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New 3D-Printed Membranes Could be Useful for Oil-Water Separation

In the petroleum industry, the ability to separate oil and water is critical. Oily wastewater from drilling and processing crude oil is the biggest waste stream in the oil and gas industry, which produces three times as much waste as it does product.

23 Jun 2020

Fuel Cells and Electrolysers 3D Printing: New Approach

Fuel cells able to convert hydrogen into electricity are called to play an important role in the energy transition towards a future with zero-emissions. In reverse mode, electrolysis cells can convert water into hydrogen by using electricity.

From IDTechEx 18 Jun 2020

New 3D-Printable Bio-Ink to Print Tissues Directly in Body

In the TV series Westworld, human body parts are built on robotic frames using 3D printers. While still far from this scenario, 3D printers are being increasingly used in medicine.

16 Jun 2020

Magnetically Finely Structured Materials Made Using P2000 Steel, 3D Printing

It looks quite inconspicuous to the casual beholder, hardly like groundbreaking innovation: a small metallic chessboard, four millimeters long on either side.

12 Jun 2020

Remotely Controllable 3D Printed Capsule for On-Demand Drug Delivery

Doctors could soon be administering an entire course of treatment for life-threatening conditions with a 3D printed capsule controlled by magnetic fields thanks to advances made by University of Sussex researchers.

10 Jun 2020

New Method to Print Objects that can be Tuned to Take Alternate Forms

Soft robots and biomedical implants that reconfigure themselves upon demand are closer to reality with a new way to print shapeshifting materials.

10 Jun 2020

New AI-Based Heart Segmentation and Many New and Improved Features in Simpleware Q-2020.06

We are excited to announce Simpleware Release Q-2020.06, which includes two new modules: “Simpleware AS Cardio” and “Simpleware Design Link”. In addition, the latest version of Simpleware software includes many new features and improvements, including support for importing 4D DICOM.

From Synopsys, Inc 9 Jun 2020

Researchers 3D Print Complex Lattice Structure Using Liquid Crystal Elastomers

Biological tissues have evolved over millennia to be perfectly optimized for their specific functions.

9 Jun 2020

Element Provides Free Environmental Testing for Oregon Health and Science University's Innovative New Electricity-Free 3D-Printed Ventilator

Element Materials Technology (Element) is supporting Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) in its innovative production of 3D-printed ventilators by offering temperature and humidity testing at no cost.

From Element Materials Technology 5 Jun 2020

A Non-Contact Method to Precisely Shape 3D-Printed Metal Parts

Professor Dirk Bähre and his research team at Saarland University have developed a non-contact method of transforming metal parts fabricated by a 3D printer into high-precision technical components for specialist applications.

29 May 2020

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