IITian 3D prints structures using sugar at US lab
University of Illinois researchers led by IIT Delhi alumnus Rohit Bhargava have built a 3D printer that makes structures using sugar alcohol, used to make throat lozenges. The new printer creates a delicate network of thin ribbons, rather than making a layer-upon-layer solid shell like commercial printers. The water-soluble structures could be used as scaffolds for growing tissue, said Bhargava.