Engineers from Polytechnique Montréal have unveiled a new parachute concept based on kirigami, the Japanese art of folding and cutting. The design is simple, robust, and low-cost, with potential to ...

This skydiver's main parachute malfunctioned and got tangled up in her reserve shoot. She used her quick thinking to detangle the parachute and succeeded, saving herself from impending disaster. China ...

A humble concept from ancient Japanese design might remake the way supplies are dropped from the air. Polytechnique Montréal engineers designed parachutes based on kirigami—cutting paper into ...

The experienced skydiver was using different equipment to her usual set up A SKYDIVER plunged to her death after her faulty parachute failed to open during a jump. Rosana Mabel Back, 52, was jumping ...

A skydiving instructor and student went into an uncontrollable spin when their parachute malfunctioned and they plummeted into the desert near Jean at upwards of 45 mph, according to a police report ...

NASHVILLE, Tennessee — A skydiving instructor died after he apparently fell from a plane without a parachute, authorities say. Justin Robert Fuller, 35, of Murfreesboro, Tenn., and his 46-year-old ...

Authorities said they rescued a parachuter who was stuck in a tree and they are in stable condition. One person was rescued and another is dead after a parachute jumping accident Saturday afternoon ...

Kirigami is a technique that modifies the mechanical properties of a sheet of material by making precise folds and cuts to it. Children use it to make snowflakes out of paper, and engineers have used ...

2:23 Montreal engineering students show off their innovations at science camp The innovative project, which earned the researchers an article in the science journal “Nature,” published this week, ...

A SKYDIVING instructor has tragically plunged to his death after a horror accident during a jump. Justin Fuller, 35, separated from his student and fell without a parachute during a tandem dive in ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV/Gray News) - A skydiving instructor was killed after falling from a plane without a parachute in Nashville. Metro Nashville Police say 35-year-old Justin Robert Fuller and a ...