In this week’s edition of The Prototype, we look at how a new discovery could lead to unsinkable ships, the billions invested ...

In A Nutshell MIT researchers built a portable ultrasound device weighing just over one pound that images more than 4 inches ...

The astronauts gave public remarks for the first time Wednesday since being evacuated from the International Space Station ...

C rew-11 came down from the International Space Station (ISS) in the first-ever medical evacuation from space last week. The three astronauts and one cosmonaut had their first public appearance since ...

During a night shift when she was a resident at Yale New Haven Hospital, Cristiana Baloescu was taking care of a patient with ...

The episode marked Nasa's first medical evacuation in 65 years of human spaceflight, following a health emergency on January 7 that led to the cancellation of a planned spacewalk and the crew's early ...

Ultrasound became established in medicine 60 years ago. The first remotely controllable ultrasound machine appeared 20 years ago. The next leap forward, toward an autonomous ultrasound system, is now ...

For people who are at high risk of developing breast cancer, frequent screenings with ultrasound can help detect tumors early ...

Nevada Sanchez, co-founder of Butterfly Network, talks to Machine Design about the organization making life-saving technology available to frontline healthcare workers in the developing world. In ...