You might not hear it, but rodents are known to speak to each other in voices so high-pitched that human ears can’t pick them up. Now scientists have found that these vocalizations might have a second ...

There are times when hibernating would be useful, like surgery or space travel, and we’re getting closer to being able to do so on demand in humans. Scientists have now demonstrated a way to induce a ...

From easing tremors to opening the blood-brain barrier, focused ultrasound is emerging as one of medicine’s most promising ...

A new study provides the first visual evidence showing that brain circuits in living animals can be activated by ultrasound waves projected into specific patterns (holograms). Led by scientists at NYU ...

For the first time, a new ultrasound technique allows researchers to stimulate multiple locations in the brain simultaneously ...

Ultrasound has long been used for helping doctors see inside the body, but focused high frequency sound waves are offering ...

When tiger beetles hear a bat nearby, they respond by creating a high-pitched, ultrasonic noise, and for the past 30 years, no one has known why. In a new study, scientists lay the mystery to rest by ...

While there are no successful non-invasive therapeutics currently available for the treatment of vision loss, researchers at have come up with a new idea to address this growing problem. Currently, ...

Ultrasound is perhaps best known as an imaging technique to monitor pregnancy or disease. When these sound waves are highly ...