As 3-D printers become an important part of modern manufacturing, they could make manufacturers more vulnerable to attacks by hackers and criminals, with a recent experiment showing how the ...

3-D printed ‘ghost guns’ pose new challenges for crime-scene investigators. New methods are needed to do ballistics on plastic guns — before the weapons gain popularity.

But some innovations can also present new public safety concerns — and such is the case with guns built using 3-D printers. Agents at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives have ...

The resulting 3-D reference brain will allow researchers worldwide to study the organ in unprecedented physical detail, paving the way for deeper understanding of how processes like cognition and ...