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USC Team Prints Stretchable MRI Coils in Under 10 Minutes
A USC team 3D-printed conductive silver ink onto a thermoplastic elastomer to make patient-specific MRI coils in less than 10 minutes for about... 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 »
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
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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 »
