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Small Device Uses Sound to Help Liquids Spread

Scientists tested the idea in mice and a model of tissue.

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Source: MIT News, 2026-10-26.

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Read and understand · 1/2What did ultrasound help the liquid do in the tests?

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Spread farther. The passage says the liquid spread farther when ultrasound was used in the tests.

Clue: MIT scientists made a brain device that uses a tube and ultrasound, a sound people cannot hear. In tests on mice and tissue-like gel, ultrasound helped liquid spread farther.

Read and understand · 2/2What did the mouse test use?

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A substance that makes scans clearer. The tested substance helped with scans; the article says it was not a cancer drug.

Clue: The mouse test used a substance that makes scans clearer, not a cancer drug. Researchers hope a future version could deliver medicine after tumor surgery. It is not a proven treatment.

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Ultrasound helped the liquid spread farther in the tests. Scientists hope a future device could deliver medicine after tumor surgery, but it is not a proven treatment.

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