A humble concept from ancient Japanese design might remake the way supplies are dropped from the air. Polytechnique Montréal ...

Nothing useless can be truly beautiful, 19th-century textile designer William Morris once said. Now, a team of engineers at ...

Parachutes rarely get the credit they deserve. They transform deadly freefall into a gentle descent, saving lives in war ...

When a conventional parachute is deployed, it cannot simply fall vertically towards its target. To protect itself from turbulence, which can cause its canopy to collapse, it glides at an angle that ...

A team of researchers in France and Canada might have just improved upon humble parachutes by making lots of holes in them.