The plastic bottle you just tossed in the recycling bin could provide structural support for your future house. MIT engineers ...

Perhaps one of the oldest dreams of a science-fiction future is the ability to create something where once there was nothing. If we could create solid, stable objects out of thin air, the idea of ...

As enthusiasm grows for 3-D printers, so does a familiar complaint to just about everyone still living in a 2-D inkjet world: the maddeningly high cost and inefficiency of replacement cartridges.

(WTNH) — 3D printing has become a controversial topic after lawmakers have uncovered a new reality: the ability to print guns using these printers at home. Guns created through this process have been ...

When the manufacture of plastic products moves into ordinary homes, new health problems arise, including emissions of ...

3-D printing technology is being harnessed to take pesky plastic waste to make human waste disappear via composting toilets. "You can use the soil that comes out of that for gardening - not crops that ...

The MIT HAUS team is pioneering 3D-printed floor trusses from recycled plastic, aiming to revolutionize sustainable ...

We know this is a little complex—is it a plant that prints printers? Is it a printer that prints plastic?—but don’t worry, we’ll explain it to you. There are currently plant-based plastics, materials ...