See also stories tagged with Bone
Apatite. Rhymes with appetite, and fittingly, plays a vital role in the very act of eating. Found in teeth and bones, apatite provides the structural strength behind every bite and step we take.
Features of spaceflight such as gravitational changes and circadian rhythm disruption鈥攏ot to mention radiation鈥攖ake a toll on the body, including muscle wasting and decreased bone density. These may even affect the ability ...
Near the Syrian city of Afrin, an international research team, including researchers from the Senckenberg Center for Human Evolution and Paleoenvironment at the University of T眉bingen, has discovered a previously unknown ...
Fisherman Alphonse Akadie was forced to exhume the bodies of his relatives last year from the village cemetery in Ivory Coast to avoid their remains being carried off into the ocean.
Similar to the way the caps on the ends of a shoelace prevent it from fraying, telomeres鈥攔egions of repetitive DNA sequences and a protein structure鈥攑rotect the tips of chromosomes from damage.
The discovery of yet another unique animal species from R膿kohu Chatham Islands illustrates how the physical qualities of an animal are influenced by its surroundings.
Islands are natural laboratories where evolution can run rampant as plants and animals adapt to new environmental conditions and vacancies in the ecosystem.
Living in cities exposes people to all sorts of chemical pollutants. Many are harmful even at low concentrations. But it is hard to know what the risks and consequences might be.
Most people picture a doctor checking for a broken bone when they think of an X-ray. But the technology is just as important in places like airport security, manufacturing, quality control and scientific research, each with ...
In a first for Canadian paleontology, a Cretaceous fossilized dragonfly wing, uncovered in Alberta's Dinosaur Provincial Park, has been identified as a new species. It's also the first known dragonfly fossil from Canada's ...
