RMIT 3D Prints Titanium That Floats
RMIT engineers have created a 3D-printed titanium material that floats in water even after severe damage, a candidate for jetties, buoys and marine... read more »
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University of Waterloo 3D Prints Diamond-Shaped Electrodes for Flow Batteries
University of Waterloo researchers 3D printed a diamond-geometry electrode that improved redox flow battery performance by 52 percent in lab tests.
University of Maine Launches 30-Foot 3D-Printed Offshore Boat
The University of Maine launched a 30-foot 3D-printed boat designed for offshore speeds near 40 knots, skipping a new mold for every hull.
SUNLU FilaDC i10: 10-spool filament dehumidifying cabinet
A co-branded storage cabinet that SUNLU rates to hold up to ten 1 kg spools at 10 to 55 percent RH without heating... read more »
ORNL Combines 3D Printing and Electroforming for Leak-Free Nuclear Parts
Oak Ridge National Laboratory and A.J. Tuck combined 3D printing and electroforming to make leak-free HIP cans for nuclear and energy components.
MIT Researchers 3D Print Modular Blocks for Shape-Changing Smart Devices
MIT researchers have 3D printed a set of modular building blocks that stay electrically connected no matter how you compress, stretch, rotate, or... read more »
SHINING 3D Launches the EinScan Trak: Wireless Marker-Free Tracking With a Detachable Handheld Scanner
SHINING 3D has launched the EinScan Trak, a wireless tracking and scanning system whose spherical scanner splits open to release a standalone handheld... read more »
Queen’s Belfast Team 3D Prints Dissolving Microneedle Patch for Skin Cancer
Queen’s University Belfast pharmacy researchers have 3D-printed a dissolving microneedle patch that carries two skin-cancer drugs in the resin itself, in a single... read more »
WSU Team Use AI to 3D Print NASA’s GRCop-42 Copper Alloy
Washington State University researchers used AI to find process settings that 3D print GRCop-42, a NASA copper-chromium-niobium alloy used in rocket engine combustion... read more »
USC Researchers 3D Print $30 MRI Coils for Infant Heart Scans
University of Southern California researchers have 3D printed flexible MRI coils in under 10 minutes for about $30, and tests showed roughly four... read more »
Kansas State Tests Off-Site 3D-Printed Concrete Storm Shelter Modules
A Kansas State researcher is printing full-size 4-by-4-foot concrete modules off-site, then assembling them as storm-shelter blocks meant to take tornado winds and... read more »
LLNL Team Prints Ceramic Waveguide Lasers By Direct Ink Writing
A Livermore team 3D-printed an all-ceramic waveguide by extruding ytterbium-doped yttrium aluminum garnet filaments within an undoped garnet matrix and then drying, sintering,... read more »
Heidelberg Team Designs Recyclable Polymer for Light-Based 3D Printing
A Heidelberg University team has designed a light-curable 3D printing polymer that a chemical trigger can take apart at room temperature. Printed parts... read more »
MIT turns pine-cone mechanics into 3D-printable adaptive materials
An MIT team used category theory to break a pine cone's humidity response into independently validated building blocks, mixed some of those blocks... read more »
Only 1 in 25 3D Print Buyers Trust AI Generated 3D Models
CGTrader's 2026 market report shows a booming print market, a brutal quality premium, and one number the AI industry will not be quoting:... read more »
Tel Aviv Team Creates Bioactive Ink for Precise 3D Printing
Researchers at Tel Aviv University have developed a bioactive 3D-printing ink that pairs high printing precision with enhanced cell adhesion and antibacterial activity.... read more »
EPFL 3D-prints tiny drones that fly on sound alone
Engineers in EPFL's MICROBS Lab have 3D-printed hollow cavities that convert sound waves into thrust. The cavities power miniature boats and ultralight drones... read more »
3D Printed Coral-Inspired Scaffold Reprograms Immune Cells to Heal Bone Disease
Researchers have developed a 3D-printed scaffold that reprograms immune cells to repair bone damaged by steroid-induced osteonecrosis of the femoral head (SONFH), a... read more »
Revopoint STEM Sale: Up to 20% Off 3D Scanners
Revopoint's STEM promotion brings up to 20% off selected 3D scanners from August 12 to 31, from classroom-friendly handhelds to metrology-grade systems. A... read more »
Notre Dame researchers 3D print blood capillaries smaller than a human hair
Researchers at the University of Notre Dame have developed a hybrid bioprinting technique capable of producing blood capillaries fewer than 10 micrometers in... read more »
