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R&D: Medical
Acoustic Touch Helps Blind to See
A cutting-edge technology known as acoustic touch helps people see using sound. The technology has the potential to transform the lives of those who are blind or have low vision.
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Briefs: Medical
The Promise of Mobile Photoacoustic Imaging
Photoacoustic imaging, which combines optical and acoustic modalities, is enabling some of the most promising medical research.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Surface Waves Help Nanostructured Devices Keep Cool
The surface waves provide a thermal transport solution.
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Features: Medical
Leading Women in Engineering & Science: Dawn F. Massa Stancavish, Chief Innovation Officer & COO
As Chief Innovation Officer, Stancavish brings her keen knowledge of MASSA’s capabilities to new customers and markets.
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R&D: RF & Microwave Electronics
Acoustic Waves Offer Treatment for Kidney Stones
Researchers are investigating the use of time reversal (TR) signal processing to focus waves sound with high amplitudes in a room. In biomedical applications, focused ultrasound can be used...
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Global Innovations: Medical
Laser-Induced Graphene Enables Intelligent Artificial Throat
Tsinghua University, Beijing, China http://news.tsinghua.edu.cn/ Researchers at Tsinghua University have developed an intelligent artificial throat based on laser-induced graphene....
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Briefs: Medical
Sound Waves Create Whirlpools to Round Up Tiny Signs of Disease
Mechanical engineers at Duke University have demonstrated a tiny whirlpool that can concentrate nanoparticles using nothing but sound. The innovation could gather proteins and...
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R&D: Medical
Acoustic Waves Move Fluids at the Nanoscale
A team of mechanical engineers at the University of California San Diego has successfully used acoustic waves to move fluids through small channels at the nanoscale. The devices employing the...
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Briefs: Medical
Manipulating Sound to Enhance Acoustic Imaging
A team of engineers from North Carolina State University and Duke University has developed a metamaterial made of paper and aluminum that, they say, can manipulate acoustic waves to more than...
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Briefs: Medical
Portable Acoustic Holography Systems for Therapeutic Ultrasound Sources
High-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) is a rapidly developing medical technology that relies on focusing acoustic waves to treat remote tissue sites inside the body without damaging intervening tissues. HIFU can be used to treat benign and malignant tumors, dissolve blood...
R&D: Medical
Metamaterial 'Bends' Acoustic and Elastic Waves
Sound waves passing through the air, objects that break a body of water and cause ripples, or shockwaves from earthquakes all are considered “elastic” waves. These waves travel at the surface...
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R&D: Medical
Acoustic Sensor May Detect Cancer
Testing for ovarian cancer or a chemical presence may become much simpler thanks to a new microscopic acoustic device that has been dramatically improved by scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL. The device, known as a surface acoustic wave (SAW) sensor, detects...
Briefs: Medical
New Material Enables Improved Ultrasound
Ultrasound technology could soon be improved to produce high-quality, high-resolution images, thanks to the development of a new key material by a team of researchers in the Department of Biomedical...
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Managing Post-Traumatic Pain with Ultrasound Neuromodulation
The objective of this effort was to demonstrate the feasibility of using ultrasound induced neuromodulation (UNMOD) to manage pain. Pain management for acute trauma is generally...
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Briefs: Medical
Trans-Skull Ultrasound Scanner for Diagnosis of Rhino-Sinusitis
Rhino-sinusitis, or sinus infection, is an inflammation of the paranasal sinuses, which can be caused by different conditions (bacterial, fungal, viral, allergic, or autoimmune)....
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