Ultrasound

by Radboud University edited by Lisa Lock, reviewed by Robert Egan  Editors’ notes  The GIST Add as preferred source Credit: Radboud University Neuroscientist Soha Farboud of the Donders Institute at Radboud University has succeeded in adjusting activity in specific brain areas using a new technique. With ultrasonic brain stimulation, she was able to influence whether people chose to […]

by Iqra Bano edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Robert Egan  Editors’ notes  The GIST Add as preferred source Schematic illustration of low-intensity focused ultrasound (FUS) applied to cultured primary cortical neurons and real-time monitoring of intracellular Ca²⁺ activity by fluorescence imaging. FUS activates mechanosensitive pathways and calcium-dependent signaling, leading to regulated neuronal excitability and downstream cellular

By Malcolm Azania December 23, 2025 Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Reddit Flipboard Email A multiple exposure of the microbubble-muscled stingraybot going for a swim Shi Z et al. Nature 2025 View 3 Images View gallery – 3 images While it might sound like a weapon of oceanic destruction in the hands of Aquaman’s arch enemies, the new

by University of Colorado at Boulder edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Andrew Zinin  Editors’ notes A microscopic image of the researchers’ sound-responsive particles. Credit: Andrew Goodwin/University of Colorado Boulder Cancer is one of the leading causes of death in the U.S., second only to heart disease. But a new cancer treatment method from CU Boulder researchers uses

by Greta Harrison, University of Southern California edited by Lisa Lock, reviewed by Robert Egan  Editors’ notes The combinatorial immunotherapy strategy. Credit: Nature Materials (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41563-025-02391-8 USC biomedical engineers have found a way to make a solid tumor paint a target on its own back in order to train the body’s immune system to find and destroy it. The

by University of Plymouth edited by Lisa Lock, reviewed by Robert Egan  Editors’ notes Professor Elsa Fouragnan, Director of the Center for Therapeutic Ultrasound and the Brain Research and Imaging Center (BRIC) at the University of Plymouth, is carrying out pioneering research into the benefits of transcranial ultrasound stimulation (TUS) for conditions including anxiety and depression, addiction and