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Origami — the art of making various shapes from a single piece of paper — has been realized at the nanoscale using DNA. Sheets of ‘DNA wireframe paper’ have been developed that, through folding along ...
A group of bioengineers at Arizona State University have come up with an ingenious approach to create DNA origami nanostructures using a LEGO robot as a gradient mixer. JONATHAN NACKSTRAND/AFP via ...
Mention origami and images of cute paper cranes spring to mind. But scientists are using the ancient Japanese papercraft to revolutionise structural engineering. Researchers have developed a new ...
With a few folds, brightly-colored squares of paper transform into animals, birds, flowers, and trees. More talented origami enthusiasts also use their skills to create original works based on popular ...