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Glass sponges inspire: Hybrid material made of collagen fibers and silica as possible substrate for bone tissue culture
(PhysOrg.com) -- As well as organic structures, mineral structures also play an important role in living organisms. You don’t even have to go as far as seashells or the artful silica scaffolds of diatoms; ...
Nov 14, 2011 |
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Prehistoric speedway: Super-sized muscle made twin-horned dinosaur a speedster
(PhysOrg.com) -- A meat-eating dinosaur that terrorized its plant-eating neighbours in South America was a lot deadlier than first thought, a University of Alberta researcher has found.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Oct 15, 2011 |
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Researcher finds missing link between ancient toothed whales and modern baleen whales
(PhysOrg.com) -- Erich Fitzgerald, an Australian paleontologist, believes he has found the missing link between ancient toothed whales that caught and ate fish and modern baleen whales that eat by sucking ...
Aug 18, 2011 |
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Cracking a tooth: 3-D map of atoms sheds light on nanoscale interfaces in teeth, may aid materials design
Teeth and bone are important and complex structures in humans and other animals, but little is actually known about their chemical structure at the atomic scale. What exactly gives them their renowned toughness, hardness ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jan 12, 2011 |
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CT scan for 50 million year old snake
Even some of the most advanced technology in medicine couldn't get Clarisse to give up all of her secrets. After all, she's kept them secret for more than 50 million years.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Sep 13, 2010 |
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Nanotubes that Heal: Engineering Better Orthopedic Implants
(PhysOrg.com) -- Titanium and its alloys have a leg up on all other materials used to make the orthopedic implants used by surgeons to repair damaged bones and joints. They are light, super-strong, and virtually ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
May 18, 2010 |
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New hominid shares traits with Homo species
Two partial skeletons unearthed from a cave in South Africa belong to a previously unclassified species of hominid that is now shedding new light on the evolution of our own species, Homo sapiens, researchers say. T ...
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Apr 08, 2010 |
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Nanoscale changes in collagen are a tipoff to bone health
Using a technique that provides detailed images of nanoscale structures, researchers at the University of Michigan and Detroit's Henry Ford Hospital have discovered changes in the collagen component of bone ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Dec 22, 2009 |
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Researcher uses medical imaging technology to better understand fish senses
University of Rhode Island marine biologist Jacqueline Webb gets an occasional strange look when she brings fish to the Orthopedics Research Lab at Rhode Island Hospital. While the facility's microCT scanner is typically ...
Mar 12, 2012 |
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Enzymes for cell wall synthesis conserved across species barriers
Plants have neither supportive bone tissue nor muscles, and yet they can form rigid structures like stalks and even tree trunks. This is due to the fact that plant cells are enveloped by a stable cell wall. The main component ...
Jul 14, 2011 |
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Study of 90 animals' thigh bones reveals how they can efficiently carry loads
(PhysOrg.com) -- The structures inside animals' thigh bones that enable them to support huge loads whilst being relatively lightweight are revealed in research published today in the journal Proceedings of ...
Mar 09, 2011 |
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New computer-tomography method visualizes nano-structure of bones
A novel nano-tomography method developed by a team of researchers from the Technische Universitaet Muenchen, the Paul Scherrer Institute and the ETH-Zurich opens the door to computed tomography examinations ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Sep 22, 2010 |
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Bone replacement from laser melting
(PhysOrg.com) -- In a medical emergency, a puncture of the cranium is commonly treated with an implant. While replacements made of titanium merely plug holes, a new kind of degradable implant stimulates the ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jun 03, 2010 |
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Dracula minnow has teeth, almost
A new species of tiny fish with jaw structures that look like huge teeth has been identified, Natural History Museum scientists report in the Proceedings of the Royal Society journal today.
Mar 11, 2009 |
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CU researchers use technological innovation to study bone structure
A team of researchers at Columbia Engineering and Columbia University Medical Center announced today the results of the first study comparing bone structure in Chinese-American women to Caucasian women. The report, just presented ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jan 16, 2011 |
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