A laboratory breakthrough in Japan could reshape how cars and aircraft are engineered. Researchers at Nagoya University have developed a 3D‑printable aluminum alloy that stays strong and flexible at ...

Origami has become known as a miracle technique for designers. Elegant compliant mechanisms can leverage the material ...

D Printing is great, but it is pretty much the worst way to make any given part– except that every other technique you could use to make that part is too slow and/or expensive, making the ...

Studying one of the simplest animals, Stanford's Prakash Lab uncovered how it folds itself into complex shapes—revealing new ...

The Wild West era of 3D printing, which early adopters like me have enjoyed for so long, is fading away. But as the industry ...