(Nanowerk News) Acoustic tweezers can control target movement through the interaction of momentum between an acoustic wave and an object. Due to their high tissue penetrability and strong acoustic ...

(A) Illustration of the soft microswimmer with a single microbubble. (B) Illustration of CeFlowBots with bubble arrays. (C) Illustration of the microbubble-aided microrobots. (D) Illustration of the ...

In laboratories from Brazil to Munich, researchers are learning to grab matter with sound alone, sculpting ultrasonic waves into invisible “hands” that can lift, push, and rotate objects without a ...

Undergoing surgery is seldom a pleasant experience, and it can sometimes be highly invasive. Surgical procedures have evolved steadily over the centuries, growing with the knowledge of anatomy and ...

A team of researchers co-led by the University of California San Diego, University of Michigan, and the French National ...

Acoustic manipulation is not a new idea. Scientists have understood for decades that sound waves carry enough energy to exert physical force on small objects. Translating that principle into something ...