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3D Printing News Briefs, September 19, 2026: Process Validation, Orthotics, Energy Storage, & More
In this weekend’s 3D Printing News Briefs, Eplus3D and Young-Will Aerospace are working on LPBF process validation for a nickel-copper alloy. Meltio released a U.S.-made version of its Meltio Robot…
3D Printing News Briefs, September 10, 2026: Tax Credits, Polymer Research, Microneedles, & More
We’re starting off this week’s 3D Printing News Briefs with a little business from Axtra3D and Beehive Industries, before moving on to a scientific collaboration agreement between Roboze and a…
3D Printing News Briefs, September 5, 2026: Electronic Skin, Cartilage, Cookies, & More
We’re starting with standards in this weekend’s 3D Printing News Briefs, as ASTM has re-launched its Advanced Manufacturing Division as the Critical and Emerging Technologies (CET) Division. Then we’ll move…
3D Printing News Briefs, August 29, 2026: Prosthetics, Pelvic Implants, Capillaries, & More
In this weekend’s 3D Printing News Briefs, America Makes announced the winner of its GOTHAAM Project Call. Then it’s all about healthcare 3D printing news, with Stratasys and Limbitless Solutions…
Deakin Researchers 3D Print Rotary Kirigami Cylinders
We’ve long had a passion at 3DPrint.com for Kirigami shapes, be it in the form of bandages, nano fabrication, or sensors. We also wrote a lot about metamaterials and, more…
3D Printing News Briefs, August 26, 2026: Meshy 7, 4D Printed Implants, & More
We’re kicking things off today with software news, as the new Meshy 7 is now live. Then we’ll move on to business, with ExOne and voxeljet now operating as a…
3D Printing News Briefs, August 22, 2026: Polymers for CubeSats, Animal Mobility Devices, & More
We’re starting with defense news in this weekend’s 3D Printing News Briefs, before moving on to polymers for CubeSats and 3D printed prosthetics. We’ll end with a story about engineering…
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…
