It may have its roots in science fiction, but a small number of researchers are making real progress trying to create ...

A team of researchers in France and Canada might have just improved upon humble parachutes by making lots of holes in them.

Now, researchers from Polytechnique Montréal in Canada and École Polytechnique in France have come up with a clever twist: ...

Engineers in Montréal design a kirigami-cut parachute that stabilizes instantly, promising low-cost aid drops and future Mars ...

A team of engineers from Polytechnique Montréal report a new and unique parachute concept inspired by the Japanese art of ...

When a conventional parachute is deployed, it cannot simply fall vertically towards its target. To protect itself from ...

Nothing useless can be truly beautiful, 19th-century textile designer William Morris once said. Now, a team of engineers at ...

Ancient Egyptian guards might have used a small, unassuming perforated cow toe-bone (phalanx) to maintain order among royal ...

MENSAHWall Street teaches survival, but in Mr. Mensah’s world, it also whispers lessons about love. One quiet Sunday afternoon, his son Kofi joined him in the family garden, not to ask about stock ...

Minnesota engineers developed fluid-filled 3D-printed tissues that mimic the feel of surgery, earning praise from surgeons.

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