An international team led by MIT researchers has now come up with a way of imaging what goes on at the boundary between 2D and 3D materials. Their findings could help lead to improved kinds of junctions in some microchips.

New research shows that patterns inspired by lobster shells can make 3D printed concrete stronger, to support more complex and creative architectural structures.

The University of Nottingham has cracked the conundrum of how to use inks to 3D-print novel electronic devices with useful properties, such as an ability to convert light into electricity.

Some, if not all, early sharks that lived 300 to 400 million years ago not only dropped their lower jaws downward but rotated them outwards when opening their mouths, paleontologists at the Universities of Zurich and Chicago have now shown using CT scanning and 3D printing.

The Shadow Robot Dexterous Hand is a robot hand, with size, shape and movement capabilities similar to those of a human hand. To give the robotic hand the ability to learn how to manipulate objects researchers from WMG, University of Warwick, have developed new AI algorithms.

The condition trimethylaminuria is more commonly known as fish odour syndrome — it currently has no cure. Researchers at the University of Warwick have been able to stabilise and inhibit the enzyme that produces TMA, which means once a drug has been discovered they can test how it to stop TMA production.

Insects offer a plethora of inspirational concepts for novel technologies. One such example has been studied by Dutch scientists: the antennae of moth. They could allow for new approaches to the development of microsensors.

A research group led by Daniel Aili, associate professor at LIU, has developed a bioink to print tissue-mimicking material in 3D printers. The scientists have developed a method and a material that allow cells to survive and thrive.

Italian biotech company Rigenerand has commenced development of a novel 3D bioreactor and pipeline, specifically designed for the incremental production of extracellular vesicles exosomes (EVs) in a cGMP environment. The company’s project development will be supported with part of a grant of $ 5 million from Horizon 2020 for the H2020-EU.1.2.2.-FET Proactive program, awarded to the Biogenic Organotropic Wetsuits project. This project comprises a consortium of companies involving Rigenerand.

Researchers from Cambridge University and University of California San Diego have 3D printed coral-inspired structures that are capable of growing dense populations of microscopic algae. Their results, reported in the journal Nature Communications, open the door to new bio-inspired materials and their applications for coral conservation.