Super-fine sound beam could one day be an invisible scalpel

Thursday, December 20, 2012 - 19:00 in Physics & Chemistry

A carbon-nanotube-coated lens that converts light to sound can focus high-pressure sound waves to finer points than ever before. The engineering researchers who developed the new therapeutic ultrasound approach say it could lead to an invisible knife for noninvasive surgery.

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