Despite the prevalence of synthetic materials across different industries and scientific fields, most are developed to serve a limited set of functions. To address this inflexibility, researchers at ...

Welding is typically used to join two parts together, whether those parts be metal or plastic. There are various styles of welding, but we won’t go into those here. Casting is the act of pouring a ...

The CRAFT method uses widely available materials and inexpensive commercial 3D printers.

3D printing may be a breakthrough technology, but it isn’t sustainable. Most printers still rely on petroleum-based plastics, while greener alternatives are too brittle to use in parts that need ...

Manufacturers rely on tungsten carbide–cobalt for tools that must survive extreme wear. Yet shaping ...

ORNL researchers developed a novel extrusion technology that allows multiple materials to be printed in one bead.

Researchers have developed a new method for 3D printing objects with very different properties, including levels of hardness ...