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Environmental Group Sues California Stores Over Un-Recyclable Plastic Bags
Environmental organisation Last Beach Cleanup is suing two retailers for selling un-recyclable plastic bags in California.
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Experimental 3D Printer Offers a Clever Way to Eliminate Waste
One of the unique challenges of 3D printing is that models that feature structures hanging in mid-air, like the spout of a teapot, also need temporary structures to support the soft extruded plastic until it hardens. This can result in a lot of wasted material, because those supports are just discarded afterwards. A new prototype 3D…
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This Rapid 3D-Printing Method Could Be the Secret to Developing 3D-Printed Organs
We may not have flying cars yet, but 3D-printed organs? That sci-fi fantasy just got one step closer to reality thanks to a rapid 3D-printing method developed by University of Buffalo engineers.