Research & Education
Sterile laboratory equipment from the 3D printer
Viennese researchers from the Austrian Centre of Industrial Biotechnology (acib) and BOKU Vienna are developing a sterile 3D printing process that can be used...
Penn State replaces 3D printing plastics with plant-based materials
Scientists at Penn State University are working on sustainable resin materials for 3D printing. These should be able to replace petrochemical-based plastics currently used...
3D Printing opens up new Possibilities for Maritime Research
MITRE Corporation, an organization to operate research institutes on behalf of the United States that was formed by splitting off from the Massachusetts Institute...
Florida International University opens State-Of-The-Art Cold Spray Lab for Advanced Manufacturing
Florida International University recently unveiled its new Cold Spray and Rapid Deposition Laboratory, a facility that will improve techniques for the repair, design and...
3D-printed eye implant could treat diabetes
Researchers at KTH Stockholm and Karolinska Institutet have developed a 3D-printed implant for the eye that could be used to treat diabetes. The implant...
Researchers develop multi-material for light-based 3D printing
Scientists at Iowa State University and the University of California at Santa Barbara are working on a multi-material for 3D printing that will enable...
3D-printed tumor model enables faster, cheaper and less painful cancer treatment
An international team of researchers has developed a new method for 3D printing tumor models. This allows cancer to be more realistically replicated in...
3D printing for heat-resistant materials in fusion reactors
Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are researching 3D printing of ceramic-reinforced metal alloys. These composites will be used as components in...
MakerBot goes all-in on 3D printing in education
The UltiMaker company has announced that it will focus its MakerBot brand entirely on 3D printing in the education sector in the future. This...
Chinese researchers unveil technique for ultra-fast micro 3D printing
Researchers at Huazhong University of Science and Technology in Wuhan say they have made a major breakthrough in 3D printing technology. With the help...