tech?
Nature uses folding to manufacture some of its most intricate creations, from flowers and wings to protein and DNA. What if humans could...
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Raffaella Grassi
Mar 15, 20163 min read
You can now 3D print the world's lightest material - graphene aerogel
YES PLEASE. It's 7.5 times lighter than air, and a cubic metre of the stuff weighs just 160 grams. It's 12 percent lighter than the...
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