Research & Education
The Danish Technological Institute reduces the amount of new plastic powder on 3D printers by 50 percent
The reduction is one of several green benefits of 3D printing – other benefits are more local production, more precise part numbers and...
US researchers are one step closer to 3D printing human organs
It may be decades before human organs can be successfully printed and transplanted using 3D technology. Researchers at Missouri S&T are one step closer...
MIT and Inkbit make 3D printing more efficient with spectral packing method
Researchers at MIT CSAIL and the company Inkbit have unveiled a new method for optimizing 3D printing. The method, called "spectral packing," allows 3D...
Researchers use a swarm of drones for construction work and repairs
An international research team led by drone expert Mirko Kovac from Empa and Imperial College London has taken bees as a model to develop...
3D Laser Printed Glass Chips Accelerate Fiber Optics
An international team of researchers from Japan, Australia, the Netherlands and Italy has set a new speed record for standard fiber optic cables. The...
Aston University 3D Printing Engineer receives Innovator of the Year 2023 Award
Renia Gkountiou, an engineer and technician working on Aston University's Advanced Prototyping Facility project, has been named Female Innovator for 2023. In her role, Gkountiou...
Washington State University: 3D-printing on Mars using Martian rock-metal composite
A little Martian dust appears to go a long way. A small amount of simulated crushed Martian rock mixed with a titanium alloy made...
Chinese doctors successfully implant a 15cm long 3D printed titanium vertebrae prosthetic
40 year old Ms. Zhou from HuNan (China) has been suffering from tumours on her vertebrae since years. There are also some arteries affected that provide...
Researchers 3D Print Liver Tissue for Drug Screening
A team of engineers at the University of California in San Diego has created a tissue closely mimicking human liver tissue using 3D printing...
3D Printed Parts Could Reduce Weight of Aircrafts by 7%
Researchers at McCormick Northwestern University have published a case study, concluding that 3D printed parts have the potential to reduce an airplane's weight by up...
