A new study examines structural buckling as a control method for solar sails, detailing kirigami cuts, simulations, and experiments to adjust spacecraft orientation efficiently.

Bio-polymers play an important role in many critical processes in organisms ranging from providing structural rigidity to motility. In this experiment we examine the buckling properties of rigid ...

Mechanical buckling can pattern the light-diffracting cuticle of Hibiscus trionum graphical abstract (IMAGE) University of Cambridge Caption Using buckling theory the researchers postulated a model ...