printing

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John Siberch: Cambridge’s first printer (and record debtor?)

17 Nov 2021

2021 is the 500th anniversary of the first works printed in Cambridge

Coffee stains inspire optimal printing technique for electronics

12 Aug 2020

Using an alcohol mixture, researchers modified how ink droplets dry, enabling cheap industrial-scale printing of electronic devices at unprecedented...

Light trapped by a tiny droplet on a photonic crystal surface., Credit: None

Scientists write ‘traps’ for light with tiny ink droplets

24 Oct 2017

A microscopic ‘pen’ that is able to write structures small enough to trap and harness light using a commercially available printing technique could...

Cranach George 1895,0122.264 37044001, Credit: © The Trustees of the British Museum, courtesy of the Centre for Heritage Imaging and Collection Care, University of Manchester

How artisans used colour printing to add another dimension to woodcuts

21 Jan 2016

An exhibition of early colour printing in Germany shines a light on the ways in which technology jump-started a revolution in image making. The...

New graphene based inks for high-speed manufacturing of printed electronics

19 Oct 2015

A low-cost, high-speed method for printing electronics using graphene and other conductive materials could open up a wide range of commercial...

Cells from the eye are inkjet-printed for the first time

18 Dec 2013

A group of researchers from the UK have used inkjet printing technology to successfully print cells taken from the eye for the very first time.

Entry pass to the Moscow English Club, St Petersburg, 1829, Credit: Simon Franklin

Text and the message: Russia's early 'information age'

25 Sep 2013

It may be a modern term, but information technology is as old as civilisation itself, and its impact on past societies was often just as profound. An...

Paul Coldwell Exhibition at The Polar Museum

30 May 2013

To celebrate his year-long research project at the Scott Polar Research Institute (SPRI), internationally renowned artist Paul Coldwell will launch...