Bloom patterns could be useful, as engineers build folding structures to send to outer space. They’re also very pretty. Researchers have now found a new class of origami that they call bloom patterns, ...

BYU Engineering is well known for origami-inspired research and innovations, including foldable antenna systems used in space. Recently, an undergraduate student made a significant discovery—a new ...

The ancient Japanese art of paper folding, origami, is finding applications in the design of future space technologies.

Researchers have folded their way into a groundbreaking new family of origami patterns. Dubbed bloom patterns, because they resemble flowers as they unfold, the new class of origami shapes holds great ...

A new family of origami shapes that unfold like flower petals could be used to design more effective structures in space, like telescopes or solar panels. Origami structures, based on the Japanese ...

Wang has been folding origami since he was about 8 or 9, he tells the New York Times ’ Kenneth Chang. During his early origami adventures, he folded some bloom patterns. “It wasn’t until several years ...

Now an assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering at Rice University, Novelino has built her research on a ...

Bloom-patterned origami created by Brigham Young University student Kelvin Wang are pictured. One could ascertain that most origami patterns have been discovered because it has been an art form for ...

When Larissa Novelino started her career as an engineer, she never expected that paper folding would become the center of her ...

Researchers used their new technique to fold a glass bar (a), create an optical resonator (b) to achieve helical bending (c) and to create a table with a parabolic reflector (middle, lower row).

BYU student discovers previously unknown "blooming flower" origami folding pattern. The new technique has an infinite number of variations that can expand into 3-D forms. The designs have potential ...

Abstract: This paper presents the design and implementation of an origami-inspired, foldable, and packable wideband MIMO antenna, featuring a 3D-printed dielectric resonator. The proposed antenna ...