Bone has finally given up one of its deepest secrets. Electron microscopy has revealed precisely how bone mineral organizes at the nanoscale, a discovery that could help scientists better understand ...

To see what University of York materials scientist Roland Kröger and his colleagues recently saw in their laboratory, you would have to take an incredibly close look at a human bone—closer in than at ...

Flat bones are thin and flat. Sometimes they have a slight curve. Flat bones serve as a point of attachment for muscles or protection for your internal organs. Read on to learn more about specific ...

In biology and paleontology (the study of extinct organisms) there are a few ways to estimate the age of an animal's skeleton ...

Polish researchers have developed microscopic “nanoflowers” that can carry antibiotics directly to infected bone, a step that ...