Researchers develop revolutionary reversible 4D printing
Researchers revolutionise 4D printing by making a 3D fabricated material change its shape and back again repeatedly without electrical components.
Jan 29th, 2020
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Printing objects that can incorporate living organisms (w/video)
A 3D printing system that controls the behavior of live bacteria could someday enable medical devices with therapeutic agents built in.
Jan 23rd, 2020
Read moreA technology for embedding data in 3D-printed objects
Researchers have developed a new method to embed information in a 3D printed object and retrieve it using a consumer document scanner.
Jan 20th, 2020
Read morePrint me an organ - Why are we not there yet?
An in-depth review on the impending reality of 3D printed organs and analyses recent accomplishments, limitations and opportunities for future research.
Dec 11th, 2019
Read more'Buildings' in human bone may hold key to stronger 3D-printed lightweight structures
The discovery of how a 'beam' in human bone material handles a lifetime's worth of wear and tear could translate to the development of 3D-printed lightweight materials that last long enough for more practical use in buildings, aircraft and other structures.
Dec 6th, 2019
Read moreCan 3D-printed musical instruments produce better sound than traditional instruments?
Researchers created a functioning 3D-printed ukulele and used acoustics to compare its sound quality to a standard wooden instrument.
Dec 6th, 2019
Read moreNovel bioprinter shows potential to speed tissue engineering (w/video)
Engineered tissue from a bioprinter has promise for organ regeneration or replacement.
Dec 6th, 2019
Read moreTaking 3D printing of electronic parts to the next level
Researchers have demonstrated a novel and groundbreaking way to additively print gallium nitride (GaN) - a material that can be used to produce semiconductor power devices as well as radio-frequency components and light-emitting diodes - using a combination of liquid and gas.
Dec 2nd, 2019
Read moreGlass from a 3D printer (w/video)
Researchers used a 3D printing process to produce complex and highly porous glass objects. The basis for this is a special resin that can be cured with UV light.
Nov 27th, 2019
Read more3D printing improves tiny electrodes for medical sensors
A new 3D-printing method allows manufacturers to better customize carbon microelectrodes used as biomedical implants. These implants are used to record signals from the brain or nervous system.
Nov 26th, 2019
Read more3D printed optics
Researchers have produced so-called diffraction gratings using 3D printing. Their measurements have shown that the gratings enable systematic manipulation of high-frequency radiation.
Nov 20th, 2019
Read moreBuilding the scientific foundation for a universal 3D printer
Mechanical engineering professors awarded funds from the National Science Foundation to contribute new knowledge to the processing of polymer matrix composites.
Nov 12th, 2019
Read more3-D-printed plastics with high performance electrical circuits
Engineers have embedded high performance electrical circuits inside 3D-printed plastics, which could lead to smaller and versatile drones and better-performing small satellites, biomedical implants and smart structures.
Nov 5th, 2019
Read moreLiving skin can now be 3D-printed with blood vessels included
Researchers have developed a way to 3D print living skin, complete with blood vessels. The advancement is a significant step toward creating grafts that are more like the skin our bodies produce naturally.
Nov 1st, 2019
Read more3D printing chocolate without temperature control
A new approach to the 3D printing of chocolate using cold extrusion instead of the conventional hot-melt extrusion method, eliminates the need for stringent temperature controls, offering wider potential for the 3D printing of temperature-sensitive food.
Oct 31st, 2019
Read more3D-printing, bioinks create implantable blood vessels
A modified triple-coaxial 3D cell printing technique allows fabrication of multilayer blood vessels that have the unique biomolecules needed to transform into functional blood vessels when they are implanted.
Oct 22nd, 2019
Read moreBioprinting: Living cells in a 3D printer
With a new process, living cells can be integrated into fine structures created in a 3D printer - extremely fast and with very high resolution.
Oct 21st, 2019
Read moreHighest-throughput 3D printer is future of manufacturing
Rapid manufacturing on-demand could put warehouses, molds into the past.
Oct 17th, 2019
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