A group of North Texas doctors and scientists printed part of a human femur—the longest and strongest bone in the body—that mimics the strength, flexibility and overall mechanics of a real femur. The ...

Learn more about menarche, a mark on an ancient femur bone, and how it can help us understand the reproductive beginnings of ancient women.

Gestational growth and development of bone is an understudied process compared to soft tissues and has implications for lifelong health. This study investigated growth and development of human fetal ...

The researchers constructed 3D-printed femurs using polylactic acid and tested them, comparing the results to the biomechanical response of human femurs. The top bone is a 3D-printed humerus (upper ...

Medically reviewed by Elizabeth Molina Ortiz, MDFact checked by Jennifer KlumpMedically reviewed by Elizabeth Molina Ortiz, MDFact checked by Jennifer Klump The femur is the thigh bone, the largest ...

Osteon tilt, defined as the combination of an osteon’s vertical angle and horizontal orientation, remains poorly characterized due to technical limitations in large-scale 3D bone microarchitecture ...

Natural materials like bone, bird feathers and wood have an intelligent approach to physical stress distribution, despite their irregular architectures. However, the relationship between stress ...

PARKER COUNTY, Texas — A Texas man discovered a human femur bone that is believed to be nearly 800 years old, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported. Parker County resident Scott Fuller was fishing ...

A group of North Texas doctors and scientists printed part of a human femur - the longest and strongest bone in the body - that mimics the strength, flexibility and overall mechanics of a real femur.