3D printing is proving to be an invaluable tool for medicine, filling gaps where previous handcrafted artificial limbs and prosthetics would have failed. One example comes from Australia, where the ...

Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) introduced a customizable, 3D-printed sternum-and-rib implant for patients that need a part of their ribcage replaced.

A team from Cornell University has discovered that seemingly unimportant parts of the micro-structure of bone are actually critical to their ability to withstand long-term wear and tear (PNAS ...

"Postmenopausal women with low bone mass should obtain adequate calcium and vitamin D and participate in bone-loading exercises," researchers summarize in a recent study published in Osteoporosis ...

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.