Research

MIT spinout, OPT Industries has used novel additive manufacturing systems to develop intricately designed products, including a novel nasal swabs to be used for Covid-19 testing. Founder, Jifei Ou, previously spent seven years spent researching 3D systems in MIT’s Media…

Researchers at the Montanuniversität Leoben in Austria, known for the fields of mining, metallurgy and materials science, have successfully 3D printed aluminum oxide with a tensile strength of 1 GPa (equivalent to 1,000 MPa). The project was made possible by the multi-material 3D…

Researchers from the University of Southern California Viterbi School of Engineering have created a novel method of reducing the material waste, and consequently, the cost of 3D printing using Fused Deposition Modeling, or FDM, technology. Together the team, led by…

Every year, Ultimaker conducts a global study analyzing the use of additive manufacturing and its adoption, as well as awareness and understanding of the industry and the challenges faced by users of the company’s 3D printers. The 3D Printing Sentiment…

Once again, the American military has shown its interest in using 3D printing. This time, United States Army researchers have collaborated with academic partners from the University of Central Florida (UCF) to work to optimize the additive manufacturing process. The…

Researchers from the University of Glasgow have a developed a novel type of 3D printed battery which relies on electrodes made from vegetable starch and carbon nanotubes. The battery could offer a more environmentally friendly and higher capacity source of…

Research firm, Precedence Research, recently published a report on 3D printed medical implants. According to the report, 3D printed implants should generate more than 9 billion dollars in 2030 against 1.5 billion in 2020, an annual growth of 19%. Faced with increasingly complex…

Researchers from the University at Buffalo in New York have developed a way to create large‐scale biocompatible hydrogel models using a fast hydrogel stereolithography printing (FLOAT) method. This method is said to be suitable for printing cells with embedded blood…

At the INCLIVA Health Research Institute of the Hospital Clínico de Valencia in Spain, a research team has used 3D technology to learn about the behavior of certain tumors that cause childhood cancers. Specifically, they analyzed the application of digital…

Researchers from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens have developed a 3D printed electrochemical ring (e-ring) that enables diabetics to monitor their glucose levels from a smartphone. This allows the user to monitor their blood sugar levels just by…

In Sweden, Uppsala University and the company Graphmatech have worked together to develop a rather unusual copper powder in order to create denser 3D printed parts. Using a laser fusion process, the researchers modified the metal’s surface with graphene. Thanks…

Singaporean researchers have developed a novel method of 3D printing vegetables using food hydrocolloids. Previous three-dimensional food printing (3DFP) methods have largely relied on freeze-dried vegetable powders. This method, however, is centred around the use of fresh and frozen vegetables…