Education and Research Articles

Creating a splash: 3D printing of milk-based products

From pizzas and chocolate to purees for the elderly, the potential applications for 3D printing in the food and beverage industry are growing. . In order for these products to gain further acceptance and wider applications, they must also be tasty and nutritious. ....

3D Printing Silk to Make Scaffolds for Regenerative Medicine Research

Silk isn’t just used to make gorgeous, expensive clothing—this biocompatible, natural protein fiber is much stronger than it looks. . The protein is made of 75% biocompatible fibroin, and 3D printed silk has many applications in the medical sector. The Abbott Lab at...

Researchers Create Bioink that Delivers Oxygen to 3D Printed Tissue Cells

Tissue engineering or regeneration is the process of improving upon or replacing biological tissues by combining cells and other materials with the optimal chemical and physiological conditions in order to build scaffolds upon which new viable tissue can form. We’ve...

New Technique for Multi-Material 3D Printing

A multi-layer, single material print sample from a new technique invented by researchers at Columbia University that uses selective laser sintering to print objects with multiple materials at the same time. . Researchers at Columbia flipped the laser in SLS additive...