Many people with psoriatic arthritis will experience symptoms in their feet. This can lead to swollen toes, pitted nails, ...

Beneath the surface of a Colombian coal mine, scientists made a discovery so extraordinary that it rewrote what we know about giant reptiles. In 2009, researchers unearthed fossil remains of an ...

EPFL researchers have pioneered a 3D-printable, programmable lattice structure for robotics that mimics the vast diversity of ...

A team of paleontologists led by National Geographic Explorer Paul Sereno uncovered a trove of dinosaur fossils in the Sahara ...

For decades, above-the-knee amputees have had to live with stiff, uncomfortable prosthetics that felt more like rigid tools ...

An early mention of a prosthetic comes from Herodotus, who tells the story of Hegesistratus, an ancient Greek diviner who cut off his foot.

A man who gave himself a DIY pedicure at home struggled with an infection so severe he needed his leg amputated.

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 ...

News North Texas scientists 3D-print part of human femur as strong as real bone Their low-cost technique using biodegradable material may one day help regrow bones.