Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have discovered something surprising that could ...

A traditional crystal is any solid made of atoms ... One layer at a time, the laser melts the powder into a solid shape. 3D printing creates shapes that would be impossible with any other method.

In 2017, a team at HRL Laboratories, based in California, and UC Santa Barbara discovered a high-strength aluminum alloy that could be 3D printed. They found that adding zirconium to the aluminum ...

A quirk in scientific 3D modeling has led to the discovery ... they saw a dark line where the green laser blocked blue light leaving the crystal. This curious phenomenon arises from a property ...