Researchers from Jiangnan University, a research university in Wuxi, China, and Jiangda Vibration Isolator Co., Ltd., a vibration-control manufacturer based in the same city, have developed a 3D printed silicone rubber lattice designed to resist fungal growth while absorbing vibration and repeated compression in marine environments. Reported in a study published in Advanced Composites and…
Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IIT Guwahati) have tested full-scale 3D printed concrete walls under simulated earthquake conditions and experimentally validated a design framework for seismic applications. Published in the Journal of Building Engineering, the study addresses a procedural gap that has constrained the technology’s reach: no standardised building code specifically addresses…
Researchers at Tsinghua University have developed a volumetric 3D printing method that produced millimetre-scale polymer structures in as little as 0.6 seconds. Called digital incoherent synthesis of holographic light fields (DISH), the method uses holographically optimized light projections delivered through a high-speed rotating periscope, removing the need to rotate the resin container during printing. Published…
Multinational printing firm HP’s additive manufacturing division used RAPID + TCT 2026 to announce its smallest Multi Jet Fusion (MJF) 3D printer yet, alongside updates across its polymer and metal platforms. The centerpiece announcement is the HP MJF 1200 3D Printer, a compact system with a 12-liter build volume. HP is positioning it as an…
The US Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) has awarded Nikon AM Synergy, a contract under the JAMA IV IDIQ Pilot Parts Program, bringing the company into the US military’s AM supply chain as a direct production partner. The DLA is using this pilot to determine whether additive manufacturing can reliably replace conventional production methods for critical…
A product designer has a discontinued component on her desk, something a client needs replicated exactly. The geometry is all there in the physical part. What’s missing is a reliable way to turn it into a file, because the scanners she’s tried before either wash out on the polished metal finish or lose tracking on…
Icelandic software startup Euler has released Euler Viewer, a browser-based tool that gives metal 3D printing operators live visibility into their builds at no cost, with no hardware required. Each laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) build generates thousands of high-resolution images, one after every layer. Until now, that data has had nowhere useful to go.…
US-based AI company Anthropic has released eight Claude AI connectors letting users control creative and design software, including Autodesk Fusion, Blender, and SketchUp, through natural language conversation. For additive manufacturing, this means engineers can create and iterate on 3D models, automate repetitive design tasks, and coordinate files across the production pipeline. Most of that time…
SWISSto12, a Switzerland-based satellite communications company, has awarded a contract to German space subsystem consortium HPS/LSS for a large deployable reflector subsystem for the NEASTAR-1 mission. The reflector will be integrated with SWISSto12’s HummingSat small geostationary satellite platform. According to the company, the mission will enable direct-to-device media broadcasting capabilities from geostationary orbit, supporting direct-to-device…
Chinese 3D printer manufacturer Elegoo (Shenzhen SmartPie Technology Co., aka SmartPie) has completed a B+ round of financing worth over 500 million yuan ($73.3 million). The round was jointly backed by Meituan and its investment arm, Dragon Ball, alongside Guoce Capital, Hillhouse Capital, Minghui Zhiyuan Capital, Shenzhen Capital Group, Shanghai High-Tech Investment Group, and Yintai…
Lightbridge Corporation, a U.S.-based nuclear technology company, has received a Notice of Allowance from the European Patent Office for a patent covering its “Multi-Zone Fuel Element” nuclear fuel design. The patent extends intellectual property protection for the company’s advanced fuel technology across 39 European contracting states, including major nuclear energy markets such as the United…
America Makes, a US public-private partnership focused on additive manufacturing, and the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining (NCDMM) have announced two project calls worth a combined $25.6 million. The funding is split between the $12.4 million Maturation Initiative for Additive Metals Interchangeability (MIAMI) and the $13.2 million INtegrated System for In-situ Testing &…
Eplus3D, a manufacturer of industrial metal additive manufacturing systems, Rosswag Engineering, the additive manufacturing division of German metal processing company Rosswag GmbH, and qualloy, a supplier and marketplace for metal powders used in additive manufacturing, have signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly advance next-generation metal additive manufacturing systems and supply chains. As part of…
Chromatic 3D Materials, a company developing additively manufactured elastomeric and propulsion materials, has announced successful prototype printing and static fire testing of its 3D printed rocket propellant at the Integrated Solutions for Systems (IS4S) test range in Opelika, Alabama. Tests showed the material sustained combustion pressures above 1,800 psi without structural failure, marking a milestone…
Titomic Limited, an Australian cold spray additive manufacturing company listed on the ASX as TTT, has received a purchase order from Iowa State University for a Titomic 623 ISB-11 system. Part of its turnkey Integrated Spray Booth solutions, the equipment will support research and development at the university. Students and researchers are expected to use…
Sulfur cathodes remain a prominent area of battery research because they combine low-cost, abundant materials with very high theoretical energy density. A study published in Nature by researchers from CY University, the Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC), the Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), ICREA, and Fuzhou University examines sulfur-based battery systems through…
A new facility purpose-built for additive manufacturing has opened at the Bristol base of the British aerospace and defence company Rolls-Royce. The Additive Manufacturing Development Cell was inaugurated by Luke Pollard MP, Minister for Defence Readiness and Industry, with Claire Hazelgrove MP also in attendance. Backed by UK Ministry of Defence funding, the cell is…
Microscale 3D printer manufacturer Boston Micro Fabrication (BMF) has released BMF Clear, a photopolymer resin rated at greater than 90% light transmittance. Designed for use on its 10µm and 25µm resolution printing platforms, the material is built specifically for applications where both optical performance and dimensional accuracy at the micron-scale are simultaneously required. That combination…
Oxford University researchers have successfully built and implanted structured human brain tissue into living mouse brains. Over several years, the Oxford Martin Programme on 3D Printing for Brain Repair used stem cells, 3D printing, and microfluidics to engineer layered cortical tissue that integrated with host brain tissue, reduced lesion size in injury models, and communicated…
American designer Alexander Wang has released Griphoria, the first commercially available 3D printed stiletto, developed over six years in partnership with 3D printing company Carbon and footwear software provider HILOS. Made almost entirely from elastomeric polyurethane using Carbon’s Digital Light Synthesis technology, the heel-forward mule retails for $795 and is available now, fabricated in Italy…
