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The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) has announced the first recipients of its Personalized Regenerative Immunocompetent Nanotechnology Tissue (PRINT) program. The selected research teams from Carnegie Mellon University,…Teams Selected by ARPA-H to Develop Patient-Specific Bioprinted Organs

On February 10, 2026, Matthias Hauer, German Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR), formally handed over the funding approval for the InnoWaerm project,…Germany Funds Titanium Aluminide Additive Reactors to Advance Hydrogen Mobility

Thingiverse, one of the oldest and most visited libraries of downloadable 3D-print files, is being repositioned around creator monetisation, human-led curation and stricter handling of AI-generated uploads after its acquisition…[INTERVIEW] Thingiverse Reboot Targets Creator Pay Tools and Tighter AI Controls after MyMiniFactory Acquisition

MyMiniFactory, a curated 3D printing community where independent designers and brands sell digital models, has completed the full acquisition of Thingiverse from Netherlands-based 3D printer manufacturer Ultimaker.  The move brings…Thingiverse Joins MyMiniFactory in Major 3D Printing Community Consolidation

Small but influential digital supply chain startup collapses amid tightening capital and slower enterprise adoption A Dutch software company that sought to transform industrial supply chains through additive manufacturing has…Dutch additive manufacturing software group Dimanex declared bankrupt

Researchers at the University of Texas at El Paso, working with Sandia National Laboratories and FAR Associates, have developed a method to approximate the absorptivity of Inconel 625 during powder…In situ pyrometry reveals sharp drop in Inconel 625 absorptivity during powder bed fusion

Researchers at Shenzhen University and partner institutions showed a way to reduce functional anisotropy in a 4D-printed high-entropy shape memory alloy (HESMA) by adding TiN nanoparticles during laser powder bed…Researchers reduce 4D printing anisotropy in high entropy shape memory alloy using TiN nanoparticles

U.S. defense weapon system Velo3D has been designated as the first approved additive manufacturing provider supporting the U.S. Army Ground Vehicle Systems Center’s (GVSC) effort to accelerate the integration of…U.S. Army GVSC Taps Velo3D to Accelerate Additive Manufacturing for Ground Vehicles

Predictable motion in soft robotics has traditionally depended on complex molds and multi-step fabrication processes, slowing design iteration and limiting customization. Researchers at Harvard University have now introduced a multimaterial…Harvard Harnesses Multimaterial 3D Printing to Build Programmable Soft Robots

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a computational framework for designing 3D woven metamaterials that are soft, flexible, and programmable. Unlike traditional metamaterials, which rely on…MIT’s New Computational Platform Makes 3D Woven Metamaterials Fully Customizable