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Sustainable 3D-printed fashion created with biomaterial

June 1st, 2024

In collaboration with Brigitte Kock, a 3D fashion designer, Balena created a collection of 3D-printed garments, including trousers with cutouts on the side and a cropped shirt with open back panels. The pants become more transparent at the bottom and more opaque at the top to allow someone to easily wear them out on the […]

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3D-printed seaweed polymer cleans up wastewater pollutants

January 1st, 2024

UC San Diego researchers have developed a “living material,” made of a seaweed-based polymer combined with genetically engineered bacteria, that could offer a sustainable and eco-friendly solution to clean pollutants, such as textile dye, from water. Image: UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering/David Baillot Researchers at the University of California San Diego have created […]

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