Space Exploration
Nov 21, 2018
Image: Future moon base
A vision of a future moon base that could be produced and maintained using 3-D printing.
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Engineering
Nov 16, 2018
Honeycomb-like frameworks with unusual rippled shapes can produce buckle-resistant architectures
Composite panels that sandwich a porous inner core between two solid outer sheets are increasingly being used in aircraft to reduce weight while maintaining structural rigidity. A study led by A*STAR may help other industries ...
Hi Tech & Innovation
Nov 14, 2018
Ringling train chugs into digital world
The century-old train car known to be the site of business transactions for the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus has long been too fragile for visitors to step inside. The Wisconsin has faced conservation issues ...
Engineering
Nov 14, 2018
Concrete printing in 3-D will put an end to boring buildings
Construction is one of the largest industries in the world economy – worth A$10 trillion globally (equivalent to 13% of GDP).
Bio & Medicine
Nov 12, 2018
Developing a 3-D collagen model to test magnetic-assisted osteogenesis in vitro
The cellular and molecular mechanisms of magnetic stimulation-based bone regeneration require further understanding at present. To evaluate the phenomenon in the lab, a three-dimensional (3-D) native collagen model was recently ...
Nanomaterials
Nov 7, 2018
'Bionic mushrooms' fuse nanotech, bacteria and fungi
In their latest feat of engineering, researchers at Stevens Institute of Technology have taken an ordinary white button mushroom from a grocery store and made it bionic, supercharging it with 3-D-printed clusters of cyanobacteria ...
Materials Science
Nov 2, 2018
A high-performance nanopowder facility for metal 3-D printing
Scientists from the Department of Industrial Technologies of the Yurga Institute of Technology of Tomsk Polytechnic University are developing an advanced high-performance facility for the production of metal powders used ...
Archaeology
Nov 1, 2018
Lab 3-D scans human skeletal remains dating back to the American Civil War
In the Virtual Curation Laboratory, the lab's director, Bernard Means, Ph.D., is holding a realistic-looking 3-D printed replica of a human skull fragment that was dented by a bomb explosion during the Civil War.
Materials Science
Oct 30, 2018
Gold 'micro jewels' from the 3-D printer
Thanks to a laser technique that ejects ultra-tiny droplets of metal, it is now possible to print 3-D metal structures—not only simple 'piles' of droplets, but complex overhanging structures, as well, like a helix measuring ...
Engineering
Oct 29, 2018
3-D-knitted shells save on construction materials and time
With just the press of a button, ETH researchers knit a textile that serves as the primary shaping element for curved concrete shells. Now they have used the new technology to create a five-tonne concrete structure for an ...
