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Filaments, resins, and material properties — what to print with, how it behaves, and what it costs.
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UC Santa Barbara Lands $1.15M NSF Grant for True 3D Nanoprinting Down to 10 Nanometers
UCSB secured a $1.15M NSF grant for a two-photon nanoprinting system that builds true 3D nanostructures at 10nm resolution, for uses spanning quantum photonics to coral-reef scaffolds.
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UCLA Team 3D Prints a Zinc-Ion Battery Electrode on a Desktop Resin Printer, Storing 7x the Charge
UCLA chemists turned an Elegoo Mars 3 Pro lattice print into a carbon-vanadium oxide electrode that stores 7x the charge of comparable devices and holds 82% capacity after 1,500 cycles.
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Markforged's Onyx GF Brings Built-In Color Coding to Industrial Glass-Fiber Nylon Parts
Markforged's new Onyx GF adds pigment-built-in color coding to its glass-fiber nylon, letting factory floors 3D print FOD-prevention tools and zone-segregation fixtures without painting or labeling a single part.
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SUNLU's New AMS Lite Heater Adds Active Drying to Bambu Lab's Budget AMS — While You Print
SUNLU's $129.99 AMS Lite Heater bolts active, in-print filament drying (up to 70°C) and humidity monitoring onto Bambu Lab's AMS Lite, launching July 20, 2026.
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US Manufacturers Get Direct Access to Constellium's Aerospace-Grade Aluminum Powder
Liberty Additive is now the first U.S. stocking distributor of Constellium's Aheadd CP1 aluminum powder, putting a Formula 1-qualified alloy on domestic shelves starting July 1, 2026.
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A Polyester That Disappears: BellaSeno's 3D-Printed Breast Scaffolds Reach 30 Patients
BellaSeno says 30 Australian women have now received restorative breast surgery using 3D-printed, medical-grade polycaprolactone scaffolds that seed with the patient's own fat, then dissolve over one to two years.
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A Pinch of Turmeric: How Curcumin Fixes the Blur in Ceramic Resin Printing
Hunan University researchers found that curcumin, the yellow compound in turmeric, both absorbs stray 405 nm light and scavenges free radicals, cutting radical signals ~43.6% and pushing DLP ceramic fidelity to ~26 microns at just 0.01-0.02 wt%.
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Italian Valve Maker Valland Proves Automotive Scrap Aluminum Can Feed Metal 3D Printers
Valland's EU-backed ToZero project turned AA5083 scrap from car body manufacturing into laser powder bed fusion feedstock, printing a crack-free structural part while cutting carbon footprint 73%.
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SUSTech's Expansion-Forming 3D Printing Method Nearly Triples Composite Honeycomb Strength
A new expansion-forming 3D printing process from SUSTech gives continuous-fiber composite honeycombs non-0-degree fiber orientations, boosting specific compressive strength 198.64% and cutting dimensional error 82.76% versus conventional printed honeycombs.
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Caltech's 3D-Printed Lattice Cathode Rethinks Lithium-Ion Battery Architecture
Caltech's Julia Greer lab used hydrogel-infusion additive manufacturing to print a cobalt-free, 3D-architected LiFePO4 cathode that shortens lithium-ion travel paths versus flat layered electrodes.
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Baked, Printed, Ready: Chalmers Turns Baker's Yeast Into 3D-Printable Architecture
Chalmers researchers built a fully bio-based, biodegradable architectural material around deactivated baker's yeast, pressure-printed at room temperature with no support structures, and debuted printed screens and panels in a June 2026 premiere.
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TPU vs TPE vs TPC: Choosing the Right Flexible Filament for the Job
Flexible filaments are not interchangeable. TPU, TPE, and TPC differ substantially in hardness, chemical resistance, print temperature, and long-term fatigue behavior. Choosing the wrong one means a part that either fails in service or was never printable in the first place.
