Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto.

The world's smallest origami bird — which is just 60 microns wide, or 20 times smaller than a single grain of sand — has been created by researchers from the US. Made from sheets only some 30 atoms ...

(Nanowerk News) If you want to build a fully functional nanosized robot, you need to incorporate a host of capabilities, from complicated electronic circuits and photovoltaics to sensors and antennas.

But one of the key hurdles when bringing origami or kirigami to engineering is that these techniques often make things rather ...

From foxes and birds to humpback whales and tigers, these are the incredible model animals created entirely by origami. Argentine artists Juan Elizade, 31 and 27-year-old Carolina Silvero from Buenos ...

Spring has arrived here in Bristol and the birds are going bonkers in our garden, especially the amorous wood pigeons. So this edition of the Red Folder is dedicated to our feathered friends. Cornell ...