In this week’s Science for All newsletter, Vasudevan Mukunth explains how scientists found inspiration in kirigami, the Japanese art of cutting paper to create complex forms, to be used in parachutes.
A tragic skydiving instructor plunged to his death without a parachute after his harness got caught on the side of the plane. Justin Fuller was taking a student on their first ever jump when the ...
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 ...
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 ...
Fire crews worked to rescue a skydiver stuck in a tree in Nashville. Photo from the Nashville Fire Department. One person is dead and another was rescued during a tragic skydiving incident in ...
But instead of altering a parachute canopy, the researchers started with a simple disc of Mylar and experimented with cut patterns. Their central challenge was to overcome the inherent instability of ...
MONTREAL — Researchers at Polytechnique Montreal have created a concept for a parachute inspired by the Japanese art of kirigami, one that engineers hope could be used in everything from humanitarian ...
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 ...
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. ‘All ...
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 ...
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