Ground was just broken for a new facility in Southern Virginia. The Center for Manufacturing Advancement (CMA) will be...
Education and Research Articles
A 10-second COVID-19 antibody test with 3D-printed high-performance sensors
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University, in collaboration with the University of Pittsburgh and UPMC, have developed...
New 3D-Printed Microlenses With Adjustable Refractive Indices – Poised to Improve Imaging, Computing and Communications
Illinois researchers developed a spherical lens that allows light coming into the lens from any direction to be...
Bio-Ink for 3-D Printing Inside the Body
A bio-ink developed at The Ohio State University (OSU) can be three-dimensionally printed at human body temperature,...
Holographic beam shaping to deliver a boost to metallic 3D printing
Cambridge engineers have begun a three-year research programme to help speed up the manufacture of metallic 3D printed...
LZH’s Moonrise project simulates 3D-printing on the moon
Research project in which moondust is laser-melted under lunar conditions suggests moon-based manufacturing is...
Louisiana universities collaborate on 3D printing technology, and other metro-area college news
With a $20 million grant, the National Science Foundation has established the Louisiana Material Design Alliance,...
How to Add Spray-On Lights to 3D-Printed Parts
Typically, if you're prototyping something and you need part of that prototype to illuminate, you have to design...
From Student to STEAM Educator to Entrepreneur
If you’re in and around the SOLIDWORKS community lately, you’ve probably heard about an engineering-minded young woman...
Montana State University Achieves Low-Cost Microfluidics Sensor with 3D Printing
As MSU has continued to stand strong in research, I was especially interested to see that more news has emerged...
Laser-welded sugar: Sweet way to 3D-print blood vessels
Powdered sugar is the special ingredient in a Rice University recipe for mimicking the body’s intricate, branching...
Iran Develops 3D Printer to Produce Fibre-Reinforced Composites
Researchers at an Iranian university have designed and built the largest 3D printer to produce fibre-reinforced...