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When the nonprofit MCBONES Research Center, which is unearthing mammoth bones near Kennewick, needed help with a large and ...

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Researchers recently compared the evidence of facial bone growth in humans, Neanderthal remains, and chimpanzee skeletons. One of the lead investigators, Alexandra Schuh from the Max Planck Institute ...

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Researchers at the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) have created 3D-printed scaffolds using polylactic acid and calcium phosphate that support bone growth and blood vessel formation.