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Researchers from Sandia National Laboratories, The University of Texas at Austin, Oregon State University, Arizona State University, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and Savannah River National Laboratory have reported a lithographic 3D printing method that controls crystallinity inside a single thermoplastic part. Published in Science, the work describes a light-based process that gives microscopic control over […]

Japanese firm Space Compass Corporation has agreed to buy a SWISSTo12 GEO optical data relay satellite. The compact Hummingsat will be used for Space Compass’ optical data relay service. Space...

BASF, a German chemical company, has started up what it describes as the world’s first production plant for 3D printed catalysts at its Ludwigshafen site. The facility is based on the company’s X3D technology, which BASF said enables catalyst geometries that combine high mechanical stability with an open structure. According to the company, this design […]

As additive manufacturing continues to move into production, one question keeps coming up: not just whether a technology works, but where it actually makes sense to use it. HP’s upcoming...

Tethon 3D has acquired Fortify’s advanced materials intellectual property. Fortify wanted to bring fiber-reinforced vat-polymerized parts to market before pivoting to electronics and later to RF applications. This got them...

I’m a big fan of wire arc additive manufacturing (WAAM), in large part because it’s not that much of a departure from how arc welding already works. It’s a technology...

Adidas Debuts 3D Printed Basketball ShoeMarch 25

At TCT Asia 2026, the shift did not stop at metal production. It extended into the consumer and prosumer side of the market, where the same logic of scale, integration,...

As additive manufacturing (AM) continues its transition from prototyping to production, industry attention is shifting toward one of the most demanding but often overlooked parts of the workflow: post-processing. The...

Last week, hundreds of additive manufacturing users (and a few journalists, like me!) met in Reno, Nevada to attend the 2026 Additive Manufacturing Users Group (AMUG) Conference. I’ll share more...

Something has matured in how the AM industry thinks about healthcare, and the conversation is sharper for it. Where the industry once debated potential, practitioners are now deep in the specifics: how to manufacture custom medical products at scale, how to satisfy regulators who were not built with AM in mind, and how to move […]

Polymaker, a developer and manufacturer of 3D printing materials, has expanded its direct-to-consumer webshop to six additional European markets: the UK, France, Germany, Poland, Czechia, and Spain. Announced from Utrecht, Netherlands, the move gives customers in those countries direct access to the company’s official webshop. The expansion is intended to make the company’s materials more […]

Hexagon, a measurement technology company, has released Geomagic Freeform 2026.1 with a new subscription pricing model that lowers the software’s starting cost by 66%, alongside added support for Haply Robotics haptic devices and new workflow tools for complex, organic 3D design. Announced on March 11 in Cobham, UK, the update adds tools for users working […]

NASA and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) have published a strategy document proposing computer simulations as a tool to cut the time and cost of certifying metal 3D printed aviation components. The 195-page report was developed over five years by a steering group known as CM4QC, comprising experts from Boeing, Lockheed Martin, GE Aerospace, Honeywell, […]

Alisher Khojayev, a student at Los Angeles Valley College, has published a proof-of-concept prototype for a low-cost launcher and guided rocket system built with consumer electronics and 3D printed components. In a video presentation on his YouTube channel and two GitHub repositories, Khojayev says the launcher and rocket assembly cost approximately $96 in hardware. He […]

Researchers from the University of Brighton and University of Strathclyde have developed an electrochemical sensor platform capable of detecting a heart attack protein biomarker in human blood serum. Published in Analytical Chemistry, the study targets cardiac troponin I, a protein released into the bloodstream when heart muscle is damaged and the central biomarker in heart […]

Ceramitec is a key event for the ceramics industry. Held in the lovely city of Munich, it is the leading global event for the ceramics community. With around 13,000 participants...

OU and Oak Ridge Lab Win $8.8M to Speed 3D-Printed Parts Approval for Air Force AircraftMarch 24

Walk into TCT Asia 2026, and the first impression is density. More than 55,000 square meters across Halls 7.1 and 8.1 at Shanghai’s National Exhibition and Convention Center, over 550...

Soft robotics has a longstanding problem: the materials that make robots flexible and lifelike are notoriously difficult to manufacture into precise, useful shapes. A team of researchers from the Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology (KRICT) may have found a way around that, using one of the cheapest and most overlooked industrial waste materials available: […]