How many people, aside from future math majors, can honestly say they enjoyed geometry class? And yet geometry is one of the integral aspects of basic math, without which none of us would have been ...

Concrete is the backbone of modern construction, but its heavy environmental footprint has long been a challenge for environmentalists. Cement production alone accounts for nearly eight percent of ...

Origami is capable of turning a simple sheet of paper into a pretty paper crane, but the principles behind it can be applied to making a microfluidic device or for storing a satellite's solar panel in ...

The new exhibit 'Folding Paper: The Infinite Possibilities of Origami' at the MOA explains the evolution of origami as well as modern-day applications to the fields of mathematics, science and ...

Schools in central Iowa use origami to meet geometry standards for Iowa mathematics. It’s a fun and creative way to use mathematics with hands-on opportunities. One Johnston Middle School teacher took ...

Origami is the ancient Japanese art of paper folding. One uncut square of paper can, in the hands of an origami artist, be folded into a bird, a frog, a sailboat, or a Japanese samurai helmet beetle.