Thick-panel origami structures showing deployment from folded to expanded states. Credit: Peng et al./Nature Communications.DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-59141-2.

In this new effort, the researchers have tested the idea of using origami DNA. DNA origami involves strands of DNA manipulated to create two or three-dimensional shapes, all at the nanoscale.

BYU’s Compliant Mechanisms Research lab, inspired by the ancient art of origami, is building a foldable, compact design that could help launch satellite systems to space in a rocket. After five years ...

Engineer reinvents ceramics with origami-inspired 3D printing. ScienceDaily . Retrieved July 23, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2025 / 04 / 250423130331.htm ...