Dr. Eleni Katifori, previously from Harvard and Rockefeller University, studied the folding of flower pollen. As pollen dries out, it folds like origami. Originally the goal of the research was to discover the principles by which the folding occurs in nature. However, the research could be used by engineers who design structures.
New York Times -
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/27/science/27obpollen.html?ref=science
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