tooth enamel

Repair tooth enamel by growing it

By Lisa McDonald / October 18, 2019

Enamel is the hardest tissue in the body—but it cannot self-repair when damaged. Due to its complex structure, creating enamel in the laboratory is difficult, but a new technique proposed by researchers in China may make growing enamel a reality.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By April Gocha / September 30, 2015

Scaling up 2-D sheets of molybdenum telluride, ferroelectricity in thin sheets of strontium titanate, and other materials stories that may be of interest for September 30, 2015.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By April Gocha / October 29, 2014

NASA seeks new materials, fiber optics for new uses, sea otters have tough teeth, graphene aerogels for energy storage, and other materials stories that may be of interest for October 29, 2014.

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