3D printing is getting less finicky in 2026. New materials, machines, and software are cutting setup times and making high-quality prints easier.

Simulated lunar dirt can be turned into extremely durable structures, potentially paving the way to more sustainable and cost-effective space missions, a new study suggests. Using a special laser 3D ...

From hypersonic aircraft to nuclear-powered submarines, many of today's most advanced defense systems rely on a special class of materials known as refractory alloys. This class refers to metals that ...

Researchers transform lunar rocks into durable building blocks ...

The Maker Lab is run as part of the Schools Maker/Innovation Interdisciplinary Program. One or more ML Staff members and Affiliated Faculty members assist the ML Director with the management of the ML ...

LEAP71 continues to break records, this time with the world’s largest 3D-printed aerospike rocket engine. There’s quite a story behind this feat. Aerospike engines are very different from conventional ...

3D printers are currently among the most impressive devices you can buy for at-home use, and they're the closest thing we have to replicators from Star Trek. These desktop mini-factories can make all ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Inside a quiet lab at the University of Texas at Austin, a plastic hand slowly emerges from a shimmering vat of liquid resin. It looks like something straight out of “The Terminator.” ...

In 2020, Drs. Constance Woodman and Giridhar Athrey of Texas A&M University were awarded an AWI Refinement Research Award for a study investigating the toxicity of various 3D printing materials to ...

Ukraine has reportedly developed a silent air defence system capable of taking out Russian drones mid-air with almost no sound or visible trace. The prototype system, known as Sunray, was recently ...