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Novel 3-D printing technique yields high-performance composites

A novel 3D printing method, called 'rotational 3D printing', yields unprecedented control of the arrangement of short fibers embedded in polymer matrices.

Posted: Jan 16th, 2018

3D printing creates super soft structures that replicate brain and lungs

A new 3D printing technique allows researchers to replicate biological structures, which could be used for tissue regeneration and replica organs.

Posted: Jan 10th, 2018

3-D printed microfibers could provide structure for artificially grown body parts

Much as a frame provides structural support for a house and the chassis provides strength and shape for a car, a team of engineers believe they have a way to create the structural framework for growing living tissue using an off-the-shelf 3-D printer.

Posted: Dec 12th, 2017

New research identifies how 3-D printed metals can be both strong and ductile

A new technique by which to 3D print metals, involving a widely used stainless steel, has been show to achieve exception levels of both strength and ductility, when compared to counterparts from more conventional processes.

Posted: Dec 11th, 2017

Volumetric 3D printing promises nearly instant builds (w/video)

By using laser-generated, hologram-like 3D images flashed into photosensitive resin, researchers have discovered they can build complex 3D parts in a fraction of the time of traditional layer-by-layer printing.

Posted: Dec 8th, 2017

Researchers 3D-print lifelike artificial organ models (w/video)

Researchers have 3D printed lifelike artificial organ models that mimic the exact anatomical structure, mechanical properties, and look and feel of real organs.

Posted: Dec 6th, 2017

In first, 3D-printed objects connect to WiFi without electronics

Researchers 3D-print plastic objects and sensors that can collect useful data and communicate with other WiFi-connected devices entirely on their own.

Posted: Dec 5th, 2017

Engineers 3-D print a 'living tattoo'

New technique 3-D prints programmed cells into living devices for first time.

Posted: Dec 5th, 2017

3D Printing in concrete (w/video)

Additive manufacturing removes design limitations for concrete components.

Posted: Dec 5th, 2017

3D-printed living minifactories (w/video)

Researchers introduced a new 3D printing platform that works using living matter. The research-ers developed a bacteria-containing ink that makes it possible to print mini biochemical factories with certain properties, depending on which species of bacteria the scientists put in the ink.

Posted: Dec 1st, 2017

New 3-D printer is 10 times faster than commercial counterparts (w/video)

Engineers have developed a new desktop 3-D printer that performs up to 10 times faster than existing commercial counterparts. Whereas the most common printers may fabricate a few Lego-sized bricks in one hour, the new design can print similarly sized objects in just a few minutes.