Materials
Filaments, resins, and material properties — what to print with, how it behaves, and what it costs.
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ORNL and INL 3D Print a Steel Pressure Vessel to Chase "Born-Qualified" Nuclear Parts
Oak Ridge and Idaho national labs used three-armed wire arc printing to build a nuclear-grade steel pressure vessel, aiming to pair real-time print data with AI to cut years off reactor-component qualification.
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Jean Paul Gaultier Turns to 3D Printing for Duran Lantink's AW26 Couture Debut
Five looks in Duran Lantink's Jean Paul Gaultier couture debut used HP Multi Jet Fusion and SLS-printed PA12 and TPU parts from Sculpteo, hand-finished with latex, flocking, feathers, and dye.
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SYZMIK's Carbon-Printed Lattice Headband Wins FIT Design Award for Flag Football Safety
SYZMIK's X7c+ headband, built around a 3D-printed EPU 45 lattice from Carbon's Digital Light Synthesis process, took the Sport Equipment Design/Innovation prize at the 2027 FIT Sport Design Awards and a Core77 runner-up nod.
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Carbon Launches DB 4000, a Tougher FDA-Cleared Denture Base Resin for Digital Dentures
Carbon's new DB 4000 denture base resin claims 31% higher toughness than the category leader, FDA Class II clearance, and ISO 20795-1 compliance for M-Series DLS printers.
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YouTuber Torches a Dozen Filaments to Find Out Which Ones Actually Catch Fire
A blowtorch test of a dozen filaments found ABS, ASA, and foam TPU burn readily with sooty yellow flames, while regular TPU and PETG strongly resist ignition even under direct flame.
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One Ink, Two Behaviors: Pusan National University and ORNL 3D Print a Liquid Crystal Elastomer That Can Stretch or Shrink on Command
A Nature Communications study out of Pusan National University and Oak Ridge National Laboratory shows a direct-ink-written liquid crystal elastomer whose print speed and temperature alone decide whether it elongates or contracts when heated.
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FAU Wins $800K EPA Grant to 3D Print Seaweed-Based Phosphorus Traps Against Toxic Algal Blooms
FAU landed an $800,475 EPA grant to 3D print lanthanum-modified sargassum structures that trap phosphorus in Lake Okeechobee — retrievable, regenerable lattices guided by machine learning, replacing one-shot powdered clays that settle into sediment and leach.
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Researchers 3D Print Light-Switchable Optics That Modulate Laser Beams on Command
Polish and Italian researchers embedded a light-sensitive dye in vat-photopolymerized resin to build 3D printed optical components that dynamically bend, dim, and polarize laser light through 60,000 switching cycles.
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Axtra3D Clears Keystone's KeySplint Hard Clear Dental Resin for the Lumia.X1
Axtra3D has validated Keystone's KeySplint Hard Clear trauma-splint resin on its Lumia.X1 hybrid SLA printer, the second Keyprint dental material cleared for the machine after KeyModel Ultra.
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Polymaker's HT-PLA Pro Doubles Impact Strength Without Giving Up Heat Resistance
Polymaker's new HT-PLA Pro nearly doubles notched Charpy impact strength over standard HT-PLA and boosts Z-axis layer adhesion, while still hitting 107.6°C heat deflection after annealing — at the same $25.99/kg price.
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Lyten's Graphene-Reinforced Nylon Becomes the Primary Filament for Modovolo's Deployable BFP Platform
Lyten's 3D Graphene-reinforced PA1205 nylon is now the primary material for Modovolo's containerized BFP printing platform, with the companies claiming big strength gains over carbon-fiber filament ahead of joint military demos.
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Prusament PA11 Natural: Prusa's Castor-Oil Nylon Splits the Difference Between PA6 and PA12
Prusa's new castor-oil-based PA11 nylon lands between PA6 and PA12 with lower moisture uptake, strong impact resistance and broad chemical resistance — but it needs an enclosed, chamber-heated printer to run.
