With the help of her new 3D-printed footwear, Purps the African penguin can walk again. The 23-year-old bird lives at the Mystic Aquarium in Connecticut, and suffered an ankle injury during a scuffle ...

A Mystic Aquarium penguin is stepping lively thanks to help from a Cromwell company that is helping her deal with a longstanding tendon injury. The ACT Group, Mystic Aquarium and Mystic Middle School, ...

Look who’s waddling now! A team of technical experts at 3D Systems’ technology have helped one lucky penguin get a second chance at life after an injury. Yellow/Purple or "Purps," an African penguin ...

The world isn't the most pleasant of places at the moment but there is one project that will hopefully bring a little light relief to all the misery. Children from Mystic Middle School in Connecticut ...

Larkin is being fitted for custom, 3D-printed shoes. An African penguin at the Cincinnati Zoo has been having trouble getting around on land. Keepers say a boot they made is helping, but they're ...

(Nanowerk News) 3D micro-/nanofabrication holds the key to build a large variety of micro-/nanoscale materials, structures, devices, and systems with unique properties that do not manifest in their 2D ...

3D printing has made a real impact in the world of medicine, particularly when it comes to aiding amputees in the third world. But this technology has plenty to offer the animal kingdom too, as a ...

Researchers have developed a technique to fold glass sheets into microscopic 3D photonic structures directly on a chip—a process they call photonic origami. The method could enable tiny, yet complex ...

3D micro-/nanofabrication holds the key to build a large variety of micro-/nanoscale materials, structures, devices, and systems with unique properties that do not manifest in their 2D planar ...