A few years ago, a team of MIT scientists developed a novel way to separate blood cells using sound waves. Now the team, in conjunction with scientists from several other institutions, has taken the ...

The S3 heart sound occurs as the mitral valve opens and allows blood to fill the left ventricle passively. The sound happens as a result of blood striking the left ventricle during early diastole. An ...

A prototype device developed by an international team of engineers can sift exceedingly tiny particles called exosomes from blood samples without having to send samples off to a lab. The device, which ...

Beware: The blood moon is nigh! Or don't beware. There's really no need to worry. The phrase just refers to a rare total lunar eclipse that happens when Mars, Earth and the sun all line up just so, ...

A wearable blood pressure monitor uses sound to continuously record vital sign data. Achieving continuous, noninvasive blood pressure monitoring has long been a medical objective due to its importance ...

CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Cells secrete nanoscale packets called exosomes that carry important messages from one part of the body to another. Scientists from MIT and other institutions have now devised a way ...

Last week's Back 4 Blood beta was mostly well-received, with the exception of one unusual drawback: the roaming undead could sometimes be heard shouting what sounded extremely similar to a racial slur ...

When somebody puts a lot of effort into a project and really gives a lot of themselves to it, we say that it took “blood, sweat, and tears.” We can’t speak for Russian artist Vtol’s sweat and tears, ...