As a girl in Shanghai, China, Nancy Bjorge kept her fingers busy folding tiny paper boats. The shapes signified ingots, she says, and her grandmother pressed her to produce them by the hundreds.

We independently review everything we recommend. We may get paid to link out to retailer sites, and when you buy through our links, we may earn a commission. Learn more› By Kase Wickman All you need ...

Figure 1: Examples of objects built with scaffolded DNA origami. Here we provide a practical guide to building objects using scaffold DNA origami. We discuss DNA origami design rules, introduce a ...

Explore the magic of origami, from its rich history to basic folds, and start your paper folding journey with this engaging guide. Have you ever wondered how a simple piece of paper can be transformed ...

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your account’s ‘Saved for Later’ section. Now that we’re all spending a lot more time at home, it’s a good time to pick up a new craft, whether ...

The folding of origami structures involves bending deformations that are not explicit in the crease pattern. Silverberg and co-authors found that to properly model the folding of the square-twist ...