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Bio-Inspired Engineering

Could This King-Size Citrus Fruit Inspire a Better Mobile Phone Case?

May 13, 2026

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Research

Best of The Brink 2025: A Selection of BU’s 10 Most-Read, Liked, and Shared Science and Research Stories

December 16, 2025

Space Sciences

Is There Life on Other Planets? BU Astronomer Helping Lead New Mission Seeking Hints of Life in Space

December 1, 2025

Accolades

National Science Foundation Honors 6 BU Researchers with CAREER Awards

November 12, 2025

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Innovation

Two BU-Created Inventions Are Named “World Changing Ideas”

October 2, 2025

NASA Telescope Launch

NASA’s Carruthers Geocorona Observatory Launches into Space—with a Device Created by BU Students on Board

September 24, 2025

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LEXI Moon Mission

What Is BU Doing on the Moon?

March 4, 2025

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LEXI Moon Mission

Spacecraft Carrying BU Telescope to the Moon Captures Breathtaking Images of Earth

February 13, 2025

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LEXI Moon Mission

We Have Liftoff: BU Telescope Heads for the Moon

January 15, 2025

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LEXI Moon Mission

NASA Moon Mission Will Use BU X-Ray Telescope to Study Earth’s Magnetic Field

January 9, 2025

Research

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

December 13, 2024

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Soft Robots

Just How Safe Are Soft Robots?

September 18, 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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Air Quality

Air Quality Sensors Could Be Coming to a Bicycle Near You

June 4, 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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Mechanical Engineering

How Do People Carry Such Heavy Loads on Their Heads?

April 3, 2024

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Batteries

The Race to a Battery-Powered Future

January 18, 2024

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2023 in Review

Best of The Brink 2023: 10 Life-Changing Inventions, Amazing Discoveries, and Surprising Findings from BU Researchers

December 11, 2023

Best of The Brink 2023: 10 Life-Changing Inventions, Amazing Discoveries, and Surprising Findings from BU Researchers