A lattice structure, originally printed flat, has morphed into the outline of a human face. CREDIT: Lori K. Sanders Researchers have succeeded in 4D-printing material lattices that can shape-morph ...

DNA origami, a fascinating technology that uses algorithms to design self-assembling 2- and 3D nanostructures using DNA helices, has added a new member to its growing catalog: multilayered ...

The Monroe roll-forming method produces parts with curved sides, conical shapes, and profiles with varying cross-sections. A new method of roll forming steel sections promises substantial cost ...

In the early days of composites manufacturing, the materials for building fiber-reinforced plastic/composite parts were laid into molds by hand. Hand layup is still common in the industry, but ...

Curved shapes have always sparked architects' fascination for evoking nature's beauty, fluidity, dynamism, and complexity. To replicate these shapes, however, is no easy task. From their two- or three ...

A future version of the iPhone could have a display that wraps around the body of the device, or the iPhone body could be rounder in shape, with Apple examining new ways to create a display that can ...

We now know the rules for wrinkling, at least in certain circumstances. Using experiments, simulations and mathematical proofs, researchers have worked out how very thin curved shapes wrinkle when ...