Researchers have created a polymer "Chinese lantern" that can snap into more than a dozen curved, three-dimensional shapes by compressing or twisting the original structure. This rapid shape-shifting ...

A team of engineers at North Carolina State University has designed a polymer “Chinese lantern” that can rapidly snap into multiple stable 3D shapes—including a lantern, a spinning top, and more—by ...

Researchers have developed a magnetically controlled polymer ‘Chinese lantern’ that can transform into over a dozen curved 3D shapes when compressed or twisted, an advance with potential applications ...