Some dinosaurs were so big the ground would have shaken while they walked. But how did they carry such massive loads? Dinosaurs likely had a different bone structure to mammals and birds that was ...

Smoking's harmful effects go far beyond the lungs and extend beyond a person's lifetime. Recent research from the University of Leicester reveals that tobacco use leaves detectable traces in human ...

Researchers have developed a soft laser-printed scaffold made almost entirely of water that bone cells readily colonize.

Why do medical students remember rude mnemonics decades later? The answer reveals something fascinating about how all of us ...

Foot bones that are separate in small hopping rodents are fused in their larger cousins, and a team of researchers wanted to know why. Foot bones that are separate in small hopping rodents are fused ...

A team from Cornell University has discovered that seemingly unimportant parts of the micro-structure of bone are actually critical to their ability to withstand long-term wear and tear (PNAS ...