Search results for 3-D printing

Engineering Oct 24, 2018

Lab develops world's first 3-D volumetric circuit

Raymond C. Rumpf, Ph.D., and his EM Lab team are motivated by extreme challenges that others may consider to be impossible.

Engineering Oct 18, 2018

Heart pump from a 3-D printer

ETH doctoral student Kai von Petersdorff-Campen has developed a method to create products containing magnets using 3-D printing. He used an artificial heart pump to demonstrate the operating principle – and won an international ...

Engineering Oct 11, 2018

Contactless 3-D fingerprint identification

A new system improves the speed and accuracy of fingerprint scanning and matching by using 3-D technology. No pressing required.

Materials Science Oct 10, 2018

Aluminum on the way to titanium strength

NUST MISIS scientists have proposed a technology that can double the strength of composites obtained by 3-D printing from aluminum powder, and advance the characteristics of these products to the quality of titanium alloys: ...

Materials Science Oct 9, 2018

New method measures 3-D polymer processing precisely

Recipes for three-dimensional (3-D) printing, or additive manufacturing, of parts have required as much guesswork as science. Until now.

Polymers Oct 9, 2018

3-D printing hierarchical liquid-crystal-polymer structures

Biological materials from bone to spider-silk and wood are lightweight fibre composites arranged in a complex hierarchical structure, formed by directed self-assembly to demonstrate outstanding mechanical properties.

Robotics Oct 3, 2018

Scientists develop smart technology for synchronized 3-D printing of concrete

Scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a technology whereby two robots can work in unison to 3-D-print a concrete structure. This method of concurrent 3-D printing, known ...

Condensed Matter Oct 2, 2018

Team takes major step toward printed anisotropic magnets

The U.S. Department of Energy's Critical Materials Institute has taken a major step toward printed, aligned anisotropic magnets via additive manufacturing processes.

Biochemistry Oct 2, 2018

3-D bioprinting of living structures with built-in chemical sensors

A new method enables non-invasive monitoring of oxygen metabolism in cells that are 3-D bioprinted into complex living structures. This could contribute to studies of cell growth and interactions under tissue-like conditions, ...

General Physics Sep 28, 2018

Engineering 3-D mesostructures with mechanically active materials

Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) have expansive applications in biotechnology and advanced engineering with growing interest in materials science and engineering due to their potential in emerging systems. Existing techniques ...

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