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Can 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.

December 6, 2019 Read more

Novel bioprinter shows potential to speed tissue engineering (w/video)

Engineered tissue from a bioprinter has promise for organ regeneration or replacement.

December 6, 2019 Read more

Taking 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.

December 2, 2019 Read more

Glass 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.

November 27, 2019 Read more

3D 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.

November 26, 2019 Read more

3D 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.

November 20, 2019 Read more

Building 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.

November 12, 2019 Read more

3-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.

November 5, 2019 Read more

Living 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.

November 1, 2019 Read more

3D 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.

October 31, 2019 Read more

3D-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.

October 22, 2019 Read more

Bioprinting: 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.

October 21, 2019 Read more

Highest-throughput 3D printer is future of manufacturing

Rapid manufacturing on-demand could put warehouses, molds into the past.

October 17, 2019 Read more

3D-printed optics for individualized mass production

Individually manufactured and still suitable for mass production? Researchers developed new material concepts and processing technology for multifunctional and individualized optical components for 'lot size 1'.

October 14, 2019 Read more

Additively manufactured titanium alloy parts

A recent study conducted stress tests to find out if parts made by additive manufacturing have the same properties, especially strength, as those made using the more conventional subtractive method - turned on a lathe from a solid stock?

October 5, 2019 Read more

New 3D printing technique for biomaterials

A new way of 3D printing soft materials such as gels and collagens offers a major step forward in the manufacture of artificial medical implants.

October 2, 2019 Read more

3-D printed mesh-like structures morph from flat layers into predetermined shapes

New structural design could lead to self-deploying tents or adaptive robotic fins.

October 1, 2019 Read more

Researchers revolutionize 3D printed products with data-driven design method

Researchers demonstrated a new cost-effective, data-driven approach by designing and 3D printing an ankle brace that has varying degrees of rigidity to provide both comfort and support for the user.

September 20, 2019 Read more