A plastic bladder folded into an origami shape can stand up to cryogenic temperatures. (WSU Photo) Build a better fuel tank, and the space industry will beat a path to your door. At least that’s what ...

Whether applied to auto collisions or rocket landings, absorbing energy from impacts is a valuable trait, and industries have been working on various solutions for years. For spacecraft, landing ...

PULLMAN, Wash. -- The ancient Japanese art form of origami could hold a key to solving a challenge for space travel, researchers with Washington State University have found. The researchers have ...

Future spacecraft and rockets may have softer landings thanks to technology inspired by origami, the Japanese art of folding. A research team created a paper model of a metamaterial — a highly ...

A cacophony of barking alerts me to the cardboard box delivered to my front door. Packed inside is a single sheet of white corrugated plastic folded into what looks like a large suitcase. My canine ...