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3D-printing implants good to the bone
A powderized titanium alloy makes it easier to produce biocompatible bone replacements using three-dimensional additive manufacturing.
Posted: May 6th, 2016
Read moreDeveloping customized snacks through 3D food printing (w/video)
Healthy snacks with great textures are in increasing demand among consumers. Researchers have the long-term vision of developing high-tech vending machines that provide customised purchases.
Posted: May 3rd, 2016
Read moreLight-powered 3-D printer creates terahertz lens (w/video)
Researchers have used metamaterials and 3-D printing to develop a novel lens that works with terahertz frequencies. Not only does it have better imaging capabilities than common lenses, but it opens the door for more advances in the mysterious realm of the terahertz.
Posted: Apr 29th, 2016
Read more3-D printed foam outperforms traditional cellular materials in long-term stress
Material scientists have found that 3D printed foam works better than standard cellular materials in terms of durability and long-term mechanical performance.
Posted: Apr 27th, 2016
Read moreNASA investigates 3-D printing for building densely populated electronic assemblies
A team of NASA technologists has begun investigating the use of a technique called aerosol jet printing or direct-write manufacturing to produce new detector assemblies that are not possible with traditional assembly processes.
Posted: Apr 19th, 2016
Read more3D-printing allows fabrication of revolutionary glass structures (w/video)
Scientists create delicate and intricate tools for research starting from transparent glass and utilizing a 3D printer that uses selective laser-induced etching (SLE) technology.
Posted: Apr 15th, 2016
Read moreScaling up tissue engineering with 3D bioprinting
Bioprinting technique creates thick 3D tissues composed of human stem cells and embedded vasculature, with potential applications in drug testing and regenerative medicine.
Posted: Mar 8th, 2016
Read moreBad vibrations: Researchers find security breach in 3-D printing process
With findings that could have been taken from the pages of a spy novel, researchers have demonstrated that they can purloin intellectual property by recording and processing sounds emitted by a 3-D printer.
Posted: Mar 2nd, 2016
Read moreModified laser cutter prints 3-D objects from powder (w/video)
Researchers have designed and tested an open-source system that uses a laser to melt powdered plastics and biomaterials into intricate 3-D designs. The OpenSLS selective laser sintering system costs about 40 times less than its commercial counterparts and allows researchers to work with their own specialized powdered materials.
Posted: Feb 22nd, 2016
Read moreEngineers 3-D-print a new lifelike liver tissue for drug screening
Researchers have 3D-printed a tissue that closely mimics the human liver's sophisticated structure and function. The new model could be used for patient-specific drug screening and disease modeling.
Posted: Feb 8th, 2016
Read moreNovel 4D printing method blossoms from botanical inspiration (w/video)
Materials science and mathematics combine to enable the printing of shapeshifting architectures that mimic the natural movements of plants.
Posted: Jan 25th, 2016
Read moreUltrasound could transform 3D printing for a future of smart materials
Researchers have found a way to print composite material by making a relatively simple addition to a cheap, off-the-shelf 3D printer. The breakthrough was based on the simple idea of printing using a liquid polymer mixed with millions of tiny fibres.
Posted: Jan 18th, 2016
Read moreA new way to print 3-D metals and alloys
New rapid method expands the types of metals, alloys, and architectures that can be additively manufactured.
Posted: Jan 12th, 2016
Read moreNew 'RevoMaker' creates working products straight from 3-D printer (w/video)
A new system allows a 3-D printer to produce functioning products with enclosed electronic and motorized components and customized devices such as a computer mouse molded to a user's hand.
Posted: Nov 5th, 2015
Read moreStudy shows some 3-D printed objects are toxic
Researchers find zebrafish embryos die at alarming rates when exposed to certain 3-D printed materials.
Posted: Nov 4th, 2015
Read moreResearchers create transplantation model for 3-D printed constructs
Using sugar, silicone and a 3-D printer, a team of bioengineers and surgeons have created an implant with an intricate network of blood vessels that points toward a future of growing replacement tissues and organs for transplantation.
Posted: Nov 3rd, 2015
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