Researchers repurpose a mosquito’s proboscis for 3D necroprinting, offering a lower-cost and biodegradable alternative to ...

Engineers have turned one of nature’s most reviled body parts into a precision tool, using the hollow feeding tubes of dead ...

On a fused deposition modeling (FDM) 3D printer, the nozzle size dictates how small a detail you can print. Put simply, you can’t print features smaller than your nozzle for the same reason you’d have ...

Mosquitoes live almost everywhere on Earth and are easy to rear. The team estimates that organic 3D printing nozzles made from mosquito proboscises should cost around 80 cents; the glass and metal ...

Despite tuning my extruder steps perfectly, and getting good results instantly on larger prints. I was still having a ton of trouble with smaller parts. PLA is the favored printing material for its ...

A surefire way to get the most out of your garden hose is by purchasing a hose nozzle. The best hose nozzles are affordable, easy-to-use tools that significantly improve outdoor tasks, from gardening ...

For years, the fire service has been embroiled in the “great compressed-air foam system (CAFS) nozzle debate”–a debate that focuses primarily on which nozzle is best for compressed-air foam (CAF). In ...

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It’s a beautiful day. You’re out for a drive. Your fuel tank is getting low. You pull into a gas station and select some unleaded. Periodically, the gas pump stops working, switching off with a clunk.

Structural failure of the nozzle at the base of a rocket engine powering an un-piloted New Shepard spacecraft toward the edge of space in September of 2022 triggered a dramatic-but-safe in-flight ...