Read on for a brief market rundown and a few expert takes on how materials innovations are taking shape in 2026 and beyond..

Google has just updated the Deep Think mode for its Gemini 3 model, and it’s a massive step forward for chores involving 3D printing. For the unaware, Deep Think mode focuses on enhanced multimodal ...

The United States' growing housing shortage, rising construction costs and a limited supply of skilled labor are pushing builders to look beyond traditional methods. Three-dimensional printing is ...

Tungsten carbide–cobalt (WC–Co) is prized for its hardness, but that same property makes it unusually difficult to shape. The current process is wasteful and expensive for the yield produced, and an ...

State and federal lawmakers have stepped up their efforts to prevent the creation of 3D printed guns. But Adafruit, a maker of electronics kits, warns that the proposed legislation is so broad it ...

At Cornell University, researchers are exploring whether these constraints could be addressed through in situ construction. Rather than adapting traditional land-based methods to underwater conditions ...

Firestorm Labs says its xCell factories, which use HP’s 3D printers, can manufacture hundreds of UAV airframes or thousands of quadcopter frames per month. Credit: Firestorm Labs concept If, in the ...

There are all kinds of critical infrastructure lying beneath the surface of our oceans – road and rail tunnels connecting land masses, pipelines for oil and gas, power cables connecting islands and ...

Additive manufacturing has revolutionized manufacturing by enabling customized, cost-effective products with minimal waste. However, with the majority of 3D printers operating on open-loop systems, ...