Scientists used a combination of advanced microscopy and chemical detection techniques to uncover the structural makeup of human tooth enamel at unprecedented atomic resolution, revealing lattice ...

Unavoidable vibrations, such as those on airplanes, cause rigid structures to age and crack, but researchers may have an answer for that -- design them more like tooth enamel, which could lead to more ...

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Derk Joester receives funding from the National Science Foundation, the Materials Research Center at Northwestern University, the American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund, the Institute for ...

Tooth decay has forced unpleasant dental visits on most of the U.S. population. In fact, over 90 percent of adults have had at least one cavity. Furthermore, longer lifespans and egregious dental ...

Oblong crystals 1,000 times thinner than a hair form a jagged 'rocky mountain' structure; Magnesium-induced stress may enhance tooth strength, paper in 'Nature' reports. Oblong crystals 1,000 times ...

Scientists have shown how a tiny flaw in a protein results in damaged enamel that is prone to decay, according to a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. People ...