materials research
3D Printing News Briefs, August 20, 2025: Tool Steel Alloy, Microstructure Control, & More
Today’s 3D Printing News Briefs is all about materials, from recycled metal replacements and a new high-strength alloy to microstructure control in nickel-based superalloys and more. Read on for all…
ValCUN Enters U.S. Market with Minerva Metal 3D Printer Installation at Johns Hopkins University
Belgian metal 3D printing startup ValCUN now has a Minerva metal 3D printer installed at Baltimore’s Johns Hopkins University. The Molten Metal Deposition (MMD) system, which was released in 2023,…
3D Printing Webinar and Event Roundup: November 26, 2023
Things are getting busy again in terms of 3D printing webinars and events! This week is the RSNA annual meeting, the World Manufacturing Forum, and more. HP is holding an…
3D Printing in Indonesia: Researching PLA Infill Pattern & Density
In the recently published ‘Infill pattern and density effects on the tensile properties of 3D printed PLA material,’ researchers from Indonesia delve further into the details of fabrication with polylactic…
New ABS/HDPE FFF Blend Gets Stronger with Time
Plastic pellets for injection molding exist in a much wider variety than 3D printing filaments, thus offering the potential for a much greater range of applications. At the same time…
PLA Derivatives Suitable for 3D Printing Biomedical Devices
In ‘Differential thermal analysis of the antibacterial effect of PLA-based materials planned for 3D printing,’ authors P. Maroti, B. Kocsis, A. Ferencz, M. Nyitrai, and D. Lorinczy explore the opportunities…
Roboze Enters Strategic Partnership with Inovsys to Develop and Study New 3D Printing Materials for Aerospace and Medical Sectors
Usually when we talk about Italian 3D printer manufacturer Roboze, the company has announced an expansion into, or a partnership with, yet another country, everywhere from Asia and the UK…
UC Santa Barbara Scientist Receives Prestigious $3M DoD Fellowship to Fund Research in Developing 3D Printing Platform for Extreme-Use Materials
Scientist Tresa Pollock, the chair of the Materials Department at the University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB), doesn’t work in the extreme conditions of outer space herself, but rather works…
Israel-Singapore Collaboration: Researchers Create Most Stretchable and UV Curable Elastomers Ever for 3D Printing
As 3D printing has exploded into the mainstream, making an impact on nearly every industry worldwide, the technology has continued to evolve at an accelerated pace. Along with that, the…
