Team uses seaweed stuff to make 3D-printed gel

A new 3D-printed gel made from material in seaweed could have applications for strong, flexible biological scaffolds for growing cells or soft robotics.

Mick Kulikowski-NC State • futurity
May 17, 2021 ~4 min

Will clothes of the future be made from algae?

A new method uses 3D printing to turn algae into a material with all kinds of uses, including skin grafts, space exploration, and even clothes.

Lindsey Valich-Rochester • futurity
May 3, 2021 ~7 min


3D printing method turns goo into a hand in minutes

A new method that allows engineers to use 3D printing to create a hand in 19 minutes is a step toward creating 3D printed human organs and tissue.

Cory Nealon-Buffalo • futurity
March 11, 2021 ~4 min

Shape-shifting hydrogel mimics octopus skin

New shape-shfting and color-changing hydrogel could lead to new military camouflage, soft robotics, and flexible displays, researchers report.

Todd Bates-Rutgers • futurity
Jan. 5, 2021 ~4 min

See metal and plastic micromachines zip around

See how incredibly tiny micromachines made from metal and plastic move according to their shape. They're a step toward better drug delivery.

Fabio Bergamin-ETH Zurich • futurity
Nov. 25, 2020 ~5 min

3D printed ‘invisible’ fibres can sense breath, sound, and biological cells

From capturing your breath to guiding biological cell movements, 3D printing of tiny, transparent conducting fibres could be used to make devices which can

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Sept. 30, 2020 ~4 min

A textile that can change and remember its shape

SEAS researchers have developed a material made from recycled wool can be 3D-printed into any shape and pre-programmed with reversible shape memory.

Leah Burrows • harvard
Sept. 4, 2020 ~6 min

Reversible ‘stitches’ give self-healing polymers new powers

New 3D-printable synthetic polymers have morphing powers and can self-heal within seconds. They could be useful for more realistic prosthetics.

Vandana Suresh-Texas A&M • futurity
Aug. 21, 2020 ~7 min


‘SMILES’ are the brightest fluorescent materials ever

"Think of SMILES like a light bulb, but instead of being turned on with electricity, they are turned on with light..."

Steve Martin - Indiana U. • futurity
Aug. 21, 2020 ~4 min

Solution to viscosity mystery may curb pesticide pollution

Researchers have figured out how to measure the viscosity of droplets. That could help control pesticide spraying, ink-jet printing, and more.

Kayla Wiles-Purdue • futurity
July 1, 2020 ~5 min

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