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Engineering & Computing

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Soft Robots

Just How Safe Are Soft Robots?

September 18, 2024

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Vaping

E-Cigarette Brands Are Skirting the Rules About Health Warning Labels on Instagram, Study Finds

September 13, 2024

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Self-Amplifying RNA

A New Type of RNA Could Revolutionize Vaccines and Cancer Treatments

September 9, 2024

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Undergraduate Research

Getting Their Hands Dirty in the Lab—and in the Charles River

August 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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Awards

BU Team Wins Major National Science Foundation Grant to Help PhD Students Attack Climate Change

August 22, 2024

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MRI

Making MRI More Globally Accessible: How Metamaterials Offer Affordable, High-Impact Solutions

August 9, 2024

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NSF CAREER Awards

Six BU Researchers Win Prestigious Early-Career Award to Advance Their Work

June 27, 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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Air Quality

Air Quality Sensors Could Be Coming to a Bicycle Near You

June 4, 2024

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Artificial Intelligence

Is AI Biased against Some Groups and Spreading Misinformation and Extreme Views?

May 23, 2024

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Engineering

3D Printing Robot Uses AI Machine Learning for US Army Research

May 21, 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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Bias/AI

Can the Bias in Algorithms Help Us See Our Own?

April 8, 2024

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Mechanical Engineering

How Do People Carry Such Heavy Loads on Their Heads?

April 3, 2024

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Air Quality

Can Cleaner Classroom Air Help Kids Do Better at School?

March 7, 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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Forced Displacement

Video: The Global Problem of Statelessness

January 24, 2024

Video: The Global Problem of Statelessness