Self-sensing materials will find a range of applications from tissue engineering to building lightweight aircraft.
Engineers grow 3D-bioprinted blood vessel
A new nanoengineered bioink allows scientists to print 3D, anatomically accurate, multicellular blood vessels.
3D printers with “eyes and a brain” to advance body implants
Machine vision and artificial intelligence can fine tune medical 3D printers to enable custom made tissue implants to suit the individual patient.
3D-bioprinted breast cancer to understand tumor growth and spread
A prototype platform allows researchers to culture and study tumor growth in new detail.
3D-printable bone replacements
Researchers develop a new strategy to 3D print bone-mimicking structures at room temperature incorporating live, bone-forming cells.
A new resin expands the scope of volumetric printing
A new light-sensitive polymer resin gives researchers more control over 3D-printed objects.
Printing liquid metals: The next generation of wiring
Direct‐write and 3D printing using liquids metals provides an interesting alternative for wiring in circuitry.
Machine learning provides new design possibility for 3D-printable robots
An automatic design approach with a new 3D-printing method is established to fabricate soft composites that can change to predetermined shapes and generate controllable robotic motions under a magnetic field.
Micro- and nanofabrication of 2D and 3D metal structures
Exploring advances in building 2D and 3D structures through lithography and additive manufacturing.
The world’s fastest high-precision 3D printer
KIT Scientists develop a new 3D-printing system for building submicron structures in record time.