Image showing how the team applied their method to map the internal trajectories of the rotating units in kirigami specimens. Credit: Qiao et al. Image showing how the team applied their method to map ...

Finding new angles on an old artform, McGill researchers have increased the number of stable shapes that kirigami-based engineered materials can take, opening the way to a range of new applications.

A new image sensor designed using the principles of kirigami patterns could lead to better images from cameras and endoscopes. Developed at the University of Houston and described in Nature ...

Researchers find a new set of geometric motifs that can create self-locking, lightweight, durable structures out of soft materials. The kirigami-inspired designs can support 14,000 times their weight ...

Researchers at the École Polytechnique de Montréal have developed a new type of parachute based on the Japanese art of cutting and paper folding kirigami – a variation of origami. The parachute is ...

Kirigami is a Japanese art similar to origami, except it makes use of intricate cuts to the paper, rather than relying on folding alone, to create striking 3D art. Researchers led from the ...