Materials
Filaments, resins, and material properties — what to print with, how it behaves, and what it costs.
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Materials
Protolabs Adds ISO-Certified Medical White Resin to Its Hi-Speed SLA Lineup
Protolabs has qualified a biocompatible Medical White resin on Axtra3D's Lumia X1 platform, giving its high-speed SLA line a fifth production material cleared for surgical guides, splints, and dental parts.
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EPFL's 3D-Printed 'Granular' Elastomer Is 15x Tougher, 3x More Fatigue-Resistant
EPFL's Soft Materials Laboratory has printed a double-network granular elastomer on ordinary extrusion hardware that is up to 15x tougher and 3x more fatigue-resistant than conventional printed rubbers.
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Liqcreate Launches Bio-Med Flex, a Sterilizable Flexible Resin for Medical 3D Printing
Liqcreate's new Bio-Med Flex resin passes ISO 10993 biocompatibility testing and survives repeated steam sterilization, opening flexible anatomical models and wearable medical fixtures to open-source DLP/LCD/SLA printers.
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RAFT Chemistry Fixes the Overheating Problem That's Held Back Volumetric 3D Printing
Nottingham and UC Berkeley researchers show a RAFT polymerization additive slashes runaway heat buildup in volumetric 3D printing resin, cutting temperature rise from 59°C to as low as 3.5°C and preventing parts with 150-micron gaps from fusing.
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D-Shape's 3D-Printed Reef Habitats, Built From a Coral-Mimicking Mineral Mix, Go Live Off Italy's Coast
D-Shape has installed five 3D-printed reef structures in Italy's Monte Argentario Underwater Park, printed in a patented mineral mix engineered to chemically mimic coral skeletons and designed by a team of artists.
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EOS and Constellium Team Up on a New Aluminum Powder That Skips Quenching Entirely
EOS is adding Constellium's Aheadd CP1 alloy to its metal 3D printing lineup as a quench-free, corrosion-resistant aluminum powder aimed at heat exchangers and semiconductor hardware, arriving August 2026.
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Formlabs Is Working to Cut the Cost of Volumetric-Printing Resin as OpenCAL Ships Its V2 Hardware
OpenCAL's V2 hardware debuted at Open Sauce 2026 alongside word that Formlabs is helping produce its specialty resin for roughly $100/liter, potentially clearing the last barrier to hobbyist volumetric 3D printing.
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Australia Bets A$677,000 on Locally Made TiRO Titanium Powder for Metal 3D Printing
AMCRC, University of Queensland, and Coogee Titanium launch a A$677,000 project to benchmark Australia's low-emissions TiRO titanium powder against conventional AM powders for aerospace, defense, and medical printing.
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EOS and Constellium Team Up to Expand Aluminum Alloy Options for Metal 3D Printing
EOS and aluminum specialist Constellium announced a materials partnership adding a new high-strength CP1 alloy this August and rebranding EOS's Al5X1 alloy, with more joint aluminum development to come.
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Scientists 3D Print a Miniature Diving Suit That Lets Cyborg Cockroaches Swim for Three Hours
A 10x10mm 3D-printed photopolymer backpack and waterproof shell let cyborg cockroaches survive underwater for three hours instead of minutes, aimed at search-and-rescue robots for flooded pipes and disaster zones.
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Aalto University's 3D-Printed 'Metacrystal' Panels Could Steer 6G Signals Without Any Electronics
Aalto University researchers 3D printed passive 'metacrystal' panels that bend radio waves around obstacles for a few tens of euros apiece — no power, antennas, or active tuning required.
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Indian Researchers at ARCI 3D Print Crack-Free Stainless Steel-Inconel Bimetallic Structure
ARCI scientists in Hyderabad used laser powder bed fusion to fuse SS316L onto Inconel 718 with no cracking, hitting 550 MPa tensile strength — a step toward using superalloy only where heat demands it.
