Everyone is pretty familiar with origami, the Japanese art of folding squares of paper into often cute and adorable shapes. But throw in some scissors with that folding and what you get is essentially ...

The kirigami-inspired stent has two key elements: a soft, stretchy tube made of silicone-based rubber and a plastic coating etched with needles that pop up when the tube is stretched. (Courtesy: MIT) ...

Diseases that affect tubular structures in the body, such as the gastrointestinal (GI) system, vasculature and airway, present a unique challenge for delivering local treatments. Vertically oriented ...

Wireless, wearable, and flexible: the electrocardiogram monitor and a mobile phone running the app that receives heartbeat data. (Courtesy: Kuniharu Takei) The Japanese art form of kirigami has ...

The future of wireless technology -- from charging devices to boosting communication signals -- relies on the antennas that transmit electromagnetic waves becoming increasingly versatile, durable and ...

A research team in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Information Engineering and the Electronics-Inspired Interdisciplinary Research Institute (EIIRIS) at Toyohashi University of Technology ...