3D Printing
Researchers open hairy new chapter in 3-D printing
Credit: Courtesy of Tangible Media Group/MIT Media Lab These days, it may seem as if 3-D printers can spit out...
3-D printing of patterned membranes opens door to rapid advances in membrane technology
Credit: Hickner Group/Penn State A new type of 3-D printing will make it possible for the first time to rapidly...
‘On-the-fly’ 3-D print system prints what you design, as you design it
ITHACA, N.Y. – 3-D printing has become a powerful tool for engineers and designers, allowing them to do "rapid prototyping"...
Big data, 3-D printing and robots: Marine Corps Commandant touts ONR S&T
ARLINGTON, Va.–Commandant of the Marine Corps (CMC) Gen. Robert B. Neller recently visited the Office of Naval Research (ONR) to...
3-D printing aids in understanding food enjoyment
Tasting food relies on food volatiles moving from the back of the mouth to the nasal cavity, but researchers have...
University of Illinois researchers create 1-step graphene patterning method
Researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have developed a one-step, facile method to pattern graphene by using stencil...
‘Electrospray’ could revolutionize manufacturing; grant recipient to explore 3-D printing
IMAGE: Paul Chiarot, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at Binghamton University, recently received a five-year, $500,000 grant from the...
Cardiologists use 3-D printing to personalize treatment for heart disease
Credit: The University of Melbourne University of Melbourne doctors and engineers are using supercomputers to create 3D models from patients...
3-D printing creates knee model for evaluating patellar disorders and surgical approaches
New Rochelle, NY, April 7, 2016–A new, low-cost approach to building a knee model for studying knee pain and impaired...
3D-print synthetic spider webs
Spider silk has long been noted for its graceful structure, as well as its advanced material properties: Ounce for ounce,...
4-D printing
4D printing is unfolding as technology that takes 3D printing to an entirely new level.The fourth dimension is time, shape...
Revolutionary 3-D printing technology
A 3-D printing technology developed by Silicon Valley startup, Carbon3D Inc., enables objects to rise from a liquid media continuously...
3-D printed parts provide low-cost, custom alternatives for lab equipment
The 3-D printing scene, a growing favorite of do-it-yourselfers, has spread to the study of plasma physics. With a series...
3-D printing offers innovative method to deliver medication
3-D printing could become a powerful tool in customizing interventional radiology treatments to individual patient needs, with clinicians having the...
3-D printing with custom molecules
Imagine printing out molecules that can respond to their surroundings. A research project at the University of Washington merges custom...
Artificial Blood Vessels
By combining micro-imprinting and electro-spinning techniques, researchers at Shanghai University’s Rapid Manufacturing Engineering Center have developed a vascular graft composed...
3D printing makes heart surgery safer for children
Three-dimensional printing technology can make surgery safer for children with congenital heart disease and reduce the duration as well as...
Quantum Dots Enable 3-D Printing of Contacts Lens With LEDs
While the research may have only aimed to demonstrate what is possible for 3D printing of electronic devices, researchers at...
Meniscus regenerated with 3-D printed implant
Columbia University Medical Center researchers have devised a way to replace the knee's protective lining, called the meniscus, using a...
3-D printed heart could reduce heart surgeries in children
New 3D printed heart technology could reduce the number of heart surgeries in children with congenital heart disease, according to...