Search results for 3-D printing

Engineering Aug 31, 2018

Leading the way in 3-D concrete printing

The transformative technology of 3-D printing is shaking up many sectors of industry, but it's nothing compared to the disruption coming to construction.

Nanomaterials Aug 30, 2018

Researchers 3-D print colloidal crystals

MIT engineers have united the principles of self-assembly and 3-D printing using a new technique, which they highlight today in the journal Advanced Materials.

Cell & Microbiology Aug 29, 2018

Access to 3-D printing is changing the work in research labs

A small, black box developed in a McMaster University lab could change the way scientists search for new antibiotics.

Other Aug 27, 2018

Judge blocks online plans for printing untraceable 3-D guns

A U.S. judge in Seattle blocked the Trump administration Monday from allowing a Texas company to post online plans for making untraceable 3D guns, agreeing with 19 states and the District of Columbia that such access to the ...

Biochemistry Aug 24, 2018

One step closer to bioengineered replacements for vessels and ducts

A team of Brigham and Women's Hospital researchers have developed a way to bioprint tubular structures that better mimic native vessels and ducts in the body. The 3-D bioprinting technique allows fine-tuning of the printed ...

Nanomaterials Aug 23, 2018

Researchers develop novel process to 3-D print one of the strongest materials on earth

Researchers from Virginia Tech and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have developed a novel way to 3-D print complex objects of one of the highest-performing materials used in the battery and aerospace industries.

Materials Science Aug 21, 2018

Water bottles, other recycled 3-D printing materials could avoid military supply snags

Soldiers on the battlefield or at remote bases often have to wait weeks for vital replacement parts. Now scientists report they have found a way to fabricate many of these parts within hours under combat conditions using ...

Engineering Aug 17, 2018

Color effects from transparent 3-D printed nanostructures

Most of the objects we see are colored by pigments, but using pigments has disadvantages: such colors can fade, industrial pigments are often toxic, and certain color effects are impossible to achieve. The natural world, ...

Materials Science Aug 14, 2018

3-D inks that can be erased selectively

3-D printing allows for the efficient manufacture of complex geometries. A promising method is direct laser writing—a computer-controlled, focused laser beam acts as a pen and produces the desired structure in a photoresist. ...

Materials Science Aug 13, 2018

University of Minnesota reports breakthrough in 3-D printing for spinal cord repair

University of Minnesota researchers have broken new ground in the rapidly advancing field of 3-D printing: Creating stem cell-infused scaffolds that could be implanted in spinal cords to repair nerve damage.

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