Research & Education
BAM and Werner-von-Siemens Center research highly efficient gas turbines
The Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM) is intensifying its research on gas turbines at the Werner-von-Siemens Center for Industry and Science...
Simple, scalable process for 3D printing spiral-shaped nanostructures
According to a study by researchers at the University of Michigan, a new manufacturing process for spiral metal nanoparticles offers a simpler and cheaper...
UMaine researchers want to recycle wind turbine rotor blades as 3D printing material
Researchers at the University of Maine have been awarded a $75,000 grant to study the recycling of rotor blades as a feedstock for 3D...
When 3D-printed mushrooms make music: Mushroom mycelium as a sustainable high-tech material in speaker construction
Mushroom mycelium is a renewable resource. It has been essential in pharmacy for many years. Yet, mushroom mycelium has even more potential. As a...
New high-speed microscale 3D printing technique
Researchers at Stanford University have developed a new process for 3D printing microscopically small particles. The so-called r2rCLIP technology (roll-to-roll continuous liquid interface production)...
Ricoh partners with Carolina State University
Ricoh, a provider of additive manufacturing for 3D-printed medical devices, announced a partnership with North Carolina State University (NC State), one of the nation's...
DARPA researches the potential of additive manufacturing for microsystems
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is playing a key role in establishing materials science as a discipline. With its latest program, "Additive...
Stratasys and Aegis Aerospace test 3D-printed materials on the moon
In a new project, Stratasys Ltd, a leader in polymer 3D printing solutions, and Aegis Aerospace have announced a partnership to test the performance...
Sandia National Laboratories researchers develop SWOMP process for solid olefin-based 3D printing
Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have developed a new 3D printing process called SWOMP (Selective Dual-Wavelength Olefin Metathesis 3D Printing). This enables the production...
3D printing of bionic jellyfish for ocean exploration
Jellyfish can do little more than swim, sting, eat and reproduce. They don't even have a brain. Yet these simple creatures can penetrate the...
