Inspired by natural 'snapping' systems like Venus flytrap leaves and hummingbird beaks, a team of scientists has developed a way to use curved creases to give thin curved shells a fast, programmable ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Evolution of protein structure from random coil to native is first represented topologically by its time-dependent sequences of discretized ...

Geometric Shapes Fold Themselves into Microscopic Building Blocks A tiny, self-folding dodecahedron may do more than impress an origami master. Inspired by self-assembling viruses and proteins, such ...