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3D printed sugar offers sweet solution for tissue engineering, device manufacturing

Engineers built a 3-D printer that offers a sweet solution to making detailed structures that commercial 3-D printers can't: Rather than a layer-upon-layer solid shell, it produces a delicate network of thin ribbons of hardened isomalt, the type of sugar alcohol used to make throat lozenges.

May 24th, 2018

Researchers develop reprocessable thermosets for sustainable 3D printing

Researchers have developed 3D printing reprocessable thermosets that allows 3D printed structures to be reshapeable, repairable and recyclable leading to more sustainable 3D printing processes.

May 22nd, 2018

Specially adapted 3D printer can create complex biological tissues

Bioengineers have developed a technique that uses a specially adapted 3D printer to build therapeutic biomaterials from multiple materials. The advance could be a step toward on-demand printing of complex artificial tissues for use in transplants and other surgeries.

May 22nd, 2018

Researchers create a 3D-printed smart gel that walks underwater, moves objects

New technology has biomedical, soft robot and other applications.

May 18th, 2018

3-D printing of weapons threatens security on global, national and personal level

While advances in additive manufacturing offer potential breakthroughs in prosthetic arms or jet engine parts, 3D printing, as it is known, may also accelerate weapons proliferation.

May 8th, 2018

Improving 3-D printing of plastic parts

Researchers report that using a simple modification to the manufacture of the starting materials improves the toughness of these printable plastics.

May 2nd, 2018

Drug-filled, 3-D printed dentures could fight off infections

The antifungal application could prove invaluable among those highly susceptible to infection, such as the elderly, hospitalized or disabled patients.

Apr 25th, 2018

Researchers 3D-print electronics and cells directly on skin

In a groundbreaking new study, researchers used a customized, low-cost 3D printer to print electronics on a real hand for the first time.

Apr 25th, 2018

3-D Printed food could change how we eat

Researchers 3-D print food with customized texture and body absorption characteristics.

Apr 24th, 2018

Cheap 3-D printer can produce self-folding materials

Researchers have used an inexpensive 3-D printer to produce flat plastic items that, when heated, fold themselves into predetermined shapes, such as a rose, a boat or even a bunny.

Apr 24th, 2018

Fluid gel discovery offers major breakthrough in the 3D bioprinting of replacement soft body tissues

Scientists discover that fluid gel can overcome the problems of bioprinters replicating softer human tissues.

Apr 19th, 2018

3-D printed active metamaterials for sound and vibration control

Researchers develop 3-D printed acoustic metamaterials that can be switched on and off remotely using a magnetic field.

Apr 12th, 2018

3-DIY: Printing your own bioprinter

Researchers have developed a low-cost 3-D bioprinter by modifying a standard desktop 3-D printer, and they have released the breakthrough designs as open source so that anyone can build their own system.

Mar 27th, 2018

3D Printed robot prosthetic limb for amputees created by students

University students have designed and built a 3D printed, low-cost robotic prosthetic hand that could provide a much cheaper alternative for amputees.

Mar 26th, 2018

Combining the benefits of 3D printing and casting

Researchers have developed a new process that combines 3D printing and casting. In additive freeform casting (AFFC), first a shell of the part is manufactured using FLM printing, then this shell is filled with a two-component resin. This saves time, increases stability of the part and allows new materials to be printed.

Mar 23rd, 2018

New 4-D printer could reshape the world we live in

Scientists report that they have developed a powerful printer that could streamline the creation of self-assembling structures that can change shape after being exposed to heat and other stimuli. They say this unique technology could accelerate the use of 4-D printing in aerospace, medicine and other industries.

Mar 21st, 2018