3d printable lab equipment

DWK Life Sciences Introduces 3D Printing to the Lab Equipment Market

Lab equipment tends to be expensive, but some scientists have found a way to reduce the cost of such equipment by 3D printing it. 3D printing has been used to…

3D Printed Reactor Transforms Greenhouse Gas

The greenhouse gas we most commonly talk about is carbon dioxide, with methane probably coming in a close second. A gas that’s 11,700 times more potent than carbon dioxide, however,…

Chemistry with Highly Reactive Reagents in 3D Printed Reaction Vessels

3D printing has developed towards a useful tool in laboratories for chemical, physical and biotechnological research. Typical applications for 3D printed objects are stopped flow microreactors, where uniquely optimized geometries…

3D Printing, Raspberry Pi, and Fruit Flies: Low-Cost Custom Lab Equipment Helps in Study of Behavior

Thanks to 3D printing, it can cost far less money to produce necessary, customized laboratory equipment and tools than it used to. There are plenty of 3D printed microscopes, and…

3D Printing Provides Cost Effective Alternative to Expensive Lab Equipment Plus R&D Tax Credit

Recently, there has been an increase in STEM focused initiatives which has driven a corresponding increase in demand for laboratory equipment. In light of this demand, the scientific and engineering…

3D Print Your Own Levitation Device Courtesy of the University of Bristol

If you find yourself bored sometime, don’t automatically reach for your phone or TV remote. Why not try levitating some objects instead? Thanks to some researchers at the University of…

Researchers Combine 3D Printing, Microcomputers, and Simple Electronics to Make Small, Inexpensive Laboratory System

We’ve heard of open source 3D printer filament, open source software, open source designs, and of course, open source 3D printers. But what about open labware? Researchers from the University of…

Continuous Oscillatory Baffled Reactors: Complex Lab Equipment Made Easy Through 3D Printing

Continuous oscillatory baffled reactors (COBRs) may be baffling to many, but for Victor Sans and his team at the University of Nottingham, the equipment is vital to their work. The complex structure of…

Researchers Design LEGO-Like 3D Printable Modular Blocks That Can Be Used to Build Customized Lab Instruments

If you want to build a basic electronics project it is actually relatively simple to do. Most parts are designed to be modular and work with other parts, and in…