University physicists Thomas Witten and Sidney Nagel have been investigating where energy is stored in thin sheets of Mylar when work is performed on them by crumpling. They find the ability of a ...

While working on his doctoral thesis at Harvard University over the last few years, Omer Gottesman spent a lot of time at his desk crumpling sheets of paper, especially when he was stuck. He would ...

Crumpling mechanics investigates the response of thin sheets when subjected to compressive forces, leading to the formation of intricate networks of folds and creases. This field bridges fundamental ...

Parchment paper: It just makes everything a little easier. One of the workhorses of the modern kitchen, the development of modern, nonstick parchment paper began in the mid-1800s, and the advancement ...

Parchment paper can make baking dozens of sugar cookies a breeze—if you can get the paper to lie flat on the cookie sheet, that is. It's so frustrating, you may be tempted to ball the whole thing up ...