Metal screws are indispensable in bone surgery, but they can fail under everyday stress and complications can occur when screws loosen or even break. Until now, it has been difficult to accurately ...

It's not just wrinkles that reveal age. A new study finds that changes in bone structure make faces look older, too. While scientists had known there are general bone changes with age, such as ...

Maize use for the three study groups is documented using carbon isotope analysis. General mean indices, bilateral asymmetry of long bones, femur midshaft index, and the percentage of sexual dimorphism ...

Fossils of an ancient egg-laying mammal indicate that the characteristic configuration of the bones in all living mammals' ears arose independently at least twice during the group's evolution.

Unique Bone Structure Helped Long-Necked Pterosaurs Fly Bicycle wheel-like spokes connected the vertebrae’s central column to its outer surface, offering serious strength ...