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 ...

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 ...

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

Using supersonic shockwaves for combustion, the groundbreaking design could allow aircraft to travel up to six times the ...

“ Du Iz Tak? IS the greatest picture book of the last 25 years, and I will die on that hill!!!” —Cece Bell, author and illustrator (El Deafo, Animal Albums From A to Z) If you liked this: Twenty ...

The last Ballarat International Foto Biennale (2023) included for the first time, and possibly the first time in the world, a ...

We tested dozens of women's bathrobes — these 13 stood out for spa-like comfort, hotel-quality fabrics, and stylish silhouettes.