A team of Caltech researchers is proposing a radical new technique for killing cancer cells using low-intensity ultrasound waves. The preliminary research is still at an incredibly early stage but ...

Research conducted by a team of scientists from Kaunas University, Lithuania, revealed that low-frequency ultrasound influences blood parameters. The findings suggest that ultrasound's effect on ...

When Graeme F. Woodworth, MD, decided to focus his research efforts on glioblastomas, “everybody thought it was a dead end,” the neurosurgeon recalled. It wasn’t an unusual path for him. His first job ...

SANTA MONICA, Calif. (KABC) -- Millions of people suffer from heel pain, and it can be due to tight calf muscles, long-distance running or shoes with poor support. Treatment for this painful condition ...

Commercial devices that produce ultrasound frequencies are not promising tools for repelling bed bugs, according to new research. Alternative means of controlling urban insect pests by using ...

Researchers at Fudan University are developing a reconstruction algorithm that enables quantitative bone imaging using ultrasonic computed tomography. (Courtesy: Dean Ta) Osteoporosis is a bone ...

Haptic feedback has become a common feature of recent technology, but such systems usually rely on stimulation of parts of the user’s body via direct mechanical or acoustic vibration. A new technique ...