Save this picture! Courtesy of Tonkin Liu The Shell Lace Structure technique represents an adaptive approach to architecture that allows for enhanced means of expression as well as additional ...

A professor of mechanical and materials engineering has found a way to analyze the fibrous nanostructure of a beetle's lightweight but durable shell. Beetles wear a body armor that should weigh ...

The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) has awarded two British Columbia projects with the 2015 Innovation in Architecture ... Fold's self-supporting thin shell structure is lightweight ...

Better understanding the structure ... for example, reduce gas-guzzling drag in vehicles and airplanes and reduce the weight of armor, lightening the load for the 21st-century knight. But revealing ...