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 femur.

The researchers constructed 3D-printed femurs using polylactic acid and tested them, comparing the results to the biomechanical response of human femurs. The top bone is a 3D-printed humerus (upper ...

Mechanical engineers designed a 3D-printed femur that could help doctors prepare for surgeries to repair bones and develop treatments for bone tumors. The study, which focused on the middle section of ...

University of Texas at Dallas mechanical engineers have designed a 3D-printed femur that could help doctors prepare for surgeries to repair bones and develop treatments for bone tumors. The engineers, ...

Natural materials like bone, bird feathers and wood have an intelligent approach to physical stress distribution, despite their irregular architectures. However, the relationship between stress ...

University of Texas at Dallas mechanical engineering doctoral student Kishore Mysore Nagaraja (left) and Dr. Wei Li, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, tested the properties of the ...