Physicists and mathematicians use the classical Stefan problem to explain the principles of crystal formation, such as snowflakes. Researchers in the University of Helsinki and Aalto University have ...

Dental enamel is the most highly mineralized hard tissue in the body and is unique in its composition and process of formation. In humans and many other mammals, the enamel formation is artificially ...

What came first, the skin or the teeth? When it comes to tooth enamel, that's been a big question for decades. Scientists now believe they have the answer. According to a study published Wednesday in ...

Enamel is a principal component of the dentition, and defects in this hard tissue are associated with a wide variety of diseases. To assess the state of the field of enamel research, the National ...

That coat of enamel protecting our pearly whites originated from an unexpected source: primitive fish scales, according to new work published in Nature this week. Researchers studying both ancient and ...