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Research News

Brink Bites: Studying Cigarette Restrictions, the Life of a Famed Poet, and Shifting Attitudes Toward Capitalism

March 4, 2025

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LEXI Moon Mission

What Is BU Doing on the Moon?

March 4, 2025

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Awards

Three BU Researchers Win National Honor for Early-Career Scientists and Engineers

February 4, 2025

Research

Best of The Brink 2024: 10 Inspiring Inventions and Discoveries—All from BU Researchers

December 13, 2024

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Photonics

Could Twisting Beams of Light Make the Internet Faster—and Greener?

December 10, 2024

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Research News

Brink Bites: Finding Love Online and Preserving Black American Sign Language

November 27, 2024

Professorship Awards

Career Development Professorships Awarded to Five BU Researchers

September 26, 2024

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Innovation Awards

2024 Ignition Awards Aim to Bring BU Science and Tech to Market

August 22, 2024

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Alzheimer’s

New AI Program from BU Researchers Could Predict Likelihood of Alzheimer’s Disease

June 25, 2024

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Awards

BU’s Innovator of the Year Has Pioneered Devices to Advance Astronomy, Microscopy, Eye Exams

May 7, 2024

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Awards

Three BU Researchers Elected AAAS Fellows

April 18, 2024

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Awards

BU Electrical Engineer Vivek Goyal Named a 2024 Guggenheim Fellow

April 11, 2024

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Skin Cancer

Innocent Mole or Skin Cancer? FDA Clears Device with BU-Developed Technology That Makes Detection Easier

February 8, 2024

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Computer Engineering

Inside the Mind of an Internet-Safety Vanguard

July 26, 2023

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Biomanufacturing

Turning Trash into Medicines, Machine Oils, Cosmetics, and More

June 15, 2023

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NASA

Delivery Drones and Rotor-Powered Rideshares Sound Great—and Noisy

March 14, 2023

Catherine Espaillat, Vivek Goyal, and Malika Jeffries-EL were all honored by the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Photos by Cydney Scott

Accolades

These BU Researchers Were Just Named AAAS Fellows

January 31, 2023

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Research Labs

What Happened to the Robots in BU’s COVID-19 Testing Lab? They’re Getting a New Mission

November 15, 2022

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Brain Health

New BU Center for Brain Recovery Aims to Advance Treatments for Stroke, Alzheimer’s, and Parkinson’s

September 19, 2022

NSF CISE

How the National Science Foundation Is Advancing Computer and Information Science Research

September 7, 2022

How the National Science Foundation Is Advancing Computer and Information Science Research