A branching blood vessel network fabricated using the ESCAPE process to form complex tissues. This image shows the cell nuclei color-coded based on height. Credit: Subramanian Sundaram, Boston University and Wyss Institute, Harvard University Topics: 3D Printing, Additive Manufacturing, Biology, Tissue Engineering The manufacturing technique known as 3D printing, now being used everywhere, from aircraftContinue reading “Scaffolding and Gallium…”
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Stick-to-itiveness…
Medical applications Laboratory tests showed how the 3D printed material molds and sticks to organs such as this porcine heart. (Courtesy: Casey Cass/CU Boulder) Topics: 3D Printing, Additive Manufacturing, Hydrogels, Polymer Science A new method for 3D printing, described in Science, makes inroads into hydrogel-based adhesives for use in medicine. 3D printers, which deposit individual layers ofContinue reading “Stick-to-itiveness…”
Super Strength…
A sample of the new titanium lattice structure 3D printed in cube form. Credit: RMIT. New titanium lattice structure 3D printed in cube form. Credit: RMIT Topics: 3D Printing, Additive Manufacturing, Materials Science, Metamaterials A 3D printed ‘metamaterial’ boasting levels of strength for weight not normally seen in nature or manufacturing could change how weContinue reading “Super Strength…”
Microlenses…
Chromatic imaging of white light with a single lens (left) and achromatic imaging of white light with a hybrid lens (right). Credit: The Grainger College of Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Topics: 3D Printing, Additive Manufacturing, Applied Physics, Materials Science, Optics Using 3D printing and porous silicon, researchers at the University of IllinoisContinue reading “Microlenses…”
Cellulose Shoes…
Topics: Additive Manufacturing, Biology, Biotechnology, Environment, Genetics, Nanotechnology For Hermes, the Greek god of speed, these bacterial sneakers would have been just the ticket. Modern Synthesis co-founders Jen Keane, CEO, and Ben Reeve, CTO, are now setting out to make them available to mere mortals, raising a $4.1 million investment to scale up production. Keane, a graduateContinue reading “Cellulose Shoes…”
4D Beetles…
Topics: 3D Printing, Additive Manufacturing, Biomimetics Researchers in the Netherlands have produced models of a beetle that changes color and a scallop shell that opens and closes in response to changing humidity in the surrounding air. Inspired by iridescent structures in nature, Jeroen Sol and colleagues at the Eindhoven University of Technology showed that they could integrateContinue reading “4D Beetles…”
Physics and Nano 