D5 Render 3.0 adds oceans, volumetric clouds, true displacement, and AI tools, plus the new lightweight D5 Lite.

Startups flush with cash are building AI-assisted laboratories to find materials far faster and more cheaply, but are still waiting for their ChatGPT moment. The microwave-size instrument at Lila ...

Trimble has introduced SketchUp AI, a suite of AI tools designed to help simplify modelling, visualisation and learning in SketchUp. Features include AI rendering, 3D geometry creation, and a Help ...

Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) researchers have created a new carbon-negative building material that could transform sustainable construction. The breakthrough, published in the high-impact ...

The Trump administration's push to secure U.S. supply chains of rare earth minerals amid trade tensions with China features a public-private partnership with a domestic producer that now has the ...

This week, I’ll show you how I made a DIY coffee table with hidden wireless charging. The coffee table converts into an ottoman by swapping out the tabletop for a cushion. I recently got a new phone, ...

EDIT: this bug is present in SU2024 but seems to be solved in SU2025 and SU2026. So, this is more for other developers to know. When you assign a name to a material and then ABORT the operation, the ...

U.S. and Chinese negotiators have struck a framework agreement to end the trade war and permit rare earth exports to the U.S. MP Materials has received U.S. government support to mine and refine rare ...

The era has arrived in which artificial intelligence (AI) autonomously imagines and predicts the structures and properties of new materials. Today, AI functions as a researcher's "second brain," ...

Applied Materials said it is laying off less than 4% of its workforce. The cuts come amid "automation, digitalization and geographic shifts," the company said in a Thursday filing. Applied Materials ...

From chairs built with mushroom mycelium and vegan leather sofas to fabrics originating from seaweed, unexpected materials have been slowly making inroads into our homes. With the industry under ...