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Pusan National University & ORNL Develop Elastomeric Liquid Crystal Actuators

Researchers from Korea’s Pusan National University and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have developed 3D printed elastomeric actuators. In a paper published in Nature, the team used elastomeric liquid crystal…

New 3D Printing System Makes Interactive Objects that Change Appearance Based on User Interaction

Many dynamic, interactive objects change their appearance through the use of electronics, like LEDs and screens. But if the object is squished, twisted, or pressed too hard, or exposed to…

3D Printing News Briefs, August 8, 2026: Seawall Funding, Defense Capabilities, Supports, & More

We’re starting with business in this weekend’s 3D Printing News Briefs, then moving on to defense. We’ll move on to young 3D printing entrepreneurs, and finish with some research out…

3D Printing News Briefs, July 30, 2026: Orthodontics, Digital Implants, & More

We’re starting with business news in today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, followed by news about an in-house center for engineering digital implants. We’ll end with research about thermal cloaking. Read…

IMDEA Materials & Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Work on Making 3D Printers Print in Unison

Spain’s IMDEA Materials Institute has worked with Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory to detect and identify differences in different 3D printers. This could be important in eliminating run-to-run differences in prints and…

PanOptimization Gets Attaboy from AFRL for PanX Software

Published in the International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, a paper titled “Part scale prediction of residual stress through thermomechanical modeling of additively manufactured Ti-6Al-4V” seems to point to the…

UCLA 3D Prints Zinc-Ion Battery With Seven Times More Energy

Just days after researchers at the California Institute of Technology unveiled a 3D printed design for lithium-ion batteries, another university team has announced a different battery breakthrough using additive manufacturing…

3D Printing News Briefs, July 1, 2026: Prosthetics, Drug Delivery, & More

We’re focused on healthcare and research in today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, including 3D printed prosthetics, patient-specific implants, drug delivery, and more. Read on for all the details! Students from…

New Study Shows Electronics Could Be Manufactured Directly in Space

A team of researchers from Auburn University and NASA Marshall Space Flight Center has successfully demonstrated a new additive manufacturing (AM) process that could allow astronauts to manufacture electronic components…

3D Printing News Briefs, June 24, 2026: Name Change, Digital Foundry, & Yeast

In today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, we’re starting with a formal name change for an African industrial technology company that’s a major user of additive manufacturing (AM) in the oil…

3D Printing News Briefs, June 20, 2026: Holograms, Insoles, & Prosthetics

We’re focused on volumetric 3D printing, 3D printed insoles, and 3D printed prosthetics in this weekend’s 3D Printing News Briefs. Read on for all the details! Researchers Using Holograms to…

3D Printing News Briefs, June 18, 2026: Reseller, Relocation, Metal Space Powder, & More

We’ll start with business news in today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, as XJet appointed a value-added reseller in Germany, BIO INX is expanding its presence in the Italian market, and…

Scientists Use BMF to 3D Print Seal Whiskers That Track Prey Long After It’s Gone

Seals use their whiskers to hunt. Not Navy Seals, although they may in some way also, but this article is about lowercase seals. Not Seal the musician either; as far…

Researchers Combine AI and Bioprinting to Create Tiny Blood Vessel Networks

If 2026 has a theme in bioprinting, it may be blood vessels. Researchers can already print incredibly sophisticated tissues. The harder part is keeping those tissues alive. Without a network…

University of Arkansas Researchers Test Metal 3D Printing in a Mars-Like Atmosphere

If humans eventually establish a long-term presence on Mars, they will face a major manufacturing challenge almost immediately. Tools will break. Parts will wear out. Equipment will need repairs. But…

UT Researchers Use 3D Printing to Develop “Tabletop EUV Lithography” Process

Photolithography, the semiconductor manufacturing process whereby lasers transfer patterns onto chemical layers coating a substrate, is one of the most amazing industrial processes humanity has ever created. It is also…

3D Printing News Briefs, May 30, 2026: RIMPAC 2026, Acquisition, Ceramic Implants, & More

We’re kicking things off with materials news in this weekend’s 3D Printing News Briefs. Then it’s on to a hybrid manufacturing system for a maritime exercise, an expansion of industrial…

3D Printing News Briefs, May 28, 2026: Continuous Fiber Reinforcement, Bioprinted Trachea, & More

In today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, America Makes announced the winners of its JAQS-SQ Project Call. Axtra3D is partnering with Keystone Industries to expand its dental material ecosystem, while BigRep…

3D Printing News Briefs, May 20, 2026: Distribution, Fracture Mechanics, & More

We’re starting with business in today’s 3D Printing News Briefs. ATLIX announced a strategic distribution partnership with Excelencia Tech Group, and Timeplast raised $5 million in an oversubscribed campaign, powered…

3D Printing News Briefs, May 14, 2026: Project Calls, Reseller, Reconstructive Surgery, & More

We’re starting off today’s 3D Printing News Briefs with two new Project Calls from America Makes. We’ll move on to some more business, with Axtra3D expanding its presence in North…

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Fabric8Labs & University of Illinois Collaborate on 3D Printed Copper Cold Plates for Data Centers

Collaboration between emerging technology enterprises and research universities is one of the most consistently winning tactics for any nation building (or rebuilding) an industrial ecosystem. It’s an especially constructive approach…

3D Printing News Briefs, May 2, 2026: Soft Robots, Agricultural Waste, & More

In this weekend’s 3D Printing News Briefs, we’ll start off with a multi-laser metal powder bed fusion 3D printer and post-processing news. We’ll end with research into soft robotics and…

3D Printing News Briefs, April 30, 2026: Support-Free Titanium, Drug Delivery, & More

In today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, we’ll start with Makelab’s new website, and move on to commercialization of support-free metal 3D printing in South Korea. We’ll end with drug delivery…

Most 3D Printing Metals Are Adapted. This One Was Designed with AI

A research team from the University of South China and Purdue University developed a new type of steel designed specifically for 3D printing, using machine learning to guide the process….