If you have ever bought someone a bunch of flowers, you will have almost certainly seen the florist wrap the flowers into a bouquet — and then they'll grab some scissors and with some ...

Any gift wrapping enthusiast knows that grabbing a pair of scissors to curl a few colorful strands of ribbon is a quick and easy way to put the final touch on a hand-wrapped present. But now, the BBC ...

Most of us know how to get a ribbon to curl, by swiftly pulling a scissor blade across the surface. You’ve probably heard that the faster you do this, the tighter the curl. Physics begs to differ. A ...

Different ribbons will have a different optimum tension for curling Scientists have explained precisely how and why a ribbon curls when we run a scissor blade down one side of it. They teased out the ...

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Scientists have explained precisely how and why a ribbon curls when we run a scissor blade down one side of it. They teased out the effects of the blade's sharpness, the tension applied to the ribbon ...