Shading brings 3D forms to life, beautifully carving out the shape of objects around us. Despite the importance of shading for perception, scientists have long been puzzled about how the brain ...

These self-morphing 3D wood shapes could be future of wood manufacturing Someday, wood furniture could be shipped flat and then dried to form a final shape.

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Laser powder bed fusion, a 3D-printing technique, offers potential in the manufacturing industry, particularly when fabricating nickel-titanium shape memory alloys with complex geometries ...

Scientists describe how flat wooden shapes extruded by a 3D printer can be programmed to self-morph into complex 3D shapes.

MIT scientists have found a way to 3D print objects that can change shape almost instantaneously in response to magnetic fields.