Tensegrity structures are an impressive demonstration of how to achieve mechanical stability through tensile forces. Since the topic is currently trending it was probably only a matter of time before ...

Much like sphere packing, crystalline materials can be similarly described via periodic packing of cylinders in 3D space. In this instance, the cylinders represented rods of strongly bonded atoms or ...

The high-altitude assembly and tensioning construction of large-span beam string structures (BSS) offers numerous advantages, including structural simplicity, clear force transmission, minimal ...

Scientists at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) have devised two mathematical tools considered to be major contributions to the optimal design of a new generation of deformable bridges, ...

Researchers have developed a way to use 3D printers to create objects that expand when heated. They have potential uses in space exploration or medical devices. The new objects use tensegrity, a ...

Alice Agogino is a mechanical engineering professor at the University of California at Berkeley, and she and her lab are among a group of engineers that are designing what might be the next generation ...

These LEGO “tensegrity” structures utilize the forces of tension and compression in a way that doesn’t seem like it should be physically possible. Prepare for brain-exploding dark magic of the highest ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Princeton researchers combined two disciplines to help designers create unique shapes. (CREDIT: Aaron Nathans) A termite mound ...

Have you ever seen a skeleton held together with wire in a classroom or at a museum? What would happen if you removed the wire? All of the bones would fall into a heap on the floor! In reality, there ...