Tag: Advanced Materials
Making new layered superconductors
Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have created new superconductors made of layers of bismuth sulfide (BiS2) and a high-entropy rare earth alloy oxyfluoride, containing...
Polypropylene robots utilize humidity gradient to generate signals
A team of researchers at the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, has developed a type of soft robot that can...
TSMC stacked wafer tech double the power of Nvidia and AMD...
The Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, better known as TSMC, is holding its 24th annual Technology Symposium in Santa Clara right now, and it’s just unveiled a process...
Ultra thin magnetic device leads to new memory technologies
Magnetic materials are the backbone of modern digital information technologies, such as hard-disk storage. A University of Washington-led team has now taken this one...
Elastic biodegradable hydrogel for bioprinting of new tissues
Researchers at The University of Texas at Arlington have developed a highly elastic biodegradable hydrogel for bio-printing of materials that mimic natural human soft...
Promising new material has the right properties
Solar energy is clean and abundant. But when the sun isn't shining, you must store the energy in batteries or through a process called...
GM Uses Generative Design Software to Advance Vehicle Design
General Motors has always been a leader and a pioneer of the auto industry, and that’s no exception when it comes to 3D printing. The...
Medtronic Launches New Titanium 3D Printed Platform
There are many applications for 3D printing in the medical field, from prosthetics and anatomical models to pharmaceuticals and custom surgical guides – the...
Improving 3-D printing of plastic parts
Robots that can build homes, marathoners' running shoes and NASA's upcoming spacecraft all have one thing in common: 3-D printed parts. But as enthusiasm...
Self-forming structures by 3D printing on pre-stretched fabric
Massachusetts-based design studio Nervous System has recently made use of 3D printing technology to explore the possibility of creating self-forming structures by printing on stretched...