(Natural News) A computerized tomography (CT) scan of a 2,300-year-old mummy, dubbed the “golden boy,” revealed that he was wearing 49 amulets at the time of mummification. The CT scan was performed by a team from the Kasr Al Ainy Hospital’s department of radiology and the Museum of Egyptian Antiquities (MEA) in the Egyptian capital […]

(Natural News) Scientists have found a way to produce eye tissue using stem cells and 3D printing, which could lead to breakthroughs in treating degenerative eye diseases. A group of researchers from the National Eye Institute (NEI), a branch of the National Institutes of Health, printed a combination of cells that compose the outer blood-retina […]

(Natural News) The first 3D-printed house made of fully natural and recyclable raw earth was built in Massa Lombarda in Ravenna, Italy. It was a collaboration between Mario Cucinella Architects (MC A) and WASP, which both specialize in 3D printing. The circular housing prototype is called TECLA – from the combination of the words technology […]

(Natural News) Imagine a city that doesn’t have to rely on factories several hundreds of miles away to supply the needs of its residents. This self-sufficient city could become its own manufacturing hub. Now, researchers from Cardiff University have found a way to make that happen. In a recent study published in the journal Computers & Operations Research, researchers described […]

(Natural News) California’s Coachella Valley will soon be home to the first American neighborhood comprised entirely of 3D-printed houses. The $15 million project, a collaboration between real estate group Palari and construction technology company Mighty Buildings, will transform a five-acre parcel of land in Rancho Mirage into a planned community of 15 3D-printed, eco-friendly homes. […]

(Natural News) An international team of researchers will be 3D printing live human pancreas models as part of a research initiative called the “European ENLIGHT Project.” The researchers plan to use the “bioprinted” models to improve the testing of diabetes medications and eventually treatments for other diseases like cancer. The European Union‘s Horizon 2020 Innovation Fund awarded […]

(Natural News) Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) will soon have a way to minimize their plastic waste — by using it as raw material for tools and cutlery. This will be done with the help of a custom three-dimensional or 3D printer. Dubbed the “Recycler,” the machine is built by National Aeronautics and […]

(Natural News) One of the things that makes the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) hard to contain is how long it can take to test for the presence of the virus (SARS-CoV-2). To address this, researchers at the University of Leicester in England are developing a new face mask that can detect the presence of SARS-CoV-2 much faster. The scientists […]

(Natural News) People can now tap snowfall for electricity, thanks to triboelectric nanogenerators that collect electrical energy from innocuous activities like footsteps and raindrops. The new energy harvester, developed by the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), is not only inexpensive but light as well – matching the thinness and flexibility of a plastic sheet. “The device […]

(Natural News) Additive manufacturing systems have come one step closer to printing out whole, working organs for emergency medical transplants. Researchers reported 3D printing a complete system of blood vessels found on a major organ. Every day, around 20 patients who desperately need an organ transplant die before ever getting one. There are not enough […]