So, you’ve got a welder lying around and you’re thinking, ‘Could I actually turn this into a 3D printer?’ Well, it’s not ...

(Nanowerk News) A research team led by Dr. Sang-woo Song, Dr. Chan-kyu Kim, and Dr. Kang-myung Seo at the Department of Joining Technology of the Korea Institute of Materials Science (KIMS), a ...

We love our 3D printers. But sometimes we really wish we could print in metal. While metal printing is still out of reach for most of us, HRL Labs announced a powdered aluminum printing process that ...

“Put down the Snapchat, throw out the videogame console, and actually build something.” That’s the motto of Albert Jeffers, a tattoo artist and metal fabricator. “We are raising a generation of pencil ...

The university's team reports that their approach centers on controlled "softening" of the material rather than complete melting. The process, known as hot-wire laser irradiation, reshapes ...