Hong Chen, an associate professor at Washington University in St. Louis, and a multidisciplinary team induced a torpor-like state in mice by using ultrasound to stimulate the hypothalamus preoptic ...

Scientists have found a way to achieve higher levels of concentration when practicing mindfulness through applying non-invasive ultrasound technology to the brain.

image: Hong Chen's team used ultrasound to safely, noninvasively induce a torpor-like state in mice, rats view more . Credit: Image courtesy Chen laboratory, Washington University in St. Louis ...

Researchers are investigating the potential of a painless, needle-free vaccine delivery by ultrasound. The method uses cavitation, which is the formation and popping of bubbles in response to a ...

By pelting rodents’ heads with ultrasound pulses – a procedure that is not as traumatic as it sounds, we promise – scientists from Washington University in St. Louis have managed to induce a ...

Scientists have boosted the motility of slow sperm by blasting the cells with 40-MHz ultrasound waves to induce movement. Capturing the technique's impact on individual sperm cells, the study ...

Ultrasound technology is used in many ways. Addiction is the next frontier. The use of the high-frequency sound waves is also being adapted to treat Alzheimer’s disease, ...