3D printing customized silicon heart valves
Scientists at ETH Zurich and the South African company Strait Access Technologies are using 3D printing to produce customized silicon heart valves.
Imitating wood’s ultrastructure with 3D printing for green products
The way by which wood develops is constrained by its genetic code, which gives it novel properties such as porosity, toughness, and torsional strength....
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...
3D bioprinter revolutionises skin research
Another bit of innovation at the University of Plymouth is helping analysts to build up a working skin substitute – which can emulate functional...
The ‘shine’ in gold particles has a new use in finding...
The shine in gold has always attracted us. Now, it has a new use in finding defects in 3D printing, new research suggests. This is...
New 3D printing capabilities, paving the way for construction innovations
Scientists at the National University of Singapore, today declared the dispatch of the AM.NUS Construction 3D Printing Program to quicken the selection of 3D printing...
Now you can 3D print clay, cookie dough – or solid...
Scientists at the Purdue University have developed a new way to 3D print extremely viscous materials, with the consistency of clay or cookie dough...
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...
A 3D-printed smart gel that walks underwater, moves objects
Scientists at the Rutgers University have created a 3D-printed smart gel that moves and changes shape when activated by electricity. The gel can walks underwater and grabs...