Laboratories are increasingly making use of the 3D printing technology to develop 3D printed drugs, lab-on-a-chip systems and even bioprint tissues and organs. With such transformative changes taking place, 3D printing is redefining what is possible in medicine and R&D.

Hantavirus, transmitted from rodents to humans is one of the highest concerns for future pandemics. Researchers have produced a detailed blue print of a protein complex that the Ande Virus uses to infect the host cells. This move will help design effective vaccines and antibody therapies against the deadly Hantavirus.

A machine-learning strategy has generated a new class of ultra-high strength and ductility steel for 3D printing that costs less, resists rust, and requires only a fraction of the usual processing time.

Photopolymer resins enable highly precise 3D printing, but their cured structures are usually difficult to recycle. Researchers at Yokohama National University have now developed an initiator-free anthracene-based resin that can be reshaped and reused multiple times while remaining compatible with high-resolution stereolithography.

Modern biologics and cell therapy programs increasingly rely on workflows that can generate high-quality cell lines and physiologically relevant 3D models with both speed and reproducibility. Yet many laboratories continue to experience bottlenecks rooted in manual processes, heterogeneous culture formats, and fragmented instrumentation. These challenges introduce variability, constrain throughput, and make it difficult to compare results across experiments or sites.

Honey bees navigate with striking individual precision, according to a drone-based study by researchers at the University of Freiburg. High-resolution 3D tracking shows that each bee follows its own consistent route between hive and food source, using landscape landmarks to stay on course. The findings reveal far greater navigational accuracy than previously assumed from the waggle dance.

Researchers in Germany have uncovered how elephants achieve their remarkable tactile precision: the whiskers covering their trunks combine a stiff base with a soft, resilient tip, creating a built-in sensing gradient.

A University of Nottingham study shows plant-based dog foods dramatically reduce land use, emissions, and resource demand compared to red-meat diets — offering pet owners a way to shrink their dog’s environmental “paw-print” without sacrificing nutrition.

The EU’s carbon border adjustment could do more than protect European industry from carbon leakage. A new PIK-led study suggests that CBAM may also push major trading partners such as Canada, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan to adopt their own carbon pricing, significantly increasing global emissions reductions.

Scientists have developed a new technology that can eavesdrop on the hidden electrical dialogues unfolding inside ‘mini brains’ also called as human neural organoids.