We’ve seen 3-D printers for rapid prototyping for a while now.  And, the prices for these printers have been dropping to ‘home-affordable’ over the past few years (e.g.,  last May’s Cerebrations). Given these facts, Dr. Lee Cronin (University of Glasgow) heading a research group at the University of Glasgow (with Drs.  Symes, Kitson, Yan, Richmond, Cooper, Bowman, and Vilbrandt of Uformia in Norway) developed yet another use for 3D printers- producing chemicals.  They presented their findings in Nature.

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