Now, after studying this process for years, a team of researchers have created a new family of inks that overcomes this problem, enabling the fabrication of new electronics such as sensors, light detectors, batteries and solar cells. Coffee...

"Additive manufacturing is key to economic resilience," say Hod Lipson, James and Sally Scapa Professor of Innovation (Mechanical Engineering). "All of us care about this technology -- it's going to save us. But there's a catch." The catch...

Substances such as plastics, metals and wax are used in 3D printers to make products and parts for larger items, as the practice has disrupted the prototyping and manufacturing fields. Products created through the 3D printing of plastics in...