The Bone Museum is the largest collection of real human bones on display on the East Coast. Its mission is to make osteology, the study of bones, accessible to the public. The museum is located at 255 ...

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 ...

Engineers designing lighter aircraft frames, stronger medical implants, and more efficient vehicle structures keep returning to the same biological blueprint: human bone. Cortical bone delivers ...

During a complicated bone surgery, every second matters. The longer a wound is open, the more likely it is to become infected and injured. Now picture this: Surgeons can now print a new piece of bone ...

UD engineer Michael Hast leads an NIH-funded effort to identify impaired bone healing earlier with MRI-based computer models Healing a broken bone can take months, and knowing whether recovery is on ...