Australia’s Conflux Technology has received a “significant” investment from AM Ventures to advance the functional applications of metal additive manufacturing. The company is a specialist …
New research advances liquid metal 3D printing, “10x faster at 1/10th cost”
Aluminum has a fascinating history, yet 3D printing with the material has proved problematic. Guests of Napoleon III could expect to eat from gold or silver plates, while aluminum was reserved for Emp…
Innovate UK launches Graphene Special Interest Group, calls for participation
Advances in 3D printing with graphene have featured frequently on these pages. Recently we reported on a 3D printed graphene aerogel and earlier this year looked at how MIT are addressing the challeng…
Milestone reached in NASA’s 3D printed Mars base challenge
Phase 2 of NASA’s 3D-Printed Habitat Challenge is now complete. The U.S. space agency has announced details of teams working on the project that could facilitate deep space exploration, while also adv…
NIST researchers hope to remove barriers to 3D printing metal with new machine
A custom built 3D printer may enable wider use of metal additive manufacturing according to researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The Additive Manufacturing Metrolo…
Using 3D printing to upcycle in the circular economy at the University of Luxembourg
In the linear economy raw materials are extracted, goods produced and consumed and then the waste discarded. However an alternative, using 3D printing, is possible according Claude Wolf and Slawomir K…
Light-directed assembly using gold nano-rods opens up 3D bioprinting applications
The 3D bio-printing market has seen significant activity in 2017. Several companies are preparing 3D printers for launch and we have frequently reported on academic studies in this area. A number of 3…
2018 U.S. Military budget includes support for 3D printing
The proposed U.S. military budget for 2018 includes support for an increased use of 3D printing and additive manufacturing. Every year Washington must authorize appropriations for the coming fiscal te…
Seems fishy? 3D printing with shrimp holds key to self-healing wearables
Researchers have 3D printed a new biopolymer made from shrimp – the results may change the the way things are made. Applications of the conductive self-healing (CSH) hydrogel include soft robots…
Scientists 3D print Parkinson’s medicine for first time with UV inkjet 3D printing
New research into 3D printed medicine has shown – for the first time – that a combination of inkjet printing and UV curing can produce, “solid oral dosage forms” of drugs. The research ope…