The CRAFT method uses widely available materials and inexpensive commercial 3D printers.

Since its invention in the 1980s, 3D printing has steadily moved from research labs ...

A team of University of Minnesota scientists has developed a futuristic method of 3D printing. Michael McAlpine, associate professor of mechanical engineering at the University, and his lab created a ...

Researchers have been trying to find new ways to produce and replicate the various useful features observed in nature. Fine hairs and fibers, which are ubiquitous in nature, are useful for various ...

PULLMAN, Wash. – Taking a cue from the structural complexity of trees and bones, Washington State University engineers have created a way to 3D-print two types of steel in the same circular layer ...

We may not have flying cars yet, but 3D-printed organs? That sci-fi fantasy just got one step closer to reality thanks to a rapid 3D-printing method developed by University of Buffalo engineers. Their ...

Researchers have designed a new 3D printing method called Crystallinity Regulation in Additive Fabrication of Thermoplastics (CRAFT) that turns a single, cheap liquid into a material chameleon. The ...

When humans begin to colonize the moon and Mars, they will need to be able to make everything from small tools to large buildings using the limited surrounding resources. “For places like other ...

Researchers have developed a new method for 3D printing objects with very different properties, including levels of hardness ...