JOEL WILLIAMS, ASSOCIATE EDITOR [email protected]A transparent, biocompatible ultrasound transducer chip developed by researchers from Penn State is opening opportunities in cell and tissue stimulation and multimodal imaging. The chip, called a transparent ultrasound transducer (TUT), resembles a microscope slide and exhibits greater than 80% transparency. 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