3D Printing Research

3D Printing News Briefs, February 15, 2025: Food-Safe Material, Fungal Battery, & More

We’re starting off with materials news in today’s News Briefs, as Fabulous has qualified a food-safe SLS powder for the Formlabs Fuse 1+. Moving on, Embry-Riddle has installed the first…

Taiwan’s NTUST 3D Printing Lab Builds Machines That Drive Innovation

At the National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (NTUST), the High-Speed 3D Printing Research Center is breaking new ground in additive manufacturing (AM). By developing high-speed, large-scale 3D printers…

Researchers Evaluate 3D Printing for Headlight Lens Manufacturing

When we hear about 3D printing lenses for optical applications, it’s often for eyewear. But a group of researchers from Tunghai University in Taiwan are looking into the technology for…

Braille in Fashion: How University Research is Breaking Barriers, One Tag at a Time

For millions of people around the world with visual impairments, shopping for clothes is a challenge most of us don’t think about twice. From deciphering sizes to matching colors, the…

Italy’s Nuclear Physics Institute’s Role in Advancing Science with 3D Printing

Italy’s National Institute for Nuclear Physics (or INFN, its acronym in Italian) may be best known for its monumental contributions to fundamental physics, from the discovery of the Higgs boson…

Phase3D and TNSC Join Forces to Shake up Japan’s 3D Printing Scene

Japan’s additive manufacturing (AM) industry is set for a major boost as Phase3D, a Chicago-based leader in in-situ inspection technology, joins forces with Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corporation (TNSC), one of…

Stanford’s Dr. Skylar-Scott Breaks Down the Timeline for Fully Bioprinted Organs

Bioprinting has transitioned from an ambitious idea to a field making steady progress toward creating functional tissues and vascularized structures, offering a glimpse into the future of regenerative medicine. Against…

This 3D Printed Sensor Could Save Dairy Farmers a lot of Moooooo-ney!

A study recently published in Nature Communications details a ground-breaking 3D printed sensor that could save US dairy farmers nearly a billion dollars annually. The device is able to detect…

ETH Zurich Spin-off SAEKI’s $6.7M Boost to Supercharge Industry in Europe

European manufacturing faces several challenges that threaten its global competitiveness. According to a recent European Commission report, high energy costs, fragmented supply chains, and slow adoption of automation have placed…

Can 3D Printing with Captured Carbon Help Address Climate Change?

It sounds almost too good to be true, but a recent study published in Nature Communications describes a potentially groundbreaking process where carbon dioxide (CO2) is converted into 3D-printed carbon…

3D Printing News Briefs, February 1, 2025: Patent Infringement, Aligner Attachments, & More

In today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, we’re discussing an intellectual property (IP) dispute, a sales partnership, metal 3D printed bioimplants, a 3D printed health supplement, and 3D printed aligner attachments….

3D Printing G-Code Gets an Upgrade: T-Code

Good old G-Code still manages many 3D printers, great and small. Just like the STL, it’s a standard that enables collaboration while also holding the additive manufacturing (AM) industry back….

Researchers Develop Shape Memory PLA Filament with Mussels and Wheat

Mohammadreza Lalegani Dezaki, Callum Branfoot, Jon Baxendale, and Mahdi Bodaghi from Nottingham Trent University and the UK’s National Composites Centre have conducted fascinating research on PLA. The team developed composites…

America Makes Doubles Down: $6.6M Awarded to New AM Projects Within Days

Just days after announcing $2.1 million in funding for additive manufacturing (AM) projects, America Makes is back with another big move. This time, it’s a $6.6 million award to projects…

ORNL Produces First 3D Printed Specimen Capsule for Nuclear Energy

Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), the largest R&D center sponsored by the US Department of Energy (DOE), has successfully tested a 3D printed specimen capsule for use in the lab’s…

3D Printing News Briefs, January 11, 2025: Ceramics, Acrylated Vegetable Oil, & More

It’s all about business and materials in today’s 3D Printing News Briefs! First up, GBC Advanced Materials selected XJet’s ceramic solution to scale up its production, and the XSPEE3D metal…

Freemelt Establishes E-Beam 3D Printing Applications Center with North Carolina State University

Freemelt, a Swedish original equipment manufacturer (OEM) of electron beam powder bed fusion (E-PBF) additive manufacturing (AM) hardware, has partnered with North Carolina State University (NCSU) to create an Application…

New AM Projects Get $2.1M Push from America Makes

America Makes has awarded $2.1 million to six new projects to tackle some of the biggest challenges in additive manufacturing (AM). The funding, provided by the U.S. Department of Defense…

3D Printing News Briefs, December 28, 2024: Awards, Fast-Curing Silicone Ink, & More

We’re starting off with awards in today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, and then moving on to some interesting AM materials news. Read on for all the details! SME Recognizes Manufacturing…

The Future of Manufacturing Is on Display at Prof. Ping Guo’s Northwestern Lab

Northwestern University’s Ping Guo is at the forefront of advanced manufacturing research, exploring innovative technologies that are shaping the future of additive manufacturing (AM) and beyond. From intelligent metrology and…

Why consolidation is necessary for Additive Manufacturing moving forward and how customers and suppliers will benefit from it

Matthias Schmidt-Lehr (Executive Partner, AMPOWER) will speak at Additive Manufacturing Strategies summit this Feb 4-6, 2025 in New York City. For the first decade, Additive Manufacturing sold a vision of…

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US Navy Performs First Arena Test of 3D Printed Bomb Casing

As ghost guns continue to dominate mainstream coverage of additive manufacturing (AM), the next wave of 3D printed weapons is already here, with the Department of Defense (DoD) expressing a…

3DPOD 231: Incubating AM with Sascha Schwarz, CTO of TUM Venture Labs

Sascha Schwarz is a researcher dedicated to aiding his university, Technical University of Munich (TUM), to foster innovation as CTO of TUM Venture Labs. In this episode of the 3DPOD,…

3D Printing News Briefs, December 14, 2024: Multimaterial SLA, Fusion Energy, & More

We’re starting with a new 3D printer in today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, and then moving to fusion energy and a facility for catalyst shaping based on 3D printing. Then…