Understanding how the brain creates conscious experience remains one of science’s most difficult challenges. Brain scans and behavior studies have linked awareness to certain neural patterns, but ...

Xuanhe Zhao is a professor of mechanical engineering and civil and environmental engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA. On a sunny day in April, one of us (C.W.) jogged ...

Why it matters: Ultrasound is widely used in musculoskeletal, vascular, and organ imaging, but image quality and interpretation heavily rely on the operator’s knowledge. What’s new: Researchers have ...

Medical experts and pregnancy resources have outlined how ultrasound schedules typically work, why they may change, and how parents can prepare. Standard care includes first- and second-trimester ...

When you hear "brain-computer interface," you probably picture surgery, wires and a chip in your head. Now picture something quieter. No implant. No incision. Just sound waves directed at the brain.

What Is a Liver Ultrasound? A liver ultrasound is a type of abdominal ultrasound, an imaging test that uses high-frequency sound waves to create pictures of the organs and structures in your abdomen, ...

This story is sponsored by Echo Ultrasound. It's a sobering statistic: One in every eight American women will be diagnosed with breast cancer sometime in her life, according to the American Cancer ...