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 ...

Researchers headed by a team at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University have developed a robot-assisted surgical technique that uses acoustic vortex tweezers to capture and move small ...

The ability to precisely move small objects such as embryos, cells, and bacteria without physical contact could be a valuable tool for health care. Medical procedures capable of moving cells inside ...