The different lamellae that make up the bone samples studied and their nanostructural orientation. (Courtesy: C Charnay) A new X-ray technique has revealed hitherto unknown structures in human bone.

Although there is general consensus that surgical reconstruction has advantages over nonoperative treatment, surgical failure in skeletally immature children has resulted in a number of unanswered ...

Jing Liu (foreground) in his lab at the Purdue School of Science at IUPUI. (Courtesy: Brooke Littell/School of Science at IUPUI) “From a physics point of view, all the cell migration is driven by ...

Bone represents a dynamic organ system that continually remodels to maintain structural integrity and metabolic balance. Mineral density, chiefly determined by the deposition of hydroxyapatite ...