UMN researchers take origami from crafty to scientific

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UMN researchers take origami from crafty to scientific

Origami is a traditional Japanese art form where people create intricate designs by folding paper, but the technique can also keep people alive.  Science and engineering professor Richard James and Huan Liu,  one of his doctoral students who is now a postdoctoral fellow at the California Institute of Technology, used origami to develop a brain stent prototype. Brain stents are devices implanted in the brains of people with high-risk conditions o…