Research

Engineers at RMIT University in Melbourne have unveiled a 3D-printed titanium lattice structure that floats on water, even after sustaining severe damage. The aim is to overcome a long-standing limitation of these very lightweight structures, which sink when water infiltrates…

A team at the Centre for Print Research (CFPR) at the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol) has developed a method for placing a seed crystal inside a platinum structure during manufacture. The gemstone can then grow directly…

One day in my elementary school music class, our teacher brought in all kinds of instruments for us to try, to see if there was one we’d be inspired to learn. I remember trying a violin, a cello, a tuba,…

Direct ink writing is one of those 3D printing technologies that has a process that can vary significantly. It’s not very commercialized, and mostly reserved for research labs. Now, a team of scientists and engineers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory…

One of the cornerstones of additive manufacturing is the principle of “layer by layer.” Well, there’s one 3D printing technique that disagrees with that completely: volumetric 3D printing. Instead of building an object slice by slice, it cures an entire…

Researchers at Southern Illinois University (SIU) Carbondale are using biotechnology and 3D printing to explore whether plastic and agricultural waste can be turned into food for the µBites project. The team presented the project on August 24th at ACS Fall…

The concept of rheology refers to a branch of physics that studies fluids. Specifically, it examines how materials behave when they flow or deform, meaning how they respond to an applied force or stress. Although rheology applies to a wide…

Researchers at the University of Notre Dame have successfully 3D printed blood capillary networks using a surprising technique. Before exploring their method, it’s worth understanding why 3D printing blood capillary networks matters in the first place. In the United States…

It’s a bad time to be a harmful algal bloom (HAB)! On August 6th, Florida Atlantic University announced that a team of its researchers were awarded an $800,475 grant from the Gulf of America Division U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to…

Hyundai Motor Group installed its first industrial 3D printer in 1996. Nearly 30 years later, Hyundai Motor and Kia have opened an entire facility dedicated to additive manufacturing research and production: the Additive Manufacturing Solution Center (AMSC), located at the…

Europe is living through its fourth major heatwave of the 2026 season, with temperatures above 40°C recorded across the Iberian Peninsula, France, Italy, and Austria. Cities are hit hardest: urban heat island effects can push local temperatures 1.7 to 4°C…

The American company Auxilium Biotechnologies has successfully 3D-printed kidney and liver tissue in space for the first time. The experiment was conducted aboard the International Space Station (ISS) using its AMP-1 orbital bioprinter. The samples returned to Earth on June…