Additive manufacturing leaders are focusing on defense, helping the U.S. military move from 'futuristic visions' to ...

As 3D printing continues to mature, one development is standing out: the rise of multi-material printing. What was once a ...

Publishing in the journal International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing, the team led by researchers based at the State Key Laboratory of Fluid Power and Mechatronic Systems deposited different ...

(Nanowerk News) Researchers have been trying to find new ways to produce and replicate the various useful features observed in nature. Fine hairs and fibers, which are ubiquitous in nature, are useful ...

The 3D-printed fibers are just 1.5 microns thick, which is up to 100 times thinner than paper. Reading time: Reading time 2 minutes Professionals of all kinds—from artists to architects to ...

Researchers at MIT and Harvard have incorporated living microbes into 3D-printed objects to make them more dynamic. The underlying resin material is embedded with chemical “instructions” that tell a ...

Chris Borge] has made (and revised) many of his own tools using a combination of 3D printing and common hardware, and recently decided to try metal casting. Having created his own tapping arm, he ...