A new type of "ink" makes it possible to 3D print electrochemically switchable, conducting polymers using a light-based ...

Researchers in Kiel have developed a laser-based 3D printing process for glass. It significantly simplifies 3D printing with ...

A new additive manufacturing route creates carbon fiber silicon carbide mirrors that unite low weight, strength, and sub-nanometer smoothness, reaching 97 percent visible reflectance for space optics.

A team led by aerospace Ph.D. student Ivan Wu and his advisor Jeff Baur has developed a low-energy, scalable technique that ...

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Engineers have created a way to 3D print large and complex parts at a fraction of the cost of current methods. Rutgers engineers have created a way to 3D print large and complex parts at a fraction of ...

The speed of light has come to 3D printing. Northwestern engineers have developed a new method that uses light to improve 3D printing speed and precision while also, in combination with a ...

3D printing is a process used to create an object by sequentially adding build material in successive cross-sections, one stacked upon another. It is a form of additive manufacturing. Once considered ...

The optimized component made of glass fiber-reinforced polyamide is represented here within the NX program with a weight-optimized lattice structure. Photo Credit, all images: Naddcon AIM3D GmbH ...

Chemists have developed a way to integrate liquids directly into materials during the 3D printing process. This allows, for example, active medical agents to be incorporated into pharmaceutical ...