Chicago, June 13, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The global 4D printing market was valued at US$ 213.76 million in 2024 and is expected to reach US$ 3,313.32 million by 2033, growing at a CAGR of 35.6% ...

Nowadays, 3D printing allows items to be created from a wide variety of materials — plastic, ceramic, glass, metal and even stranger ingredients such as chocolate and living cells. The machines work ...

STAFFORD, England—A new manufacturing technique brings a fourth dimension to additive manufacturing through the use of "smart polymers" that can be programmed to remember shapes when they are printed, ...

Skylar Tibbits Shares His Insights on the Biotechnology and Medical Applications of 4D Printing One of the most rapidly developing technologies that is already affecting a wide range of research and ...

Researchers at the University of Chicago recently invented a 4D-printed living material that could be a game-changer for organ and tissue regeneration. UChicago researcher conducts experiments on a ...

Dr Mahdi Bodaghi from Nottingham Trent University explains why 4D printing is the new frontier in materials and manufacturing science. Imagine buying a flat sheet from a furniture store that changes ...

Molecular self-assembly, whereby molecules position themselves into defined arrangements, is commonplace in biological systems and nanotechnology. But researchers at MIT are working on so called "4D ...

Ceramics have a high melting point which makes it difficult to be produced by conventional lasers. Additionally, ceramic production by existing 3D-printing methods make it challenging to deform and ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Hygromorphs are materials that can change their shape or size in response to changes in humidity or moisture. They are also sometimes referred to as humidity-responsive materials ...

We’ve written many, many times before about the promising uses of 3D printing when it comes to medicine — doctors are already using for everything from crafting low-cost prosthetics, to mending or ...

Using a 3D printer, people can already determine the length, width and depth of an object that they create. Thanks to research being conducted at the University of Colorado, Boulder, however, a fourth ...

Imagine smart materials that can morph from being stiff as wood to as soft as a sponge - and also change shape. Rutgers University-New Brunswick engineers have created flexible, lightweight materials ...