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14-Year-Old Wins Prize For Origami That Can Hold 10,000 Times Its Own Weight

While most 14-year-olds are folding paper airplanes, Miles Wu is folding origami patterns that he believes could one day ...

A 14-year-old won $25,000 for origami. He discovered a pattern that can hold 10,000 times its own weight, he says.

Miles Wu, 14, said an origami fold could hold over 10,000 times its own weight, the equivalent of a NYC taxi cab holding over ...

14-year-old wins $25,000 STEM prize for origami structure that holds 10,000× its weight

A 14-year-old innovator designed a Miura-ori origami structure strong enough to support 10,000× its weight, earning him the ...
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14-year-old New Yorker engineers origami structure that defies physics

A massive prize for the science project of Miles Wu from New York, as this young teenager folded papers in the hope of aiding ...
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U Colorado Boulder Hosts Photo Origami STEM Workshops for K-12 Students

The University of Colorado Boulder is launching STEM workshops focused on its photo origami research for students in grades 6-12. Though the photo origami "research is performed at a nanoscale in a ...
MarketWatch

14-year-old Combines Origami and Physics to Engineer Foldable Structures for Disaster Relief Shelters; Wins $25,000 Top Award at Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators ...

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Thermo Fisher Scientific and Society for Science today announced the winners of the Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge (Thermo Fisher ...
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14-year-old Combines Origami and Physics to Engineer Foldable Structures for Disaster Relief ...

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Thermo Fisher Scientific and Society for Science today announced the winners of the Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge (Thermo Fisher ...
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Origami and Space

Have you ever wondered how they get large satellites into small rockets to launch into space? Welcome to the world of Origami. Follow along as Bryan Kitahara, the founder of Down to Fold, as he guides ...