Northwestern University
Northwestern University Uses 3D Printing to Create Customized Vascular Stents
There are numerous examples of how 3D printing technology has proved advantageous to the medical field, from customized assistive devices to surgical preparation with patient-specific 3D printed models. This benefit…
Researchers Create 3D Printed Hyperelastic Bone With Much Greater Potential for Use in Humans
Although it may seem most have their sights set on 3D printing organs for transplant when it comes to bioprinting, other researchers are concerned with more immediate issues that indeed…
India: IITM Makes Strides for Construction Industry & 3D Printing with Concrete; Expert Opinions Vary on Timeframe for True Impact
The Indian Institute of Technology at Madras (IITM) is planning to make their mark with 3D printing, literally, as they plan for transformation to the construction industry within India. While not…
Northwestern University Research Group Uses 3D Printing to Create Terahertz Lens
The Illinois-based Northwestern University has utilized 3D printing technology to research a variety of vital applications, from 3D printing fuel cells to 4D printing materials on the nanoscale. Now, researchers…
Better, Faster, Cheaper: Innovative 3D Printing Inks Open a Vast New World for Metal Printing
Most everyone in the 3D printing industry is well aware that the future for high quality components seems to be in metal 3D printing. With that in mind, researchers have…
4D Printing on The Nanoscale — Northwestern’s IIN Receives $8.5 Million Grant
As 3D printing has barely slid into the category of being considered a new normal, some scientists and researchers are already living in the world of 4D. You may have…
New Data Shows That 3D Printed Components Could Cut Aircraft Weight By 7 Percent
The weight of accumulated parts is a critical factor in the aerospace industry’s efforts to build sleeker, lighter and more efficient planes. Shaving every available gram from the equation means…
Graphene and BioElastomer Inks Could Result in 3D Printed Neurons
What if you could 3D print a brain or a working neurosystem? It’s not outside the realm of the possible – at least in a structural sense – as a…
Graphene Inks May Lead to 3D Printable Body Parts and Implantable Electronics
The physics researchers who discovered graphene said, while they were picking up their Nobel Prize, that its discovery would change the world. Graphene is not the first discovery said to…
Training Pediatric Surgeons Using 3D Printed Rib Cages
One of the difficulties of training new entrants into the medical field is the leap from text knowledge to hands on care. One of the ways to approach that transition…
