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Researchers Use 3D Printing for Precise Control in Programmable Release Drug Delivery Capsules
Science, research, and the technologies of the future go hand in hand–and lately we’ve seen their reach expanding and extending in ways none of us ever would have dreamed of….
Bioactive 3D Printing for Effective 3D Printed Drug Therapy, LSU Researchers Awarded $40K for New Medical Center
At my fourth grade picnic, I ran up the steps of a gazebo and fell on my knee onto the brick steps. The cut was so deep it severed nerves,…
Researchers at UTEP 3D Print Drone with Electronics Already Embedded Within
The allure of 3D printed drones is very strong. A large number of projects have been completed recently all over the world which build on the excitement of this combination of technologies….
LUXeXceL Releases Report Establishing Benchmarks for 3D Printing Transparent Materials
We’ve had our eye on LUXeXceL for some time now here at 3DPrint.com, covering their innovative use of transparent 3d printing. The Dutch company, founded in 2009, focuses on the…
Wire-Feed Additive Manufacturing Holds Great Potential for 3D Printing
Self-examination is a component of practice in any area that has begun to coalesce into a field in its own right. The development of an academic interest in the history…
Precision Hydrographic Printing: A Fascinating New Way to Precisely Add Color to 3D Prints
I have to admit that it took me a moment to get past the GIF to the right, which shows what appears to be a cat in an advanced state of…
Disney is Researching Variable Activation 3D Printed Controls
Like many others in the millennial generation, some of my fondest childhood memories involve a Disney character, story, or toy in some way. I remember spending hours playing the Toy…
Xanofi & Izumi Release Survey Results from Bioprinting Researchers Using 3D Printers
Some undoubtedly very smart scientists have been polled, and while interesting, the results are not surprising. Bottom line? More often than not, those involved in bioprinting are using 3D printers,…
New 3D Printable Hydrogel Composites Created — Possible Breakthrough in Human Body Part Replacement
There is tremendous progress being made within the area of 3D bioprinting. In fact, there are companies working to print human organs as we speak, and within the next decade…
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…
L’Oréal USA & Organovo Team for 3D Printed Human Skin Tissue Research
You all probably know by now that Organovo (NYSE: ONVO) is leading the charge when it comes to 3D printing organ tissue. They have already brought human liver tissue to…
3D Printed Algae Provides Oxygen Source for Growing Bioprinted Human Cells
Bioprinting promises to change the way we look at the field of medicine forever. As several companies are already printing living human tissue, it’s only a matter of time before…
3D Printed Bat Models Yield New Scientific Discoveries About Flight
Bats are probably one of the most misunderstood animals on Earth, with groups dedicated to correcting their misrepresentation as nocturnal blood suckers most closely related to the vampire. But if…
Making Discoveries about Human Evolution Using 3D Technology
It has already been demonstrated numerous times that 3D printing replicas of delicate or rare artifacts and fossils is an excellent way of sharing them with students and conveying the…
The Science of Stress in 3D Printing: LLNL Research Team Analyzes and Targets Residual Stress Issues
In life, sometimes it’s all about stress management and adjusting. That applies to the world of 3D printing too, as it turns out. While 3D printing is certainly the wunderkind…
InnerbreedFX 3D Prints Lifelike Animatronic Bird For Use as Raptor Lure
It’s amazing what motivation can do to further innovation. At some point, we humans are repeatedly frustrated enough to go out and invent something really cool, seemingly out of thin…
Adding Quasicrystals to Complex Metal Alloys Provides New Material for 3D Printing
Advances in 3D printing aren’t only occurring in the technology of the machines or in the materials that can be used for printing, but also in the very creation of…
German Scientists Study Possibility of Textiles Made via 3D Printing, Find Surprising Results
We’ve seen 3D printed clothes hit the runways already. Some 3D printed fashion is for the novelty — the latest new thing is always the star of the runway —…
130,000 lbs Dinosaur, Dreadnoughtus, 3D Scanned, and Miniature Versions Being 3D Printed
Q: How do you study a 130,000-pound dinosaur? A: Any way it wants you to. We have seen numerous ways in which 3D technology has assisted in the research, documentation,…
New 3D Modeling Technique – Will it make 3D scanners obsolete?
What happens when you want to take a tangible object and replicate it through the process of 3D printing? If you are like most, you will either try and find…
Researches Study the 3D Printing of Surgical Instruments for use in Long Space Missions
Looking toward a future when space missions might occur at great distances over even longer periods of time, means being prepared for any number of emergencies or eventualities that could…
Got Milk? Then You’ve Got 3D Printer Filament at a 99.7% Discount
According to a new study produced by the Pearce Research Group at Michigan Technological University (MTU) you can now save yourself money and help the environment, all while making sure…
A Kick in the Axis – Crowdfunding a 3D Printing Revolution with $15,748,791.70+
Crowdfunding and 3D printing, they have grown up and matured together over the past few years. Kickstarter, the older brother, and 3D printing his little sister. They have provided great…
Researchers 3D Print With Epoxy Composites to Mimic Material Properties of Balsa Wood
3D printing processes have been undertaken using materials such as thermo plastics and UV-curable resins, but now materials scientists from Harvard’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences have teamed up…
