For many years, bone mineral density (BMD) has been used as the gold-standard measure when diagnosing osteoporosis, predicting fracture risk and monitoring response to therapy. Nevertheless, over the ...

The azhdarchid group of pterosaurs were some of the largest animals ever to fly. The giant reptiles lived between 66 million and 225 million years ago, and their unusual proportions—big heads at the ...

Chewing, or mastication, is thought to impact jawbone structure as bone is continually reconstructed along with alterations in mechanical load. However, the underlying mechanisms are unknown. In a new ...

Fossils of an ancient egg-laying mammal indicate that the configuration of the bones in all living mammals’ ears arose at least twice along independent evolutionary pathways, paleontologists say. The ...

A 25,000-year-old Ice Age structure made from the bones of 60 wooly mammoths has been unearthed in Russia. A team of scientists have been working to excavate the 40-foot-wide circular arrangement of ...

EXETER, ENGLAND—Haaretz reports that a circular structure measuring about 41 feet in diameter has been found near western Russia’s Don River by an international team of researchers led by Alexander ...

New research shows how curcumin’s molecular power protects bone cells from high-glucose stress, repairs mitochondria, and boosts antioxidant defences, offering hope for tackling diabetes-related bone ...