Soon Your Doctor Will Pull Out His Phone to Give You an Ultrasound
MobiUS is a simple medical ultrasound imaging system like many others—but it has one rather astonishing plus: All you need is the wand, some gel, and a smartphone. Mobisante is the firm behind the new technology, and it’s just announced that the MobiUS has received FDA approval for use in the U.S. MobiUS is, according…
Dual-Headed MRI Machine Allows for Cuddling During Scans
Right now, getting an MRI scan means you have be still—and alone—in a gigantic machine. Thanks to some clever researchers though, future fMRI scanners might be double-headed—meaning that you can bring a buddy for simultaneous, cuddle-filled brain scans. Two heads are better than one—particularly if you’re studying the brain activity underlying social interaction. The problem…
Malaria Parasite’s Brutal Blood Cell Invasion Finally Caught on Video
Click to viewThe eerie video you’re about to watch captures the moment when a malaria parasite invades a human red blood cell—this is the first time that such an event has been caught in moving pictures. The Plasmodium parasite responsible for malaria is transmitted by the bite of infected mosquitoes, and is thought to kill…