For decades, the Cannes Film Festival red carpet has been fashion’s ultimate runway, a place where cinema and couture collide under the French Riviera sun. From Princess Diana’s ethereal blue chiffon ...

Emerald cut engagement rings are usually considered one of the most elegant of diamond shapes. After all, it is the stone on Grace Kelly’s engagement ring given to her by Prince Rainier of Monaco.

The amplituhedron, a shape at the heart of particle physics, appears to be deeply connected to the mathematics of paper folding. The amplituhedron is a geometric shape with an almost mystical quality: ...

A new family of origami shapes that unfold like flower petals could be used to design more effective structures in space, like telescopes or solar panels. Origami structures, based on the Japanese ...

Bloom patterns could be useful, as engineers build folding structures to send to outer space. They’re also very pretty. Researchers have now found a new class of origami that they call bloom patterns, ...

BYU Engineering is well known for origami-inspired research and innovations, including foldable antenna systems used in space. Recently, an undergraduate student made a significant discovery—a new ...

Emerald Cave, a small grotto on the Colorado River, is accessible by kayak, canoe or paddleboard. The cave's green shimmer is caused by sunlight reflecting off the canyon walls and underwater algae.

A study published in Nature Communications presents a way to create deployable structures that transform from compact folded states into expansive configurations with perfectly smooth surfaces.

It was an ordinary day at his Los Angeles law office when John Nadolenco opened a letter from Brazil enlisting his help in a mission to retrieve a stolen, and quite possibly cursed, 836-pound emerald.

After 24 years of legal battles spanning continents, the 'cursed' Bahia Emerald - a 397 kg pound gemstone reputed to be the world's largest - is finally set to return to Brazil. US District Judge ...

An 836-pound “cursed” emerald worth nearly $1 billion will be returned to Brazil after 15 years under lock and key in Los Angeles. The 180,000-carat Bahia Emerald was smuggled out of the South ...