Westlake University researchers propose a multimaterial embedded printing method for the fabrication of composite reinforced actuators used in soft robotics. The method improves fabrication flexibility, allows for programmable responses, and can be used for complex soft robots.
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 »

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 »


