Search results for bone mineralization

Biochemistry Jul 19, 2023

Research team develops biosensor that could lead to quick and inexpensive test for osteoporosis risk

As life expectancy increases worldwide, age-associated diseases such as osteoporosis are having an increasing impact.

Earth Sciences Jul 14, 2023

Risk assessment for fluoride in groundwater of Mihe-Weihe River Basin—a region with high fluorine content

Due to the unclear distribution characteristics and causes of fluoride in groundwater of Mihe-Weihe River Basin (China), there is a higher risk for the future development and utilization of groundwater. Based on the systematic ...

Paleontology & Fossils Jul 13, 2023

Prehistoric 'bone bed' unveiled in Maryland's Dinosaur Park

When Argentinian geologist Federico Alvarez Hazer immigrated to Baltimore one year ago to live with his wife, he imagined that his days working on fossil dig sites close to home—as he had in South America's Patagonia region—were ...

Biotechnology Jun 22, 2023

Exploring profitable by-products from shellfish waste

Australia's lobster and shellfish industries could reap substantial financial benefits by using shell waste to create new products identified by Flinders University's Center for Marine Bioproduct Development.

Astrobiology Jun 18, 2023

NASA finds key building block for life in a moon of Saturn

The long hunt for extraterrestrials just got a big boost.

Astrobiology Jun 14, 2023

Key building block for life found at Saturn's moon Enceladus

The search for extraterrestrial life in our solar system just got more exciting. A team of scientists including Southwest Research Institute's Dr. Christopher Glein has discovered new evidence that the subsurface ocean of ...

Paleontology & Fossils Jun 13, 2023

First side-necked turtle fossil ever discovered in UK found on Isle of Wight

The first side-necked turtle ever to be found in the U.K. has been discovered by an amateur fossil collector and paleontologists at the University of Portsmouth.

Archaeology May 30, 2023

Study finds Neanderthals manufactured synthetic material with underground distillation

Researchers at the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen and colleagues in Germany have taken a closer look at the birch tar used to affix Neanderthal tools and found a much more complex technique for creating the adhesive ...

Paleontology & Fossils May 22, 2023

New book eyes Earth's excavators, from microbes to elephants and dinosaurs

The ordinary person looks at Stone Mountain and sees a solid, unmovable monolith. Emory paleontologist Anthony Martin, who thinks in geologic time, sees something more akin to a giant sugar cube.

Plants & Animals May 3, 2023

New tusk-analysis techniques reveal surging testosterone in male woolly mammoths

Traces of sex hormones extracted from a woolly mammoth's tusk provide the first direct evidence that adult males experienced musth, a testosterone-driven episode of heightened aggression against rival males, according to ...

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