Hard materials keep modern life moving, from drill bits to cutting tools. One of the toughest is tungsten carbide with cobalt ...

A research team has used advanced 3D printing techniques to develop low-temperature, "sinterless" silica glass. They ...

Researchers demonstrated that additive manufacturing can produce defect-free WC–Co cemented carbides with industrial-level hardness, reducing material waste and cost. <br /> ...

Ordinarily, if you want to change the shape in which an object is 3D-printed, you have to alter the computer model that tells the printer what to do. A new and simpler technique, however, allows the ...

Soft robots made out of flexible, biocompatible materials are in high demand in industries from health care to manufacturing, ...

Automotive manufacturers have embraced 3D printing, but even if you can print something on your own, that doesn't mean it's ...

For years, 3D printing has been quietly growing in popularity among engineers, tinkerers and artists. From its beginning in the late 1980s in the form of fairly unreliable resin-based SLA printers, to ...