A German-Dutch consortium spanning industry and science is seeking to make the production of plastics more sustainable by developing and integrating 3D printed membranes into the production process. T…
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Scientists 3D print new soft actuator as basis for jellyfish-inspired robot
Researchers from the Japanese Yamagata University have developed a fully-3D printed actuator that could form the basis of a jellyfish-like soft robot. Using a UV-based 3D printer, the team were …
Scientists advance fiber optics technology with new high-speed 3D printer
Researchers from the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) have developed a new method of 3D printing photonic crystal fibers – a special type of optical fiber. The team con…
Stuttgart scientists 3D print miniature smartphone-savvy spectrometer
Researchers from the University of Stuttgart have 3D printed a tiny spectrometer mountable directly onto smartphone cameras, providing them with hyperspectral imaging capabilities. By combining two-p…
Researchers construct stronger, more flexible hydrogels for artificial tendons
Researchers from the University of California Los Angeles’ Samueli School of Engineering have developed a novel two-pronged process to enhance the strength of hydrogels that could be used to create ar…
Weerg 3D printed parts help open window to the universe in KM3NeT space particle project
An international project carrying out research into the building blocks of our universe is currently underway, and 3D printing is playing an important role in unlocking answers that have so far eluded…
New method of 3D printing hybrid polymers yields adaptable micro-devices
Scientists from Israel, China and Singapore have developed a novel method of 3D printing hydrogels into other polymers to create complex hybrid microstructures. Utilizing a custom DLP 3D printer…
Researchers open up low-cost open-source microfluidics 3D printing
A team of researchers from the University of Bristol has developed a novel low-cost and open-source 3D printing process for producing microfluidic devices. A microfluidic chip is a set of micro-channe…
Scientists make 3D printed wearables breakthrough with self-powered sensors
Scientists from the Korean Jeonbuk National University and Chinese material provider Wuhan Chamtop have 3D printed novel wearable self-powered sensors. Based on a unique barium-loaded PVDF polym…
Researchers 3D print support-free lattices inspired by sea urchins
Researchers from the National Taiwan University of Science and Technology have 3D printed new lattice structures using Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) that do not require any support structures. The s…