Education and Research Articles

Programmable Filament: Multicolor & Multimaterial 3D Printing with No Hardware Upgrades

Most of us still get excited about the opportunity to cast aside single-color fused filament fabrication (FFF) and explore the potential of multi-colored, multi-material printing, typically reserved for higher end binder jet and inkjet technologies. . While...

3D Printing Technique Brings Hollywood to Human Organs

A team of scientists at the University of Minnesota has developed a new 3D-printing technique that can 3D print electronic sensors directly onto human organs as they are expanding and contracting. . The breakthrough 3D printing technique has implications for COVID-19...

3D printing technique differentiates stem cells into heart cells

A new study has shown that 3D printing can be used to control stem cell differentiation into embryoid bodies that replicate heart cells. . Scientists report that they have printed heart cells using additive manufacturing to control stem cell differentiation in...

Could Martian concrete lay foundation for better 3D printing?

NASA’s Mars One strategy is to robotically construct a human settlement on Mars starting in 2025 with humans arriving five years later. . A team at Northwestern University has created a model of what the structures on the planet could look like. NASA states the...