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Woman Gets Pregnant, While Being Pregnant

Friday, September 25th, 2009 - 16:14:48 - Anuradha Menon

An American woman has stunned doctors after a routine ultrasound visit revealed that she had conceived a child while already pregnant – a condition...

Brain Surgery With Sound Waves
Monday, September 7th, 2009 - Janice Karin
Researchers from University Hospital Zurich and the Israeli company Insightec Ltd. have developed a new type of brain...

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First Acoustic Superlens

Thursday, May 28th, 2009 - 14:35:43 - Anuradha Menon

Over the past few years, researchers have developed several materials that bend light in ways that appear to violate the laws of physics, creating...

Eyes Reveal Health Secrets of the Brain

Sunday, January 18th, 2009 - 17:54:45 - Ehud Rattner

The eyes may be the windows to the soul, but they also make pretty good peepholes into the brain. Thanks to an optical version of ultrasound, it is...

Measuring Sound With a Nanoscopic Air Bubble

Friday, December 5th, 2008 - 14:55:58 - Anuradha Menon

It will soon be possible to measure ultrasonic sound using water, air, light and nanotechnology – over a hundred times more accurately than with...

Ultrasound-Activated Microbubbles Fight Cancer
Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008 - Anni Shaer Levitt
Philips is currently developing a new technology, which will administer drugs into specific locations using...