World’s First Wooden Satellite Set To Launch – Can Plywood Survive in Space?
The world’s first wooden satellite is on the way, in the shape of the Finnish WISA Woodsat. ESA materials experts are contributing a suite of…
3D Printing
Visualizing Cement Hydration on a Molecular Level – Could Enable 3-D Printing of Concrete
Imaging technique could enable new pathways for reducing concrete’s hefty carbon footprint, as well as for 3-D printing of concrete. The concrete world that surrounds…
3D Printing Tiny, Ultraprecise Parts for Massive Impact
Professor Nicholas Fang’s startup Boston Micro Fabrication uses a novel light-focusing method to make ultraprecise printers. Whether it’s computer chips, smartphone components, or camera parts,…
Rare Mineral Discovered in a Living Organism for the First Time
Rare Mineral From Rocks Found in Mollusk Teeth Northwestern University researchers have, for the first time, discovered a rare mineral hidden inside the teeth of…
Spin-Ice: Breakthrough in 3D Magnetic Nanostructures Could Transform Modern-Day Computing
Scientists have taken a step towards the creation of powerful devices that harness magnetic charge by creating the first ever three-dimensional replica of a material…
Researchers Develop 3D-Printed Jelly for Biomedical Materials and Soft Robotics
Hydrogels merge two physical forms of the same seaweed material for strength, flexibility. 3D-printable gels with improved and highly controlled properties can be created by…
Using 3D Printing in Search for Black Holes
An X-ray telescope designed to search for supermassive black holes could be built using a novel 3D-printing technique called plasma metal deposition. The ESA space…
INSTASWAB: A Better Nasal Swab for COVID-19 Testing
MIT spinout OPT Industries uses novel additive manufacturing systems to create intricately-designed products. Over nearly seven years researching 3D printing systems in MIT’s Media Lab,…
New Low-Cost Dynamically-Controlled Surface for 3D Printers Reduces Waste and Saves Time
3-D printing has the potential to revolutionize product design and manufacturing in a vast range of fields—from custom components for consumer products, to 3-D printed…
Scientists Use Bacteria As Micro-3D Printers to Create Highly Customized Structures
Technique creates highly customized structures that could be used in regenerative medicine. A team at Aalto University has used bacteria to produce intricately designed three-dimensional…
Fresh 3D-Printing Platform: Advanced Tissue Fabrication Paves Way for Bioprinting Tissues and Organs
3D-bioprinting method enables advanced tissue fabrication by using a yield-stress support bath that holds bioinks in place until they are cured and works with a…
New Method Developed to Create “Food Inks” for 3D Printing Fresh Vegetables
Singapore researchers develop new method for ‘printing’ fresh vegetables, leading to tastier, more nutritious food for patients with swallowing difficulties. Researchers from Nanyang Technological University,…
3D-Printed Nanosatellite Thruster Emits Pure Ions for Propulsion
Study is first demonstration of a fully 3D-printed thruster using pure ion emission for propulsion. A 3D-printed thruster that emits a stream of pure ions…
Mighty Morphing 3D Printing: New Shape-Changing Nozzle That Could Revolutionize “4D Printing”
Engineers at the University of Maryland (UMD) have created a new shape-changing or “morphing” 3D printing nozzle that was featured as a Frontispiece in the…
Detecting COVID-19 Antibodies in 10–12 Seconds With a 3D Printed Test Chip
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University report findings on an advanced nanomaterial-based biosensing platform that detects, within seconds, antibodies specific to SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for…
3D Printers May Be Toxic for Humans – Particles Released Can Infiltrate Deep Into the Lungs
Risk researchers are asking new questions about the health and safety implications and how to mitigate any potential health risks to users of 3D printers…
Food Replicator: Researchers Create Ingredients to Produce Food by 3D Printing
Food engineers in Brazil and France developed gels based on modified starch for use as “ink” to make foods and novel materials by additive manufacturing….
New 3D-Printed Microlenses With Adjustable Refractive Indices – Poised to Improve Imaging, Computing and Communications
Researchers have developed new 3D-printed microlenses with adjustable refractive indices – a property that gives them highly specialized light-focusing abilities. This advancement is poised to…