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This weekend’s 3D Printing News Briefs are all about research! We’ll start with what’s been called the first comparison of corrosion resistance in 3D printed magnesium and zinc alloys. Then,...

Tabletop gaming is not talked about often enough by people in 3D printing. We’ve been writing about 3D printing and tabletop games since 2014. Since then, millions of tabletop game...

The second quarter of 2025 was a balancing act for Materialise (Nasdaq: MTLS), with strong momentum in its medical segment and slower performance across other parts of the business. Like...

The Russia-Ukraine war is driving demand for 3D printed unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).   On the eastern front, both sides deploy low-cost, remotely controlled first-person view (FPV) drones to carry out precision strikes, conduct aerial surveillance, and deliver supplies.  Meanwhile, Moscow has intensified long-range attacks, sending swarms of propeller-powered, fixed-wing UAVs deep into Ukraine. Its Iranian-designed […]

The nuclear industry has been working with additive for many years: Only recently have we been finding out about all of the components that are currently being used. The work...

What does it take to get a prosthetic limb to a child halfway around the world? For many, getting a prosthetic still involves complex logistics, long waits, and high expenses....

Materialise’s second quarter was marked by resilience in its Medical division and signs of margin discipline, yet the company’s bottom line was nearly wiped out by currency volatility and weakening industrial demand.  On a call with investors, CFO Koen Berges highlighted €20M drawn from a €50M loan facility, as part of a previously agreed staged […]

Researchers at the University of Freiburg have introduced a process for volumetric 3D printing that enables complex multi-material parts and microscale internal channels to be produced in a single curing step. The method, called Embedded Extrusion-Volumetric Printing (EmVP), was detailed in a peer-reviewed study published in Nature Communications and integrates embedded 3D printing (EMB3D) with […]

Scrona Partners with K1 Solution to Distribute EHD Printing Technology in South KoreaJuly 25

James Bruton, a UK-based engineer and YouTuber, has completed an omnidirectional bike using 3D printed components, aluminum extrusion, and a self-balancing control system. The design features two omni wheels mounted at 90 degrees to one another, enabling the vehicle to travel in any direction, including directly sideways. Bruton reused the front wheel from a one-wheel […]

Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Manufacturing Demonstration Facility (MDF), in collaboration with reactor developer Kairos Power and Barnard Construction, has developed and deployed large-format 3D printed polymer composite molds to cast high-precision concrete structures at the Hermes Low-Power Demonstration Reactor. The forms, fabricated using carbon-fiber-reinforced ABS, are being used at Kairos Power’s Oak Ridge campus in […]

CRG Defense, a U.S.-based aerospace and defense technology company, has acquired the ARGO 1000 HYPERMELT, a large-format 3D printer manufactured by Italian firm Roboze. This acquisition makes CRG one of the first companies worldwide (and the second in the U.S.) to adopt this system. The addition aims to enhance CRG’s capacity to produce aerospace-grade polymer […]

Northrop Grumman is integrating additive manufacturing across its space systems to reduce lead times, lower costs, and enhance the design flexibility of certified parts. At the recent Additive Manufacturing Advantage Aerospace (AMAA) 2025 conference, Andrew Thompson revealed that Northrop 3D prints hundreds of thousands of parts annually. The global aerospace, space, and defense manufacturer is […]

Aibuild, a UK software company specializing in large-format additive manufacturing (LFAM), has expanded its partnership with Massive Dimension, known for its robotic 3D printing extruders, by launching MD Software. This offering merges Massive Dimension’s extrusion hardware with Aibuild’s reliable, industry-tested software platform. MD Software incorporates Aibuild’s features—including parametric slicing methods, analytical tools, and automated design […]

Want to speak at AMA: Energy 2025 or AMA: Automotive & Mobility 2025? Submit your application now! Researchers at Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) have developed a 3D printed robot that mimics the mechanical complexity of muscles and bones using just one material.  Inspired by elephants, the robot combines soft, flexible components with rigid, load-bearing structures without […]

Systemic Bio, the 3D Systems subsidiary working to transform drug development with bioprinted tissue models, has officially closed. The news came in an emotional, personal, and powerful blog post by...

Align Technology‘s Invisalign is a revolutionary method to get you the smile you want through 3D printing. It is also a hugely popular process to go through, a $4 billion...

The right partnerships enable all parties involved to accentuate their strengths more effectively than would be possible if each partner was working alone. Digital manufacturing software provider Dyndrite, which specializes...

Skuld LLC has sold a Lightning Metal machine to the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. Skuld’s Additive Manufacturing Evaporative Casting (AMEC) technique is potentially a super low-cost method for making...

Dyndrite, a software company specializing in GPU-accelerated digital manufacturing tools, has signed a multi-year licensing agreement with aerospace propulsion firm Ursa Major. The agreement follows a six-month technical evaluation in which Dyndrite’s LPBF Pro software surpassed Ursa Major’s existing toolchain. The software will now support Ursa Major’s metal additive manufacturing operations, including material development, part […]