3D Printing
Lego-inspired, tiny 3D-printed bricks help repair bone fractures and soft tissue
The technology allows us to repair tissue more precisely and quickly than current standard methods.
Painting complex 3D-printed objects entirely new way
Scientists at Rutgers University have created a new way to paint complex 3D-printed objects. This new way is effective as well as time and...
The super-fast world of droplet dynamics
Using high-speed imaging, a new study by the University of Leeds has provided a fresh insight into the complex way droplets behave when they...
A new, high-precision method for 3D-printing small, soft objects
The process, which takes less than 30 seconds from start to finish, has potential applications in a wide range of fields, including 3D bioprinting.
Using 3D printing technique to produce glass objects
A 3D printing process to produce complex and highly porous glass objects.
New laser 3D-printing technique to manufacture metal components
Eliminating cracks in 3D-printed metal components.
Energy-efficient SlothBot leisurely monitors environmental changes
Taking inspiration from the mammal that moves at a leisurely pace, a team of engineers from Georgia Institute of Technology has developed 'SlothBot' -...
A shocking materials technology breakthrough
The Air Force Research Laboratory in collaboration with research partners at Los Alamos National Laboratory has devised a 3-D printed polymer-based foam structure that...
New device paves the way to 3D-printed organs, food
3D printing or additive manufacturing is a process of making three-dimensional solid objects from a digital file. It enables users to produce complex (functional)...
MIT scientists 3D print colloidal crystals
By using a new method to print colloids such as polymer nanoparticles in highly ordered arrangements, scientists have united the principles of self-assembly and...
3-D printed sugar scaffolds offer sweet solution for tissue engineering
Engineers at the University of Illinois devised a 3D printer that can print detailed structures that commercial 3-D printers can’t. The printer can efficiently produce...
Augmented reality takes 3-D printing to next level
Cornell researchers are taking 3-D printing and 3-D modeling to a new level by using augmented reality (AR) to allow designers to design in...