Materials
Filaments, resins, and material properties — what to print with, how it behaves, and what it costs.
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Materials
EOS and Constellium Team Up on a New Aluminum Powder That Skips Quenching Entirely
EOS is adding Constellium's Aheadd CP1 alloy to its metal 3D printing lineup as a quench-free, corrosion-resistant aluminum powder aimed at heat exchangers and semiconductor hardware, arriving August 2026.
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Formlabs Is Working to Cut the Cost of Volumetric-Printing Resin as OpenCAL Ships Its V2 Hardware
OpenCAL's V2 hardware debuted at Open Sauce 2026 alongside word that Formlabs is helping produce its specialty resin for roughly $100/liter, potentially clearing the last barrier to hobbyist volumetric 3D printing.
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Australia Bets A$677,000 on Locally Made TiRO Titanium Powder for Metal 3D Printing
AMCRC, University of Queensland, and Coogee Titanium launch a A$677,000 project to benchmark Australia's low-emissions TiRO titanium powder against conventional AM powders for aerospace, defense, and medical printing.
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EOS and Constellium Team Up to Expand Aluminum Alloy Options for Metal 3D Printing
EOS and aluminum specialist Constellium announced a materials partnership adding a new high-strength CP1 alloy this August and rebranding EOS's Al5X1 alloy, with more joint aluminum development to come.
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Scientists 3D Print a Miniature Diving Suit That Lets Cyborg Cockroaches Swim for Three Hours
A 10x10mm 3D-printed photopolymer backpack and waterproof shell let cyborg cockroaches survive underwater for three hours instead of minutes, aimed at search-and-rescue robots for flooded pipes and disaster zones.
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Aalto University's 3D-Printed 'Metacrystal' Panels Could Steer 6G Signals Without Any Electronics
Aalto University researchers 3D printed passive 'metacrystal' panels that bend radio waves around obstacles for a few tens of euros apiece — no power, antennas, or active tuning required.
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Indian Researchers at ARCI 3D Print Crack-Free Stainless Steel-Inconel Bimetallic Structure
ARCI scientists in Hyderabad used laser powder bed fusion to fuse SS316L onto Inconel 718 with no cracking, hitting 550 MPa tensile strength — a step toward using superalloy only where heat demands it.
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UC Santa Barbara Lands $1.15M NSF Grant for True 3D Nanoprinting Down to 10 Nanometers
UCSB secured a $1.15M NSF grant for a two-photon nanoprinting system that builds true 3D nanostructures at 10nm resolution, for uses spanning quantum photonics to coral-reef scaffolds.
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UCLA Team 3D Prints a Zinc-Ion Battery Electrode on a Desktop Resin Printer, Storing 7x the Charge
UCLA chemists turned an Elegoo Mars 3 Pro lattice print into a carbon-vanadium oxide electrode that stores 7x the charge of comparable devices and holds 82% capacity after 1,500 cycles.
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Markforged's Onyx GF Brings Built-In Color Coding to Industrial Glass-Fiber Nylon Parts
Markforged's new Onyx GF adds pigment-built-in color coding to its glass-fiber nylon, letting factory floors 3D print FOD-prevention tools and zone-segregation fixtures without painting or labeling a single part.
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SUNLU's New AMS Lite Heater Adds Active Drying to Bambu Lab's Budget AMS — While You Print
SUNLU's $129.99 AMS Lite Heater bolts active, in-print filament drying (up to 70°C) and humidity monitoring onto Bambu Lab's AMS Lite, launching July 20, 2026.
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US Manufacturers Get Direct Access to Constellium's Aerospace-Grade Aluminum Powder
Liberty Additive is now the first U.S. stocking distributor of Constellium's Aheadd CP1 aluminum powder, putting a Formula 1-qualified alloy on domestic shelves starting July 1, 2026.
