Inspired by natural 'snapping' systems like Venus flytrap leaves and hummingbird beaks, a team of scientists has developed a way to use curved creases to give thin curved shells a fast, programmable ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Quantitative descriptions of the location, orientation, and style of folds are based on scalar attributes rather than on the usual vectoral ...

Geometric Shapes Fold Themselves into Microscopic Building Blocks A tiny, self-folding dodecahedron may do more than impress an origami master. Inspired by self-assembling viruses and proteins, such ...