October 1, 2026
Full-Layer Metal 3D Printing: What LLNL's Filing Means
Full-layer metal 3D printing is the idea in an LLNL patent filing Fabbaloo reported on October 1: a diode array and mask expose one powder layer at once.
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3D printing for classrooms and university labs
STEM programs, classroom workflows, and lab stories for K–12, makerspaces, and university engineering.
October 1, 2026
Continuous Fiber 3D Printing Learns as It Builds
Continuous fiber 3D printing is the focus of an NSF instrument at Oklahoma State and Mississippi State that scores quality while the build is still running.
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ISS Metal 3D Printing Study Targets Melt Defects
ISS metal 3D printing research will watch how metal particles melt without gravity, so labs can model incomplete melting and the defects that can follow.
Read article →September 25, 2026
3D Printed Bioreactor Scaffolds Turn Methane Useful
3D printed bioreactor scaffolds at LLNL turn waste methane into succinate: hydrogel-filled lattices beat stirred tanks on mass transfer and power.
Read article →September 25, 2026
UCLA Puts 3D Printing STEM Education in LA Schools
3D printing STEM education gets a UCLA assist: refurbished Prusa printers, MESA school placements, and student-led workshops across Los Angeles classrooms.
Read article →September 22, 2026
3D Printing Hospital Education Lands in England
3D printing hospital education reaches England’s hospital schools: Nottingham’s three-year project puts printers, staff training, and user-centred design in 25 sites.
Read article →September 19, 2026
3D Printed Bone Scaffolds Mix PCL and Carbon Dots
3D printed bone scaffolds from Tehran mix PCL with carbon dots from black cumin; more filler aids cells but cuts compressive strength about threefold.
Read article →September 16, 2026
3D Concrete Printing Enters a Polytechnic Classroom
3D concrete printing arrives in UW-Stout classrooms as Alquist robots extrude walls; a new certificate trains students who placed rebar in a campus planter.
Read article →September 8, 2026
3D Printed MRI Coils Fit Kids in Minutes
3D printed MRI coils from USC aim to fit infants in minutes: silver-ink sensors on stretchable elastomer for clearer pediatric scans.
Read article →September 7, 2026
Ice 3D Printing Uses Vacuum, Not a Freezer
Ice 3D printing news this week: Amsterdam physicists froze a water jet in vacuum, with no freezer, into sacrificial templates for lab channels in PNAS.
Read article →September 3, 2026
3D Printing Education Turns Student-Led This Fall
3D printing education news: Bambu Lab’s 50 school ambassadors ran 41 summer events reaching more than 30,000 people as fall classes resume across North America.
Read article →August 31, 2026
Stratasys Expands 3D-Printed Prosthetics Partnership
3D-printed prosthetics are the student-lab job at UCF this week: Stratasys and Limbitless expanded a 12-year partnership and donated a refurbished F370.
Read article →August 27, 2026
3D-Printed Kirigami Cylinders Morph on a Rotary Printer
3D-printed kirigami cylinders on a Snapmaker rotary module snap from stiff tubes to soft vases this week, so STEM labs can program crush without swapping TPU.
Read article →August 26, 2026
3D-Printed Zirconia Crowns May Fit One Dental Visit
3D-printed zirconia crowns news: UT Dallas cuts ceramic VPP debinding from 20–100 hours to under 30 minutes, aiming at same-day dental visits this week.
Read article →August 24, 2026
3D-Printed Acoustic Cavities Power Tiny Robots
3D-printed acoustic cavities turn speaker tones into thrust: EPFL boats steer without motors, and 150-µg microfliers climb on ultrasound this week in labs.
Read article →August 12, 2026
Recycled 3D Printing Filament Gets a Campus Extruder Playbook
Recycled 3D printing filament just got a low-cost campus extruder patent from NIT Rourkela. What closed-loop FDM recycling means for STEM labs.
Read article →August 11, 2026
3D Printing STEM Education Gets a Statewide NSF Hub
3D printing STEM education just gained an $8M NSF hub in Nebraska. What NE3D’s student pipeline means for labs teaching design-to-print healthcare skills.
Read article →August 4, 2026
STEM 3D Printing Camps Teach Design Before the Print
STEM 3D printing camps that teach Onshape CAD before the first print help students own the full design-to-prototype loop. Lessons from Mahidol’s Toy Maker workshop.
Read article →August 3, 2026
3D Printing Education Starts With Teachers — NMSU’s DREAM Workshop
3D printing education starts with teachers. What NMSU’s DREAM workshop for K-12 educators means for classroom STEM and lasting adoption.
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