Investigation & design

Astronomers create the first 3D-printed stellar nurseries

Researchers can now hold stellar nurseries in their hands thanks to 3D printing, revealing features often obscured in traditional renderings and animations ( Read more... )

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Science, more accessible to visually impaired people thanks to 3D printing

A study from Baylor University in Texas uses candy-like models to make STEM images accessible to visually impaired students through their mouths. ( Read more... )

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Investigation & design

Create a leather-like material that is 3D printed from silk proteins

Silk-based leather can be printed in different patterns and textures, has similar physical properties to real leather, and can withstand the folding, punching, and stretching typically used to create leather goods, including the ability to join pieces of leather. material and attach hardware such as rivets, grommets, handles and clasps.   ( Read more... )

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Modified RNA Bones and 3D Printing to Address Osteoporosis

CIDETEC proposes a new gene therapy to improve the lives of people with major traumatic injuries or degenerative bone diseases ( Read more... )

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Investigation & design

3D-printed graphene aerogels for water treatment

Graphene excels at removing contaminants from water, but it’s not yet a commercially viable use of the wonder material. That could be changing. ( Read more... )

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Researchers hack a game console to 3D print at micro and nanoscale

A research team from DTU Health Tech have successfully repurposed an optical pick-up unit component from a mass-produced gaming console to develop an affordable high-resolution large printing volume micro/nanoscale 3D printer. ( Read more... )

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Investigation & design

GE Researchers Developing Portable Prototype that Produces Water Out of Thin Air

The solution, named AIR2WATER, could represent a future solution to address water scarcity around the world and during its production it will carry out transformative innovations of new materials, thermal processes and additive manufacturing.   ( Read more... )

CATEGORY: New advances BRAND: GE Additive

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Investigation & design

3D-Printed Smart Gel Changes Shape When Exposed to Light

Inspired by the color-changing skin of cuttlefish, octopuses and squids, Rutgers engineers have created a 3D-printed smart gel that changes shape when exposed to light, becomes “artificial muscle” and may lead to new military camouflage, soft robotics and flexible displays. ( Read more... )

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A step towards visually perfect 3D printing

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have created a new system that allows variations in brightness on a 3D printed surface. The advance could aid fine art reproduction and prosthetic design ( Read more... )

CATEGORY: New advances BRAND: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Investigation & design

A solution inspired by the spiderweb and based on 3D printing

The spider is no longer the only one that weaves webs with unbreakable resistance: 3D printers do this job too. A team of researchers from Polytechnique Montreal has just demonstrated how a canvas designed with additive manufacturing absorbs up to 96% of the energy of a crash without yielding.   ( Read more... )

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