This paper presents a method for printing interactive magnetophoretic displays using affordable FDM 3D printers, allowing the appearance of the printed objects to be editable with external magnetic sources.
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 »

Best Budget 3D Printers 2026: What $169 to $399 Actually Buys
The best budget 3D printer conversation changed character in the last three years. Auto bed leveling, direct-drive extruders, and 250 to 600 mm/s... 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 »


