3D printing is changing the way we make things, and by extension the thing that we make. But how exactly does it work, and how is it advancing? Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X ...

When engineers struggled to make 3D printer nozzles narrow enough for their needs, they turned to nature and found the ...

Perhaps the biggest barrier to entry is the sheer volume of jargon you’ll encounter. There’s a whole glossary of 3D printing ...

When it comes to innovation, engineers have long proved to be brilliant copycats, drawing inspiration directly from nature.

3D printer company MakerBot has revealed a tie-up with crowdsourced printing network 3D Hubs that aims to bring 3D printing to designers without their own dedicated machine — which basically means ...

GEORGETOWN, Texas (KXAN) — You have probably heard of 3D printed homes and toys, but students at Southwestern University in Georgetown are learning how to 3D print human tissue and organs. “This is ...

When natural disaster strikes, a building’s survival often depends on how it’s built. Engineers at Carnegie Mellon University have created a fast, highly accurate simulator for spray-based concrete 3D ...

ETH Zurich 3D printed human muscle in microgravity, advancing space bioprinting and biomedical research beyond Earth.

Completely 3D printed – even the lenses – then painted helmet prop produced by Thingergy, Los Angeles. Movie makers have the creative vision, but it’s the prop maker’s job to bring that creative ...

Food, including pasta, steak and chocolate, is being printed using pastes, powders and gels, then cooked by lasers. Barilla ...

Print any oddly shaped object with a 3D printer. Also called additive manufacturing or rapid prototyping, 3D printing has many advantages over the more traditional subtractive manufacturing methods, ...