They share a love for paper and an even greater love for what their dexterous fingers can make that paper become: an elegant pink rhododendron, a sleek golden dragon, a wide gray elephant's behind.

The action that's been reserved for thin, flexible materials is about to get a boost. Researchers studying the ancient art of origami have figured out some new ways to make rigid, thick structures ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

Anyone trying to refold an opened road map is wrestling with the same sort of challenges confronted by origami designers and sheet metal benders. The problem of returning a creased sheet to its neatly ...

Paper folders are as critically all-embracing as their approaches to the art. For Ankon Mitra, architect, origami artist and designer, crimps, pleats and petal folds are just some of the ways to ...

Researchers at Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.) have developed self-folding smart sheets of fiberglass inspired by the ancient art of origami. The team ...

A Caltech scientist has taken the art of origami to a new level -- using DNA instead of paper. Computer scientist Paul Rothemund said Wednesday that he had woven DNA strands into two-dimensional ...