Research & Education
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...
Research centre in Ireland is working on 3D printed muscles and other medical breakthroughs
The Cúram research centre in Ireland may be one of the most important research centres for medical 3D printing and other medical breakthroughs. The...
3D-printed wearable external magnet device allows real-time adjustment of nutrient absorption
A publication in the NPG Asia Materials journal introduced a study around a new biomedical engineering concept that allows the real-time adjustment of nutrient...
Tel Aviv University prints personalized thick and perfusable cardiac patches
One challenge of cardiac tissue engineering is the production of thick vascularized tissues that fully match the patient. A new approach to 3D‐print thick,...
Focused Electron Beam Induced Deposition (FEBID) uses a supersonic gas jet to create fast 3D nanostructures
The Georgia Institute of Technology introduced the Focused Electron Beam Induced Deposition (FEBID) process which speeds-up the printing of 3D nanostructures. The FEBID system uses...
Material science: Optimization of 3D-printed stainless steel against seawater corrosion
LLNL researchers reveal the causes of pitting corrosion in 3D-printed 316L stainless steel used in seawater in Nature Communications. Their discovery that slag particles...
LLNL Researchers 3D Print Metamaterial That Shrinks When Heated
Researchers of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's (LLNL) additive manufacturing initiative have developed 3D printed materials that instead of expand, shrink when heated. These 3D...
Penn State University Researchers Found Way to Make 3D Printing 1000 Times Faster
Researchers at the Pennsylvania State University's College of Engineering have made a major advance in high-speed beam-scanning technology that can increase the speed of...
TU Wien develops technique to 3D print magnets
Today it’s no big deal to manufacture very strong magnets. However, it is pretty difficult to create magnet with special forms. At the TU...
South Korean scientists develop blood vessels from the 3D printer
A South Korean research team has achieved a breakthrough in the production of artificial blood vessels. Using a 3D printing technique, they produced small...