One such advance was recently developed by Benedict Jones, a designer and engineer from the Royal College of Art in the UK, called “Smart Plant Foundations”. The application produces custom 3D printed ...

A research team has developed a neural network-based approach to automatically generate realistic 3D models of plant leaves—each labeled with precise ...

Anticipating a boom in nuclear energy, the US Department of Energy’s Manufacturing Demonstration Facility (MDF) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory is using 3D-printing to speed up the building of power ...

Recent research from North Carolina State University demonstrates a reproducible method of analyzing cellular communication among several types of plant cells using a 3D printer by bioprinting these ...

Chopping down trees and processing the wood isn’t the most efficient or environmentally friendly way to make furniture or building materials. Scientists at MIT have now made breakthroughs in a process ...

Students in Demark aim to commercialise vegan alternatives to salmon and tuna in Europe, having developed 3D printing processes capable of printing plant proteins and binders in structured forms. A ...

New York City-based digital manufacturing company Shapeways Holdings Inc. is planning to invest $5 million and create 75 jobs in Livonia after moving its plant from Long Island. The company, which ...