The leaves and flowers of plants are all formed of a frame-work, beautiful and delicate in the extreme, composed of woody fiber, corresponding to the skeleton of animals; and between the interstices ...

Scientists have discovered a new tissue engineering concept. The science of growing human cells to use in medical treatments is still very young. But scientists have been working hard to come up with ...

Since 2021, a photograph that claimed to show a "crab-like" human skeleton recovered from the "Le Lanchon experiments on human evolution" has circled some corners of the internet, prompting both ...

Corals’ calcium carbonate skeletons are responsible for the marine invertebrates’ unique and beautiful structures. Some look like brains or mushrooms, while others look like tall pillars or alien-like ...

Howard Hughes Medical Institute researchers are moving closer to understanding how the global pattern of the skeleton of mammals is formed during development. In an exceptionally demanding series of ...

A fun, interactive social media experiment has been launched today to map minor injuries and see which parts of the body Brits hurt most – the world’s first Ouch Map has been launched by UK online ...