News tagged with ultrasound
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Sonic screwdriver tightens up fundamental physics
When the scriptwriters for Doctor Who imagined a futuristic device, they came up with the Sonic Screwdriver. Now a team of physicists at the University of Dundee have taken equipment designed for MRI-guided focused ultrasound ...
Apr 20, 2012 |
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Detecting material defects in ship propellers
Ship propellers are as large as a single-family home – and manufacturing them is quite a challenge. During the casting process, pores and miniscule cracks can form that in the worst case may cause a blade ...
Apr 02, 2012 |
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New microfluidic chip can generate microbubbles to break open cells for biochemical analysis
Scientists have made many important discoveries in biology and medicine through studying the internal contents of cells. Some have isolated or identified nucleic acids or proteins with special functions, while ...
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Mar 15, 2012 |
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Tiny primate 'talks' in ultrasound
One of the world's smallest primates, the Philippine tarsier, communicates in a range of ultrasound inaudible to predator and prey alike, according to a study published on Wednesday.
Feb 08, 2012 |
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Why humans choose running over walking
Other than Olympic race walkers, people generally find it more comfortable to run than walk when they start moving at around 2 meters per second – about 4.5 miles per hour.
Jan 05, 2012 |
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Japan's Fujifilm to buy US ultrasound maker
Japanese film and camera maker Fujifilm on Thursday announced an agreement to buy SonoSite, a US ultrasound equipment manufacturer, for $995 million.
Dec 15, 2011 |
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Giant piezoelectric effect to improve MEMS devices
Researchers in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering and the Materials Research Institute at Penn State are part of a multidisciplinary team of researchers from universities and national laboratories ...
Dec 02, 2011 |
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Stranded dolphins exhibit bubbles, and ability to recover
Scientists know that the blood and tissues of some deceased beaked whales stranded near naval sonar exercises are riddled with bubbles. It is also well know that human divers can suffer from bubbles-induced ...
Oct 19, 2011 |
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Near-infrared imaging system shows promise as future pancreatic cancer diagnostic tool
A team of researchers from four Boston-area institutions led by Nicusor Iftimia from Physical Sciences, Inc. has demonstrated for the first time that optical coherence tomography (OCT), a high resolution optical ...
Aug 17, 2011 |
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Spotting weaknesses in solid wood
Is there a hairline crack in the oak table? Was the window frame glued badly? Ultrasound thermography can reliably identify material defects during the production of wooden items. This allows rejects to be ...
Aug 01, 2011 |
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Comfort or conflict: Earlier Down syndrome test
(AP) -- The results of the blood test revealed only a risk, but when she saw them, she still threw up. Now she had to find out for sure.
Jun 13, 2011 |
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Portable ultrasound now available for horses
Healing for horses has gone portable.
Jun 02, 2011 |
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Millions of girls lost to selective abortion in India: study
Sex selection of foetuses in India has led to 7.1 million fewer girls than boys up to age six, a gender gap that has widened by more than a million in a decade, according to a study released Tuesday.
May 24, 2011 |
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Census spotlights India's 'missing girls'
The problem of India's "missing girls" has been put under a harsh spotlight by new census data showing the ratio of female to male children at its lowest level since independence in 1947.
Apr 03, 2011 |
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Lightning-fast materials testing using ultrasound
For years, ultrasound has proven to be a valuable tool in non-destructive materials testing. However, the demands of modern production conditions are increasing all the time. Researchers at Fraunhofer have ...
Apr 01, 2011 |
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