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This research was funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/N024818/1). The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships ...

Turntables are back in style because there’s just something about those crackles and pops and the ever-spinning vinyl record that gets listeners hypnotized. Not to mention the aesthetic aspect of it, ...

[Hyna] has spent seven years working with electron microscopes and five years with 3D printers. Now the goal is to combine expertise from both realms into a metal 3D printer based on electron-beam ...

In this video, I share the story of my Voron 2.4 3D printer build, a machine that measures 350 millimeters cubed and prints five times faster than my Prusa MK3S+. It has a 16% larger build volume than ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Humans have been tool builders since the prehistoric Stone Age. As humans developed their technology, they began making implements for hunting ...

What just happened? In a workshop filled with the whir of machines and the scent of fresh plastic, two makers have found a new use for an old piece of exercise equipment. Ivan Miranda and Jón Schone, ...