At heart, mathematics is about understanding ... It turns out that the crease patterns of flat origami models have some very special properties. One of them is called Maekawa's Theorem: at every ...

Scientists have created paper-like biomaterials from organs such as the ovaries, uterus, heart, liver and muscle that are thin and flexible enough to fold into origami birds and other structures.

Origami principles are now used in a wide variety of applications–from the design of satellites, to heart stents ... can help make a 3-D object out of flat (sometimes basically 2-D) materials.

Since origami is a compliant mechanism, surgical tools based on the patterns tend to enter the body more naturally. “Most of your internal organs are compliant mechanisms: your heart is a pump ...

At heart, mathematics is about understanding ... It turns out that the crease patterns of flat origami models have some very special properties. One of them is called Maekawa’s Theorem: at ...