Mechanical Engineering

Research

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

Space Sciences

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

Accolades

National Science Foundation Honors 6 BU Researchers with CAREER Awards

Innovation

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

NASA Telescope Launch

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

LEXI Moon Mission

What Is BU Doing on the Moon?

LEXI Moon Mission

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

LEXI Moon Mission

We Have Liftoff: BU Telescope Heads for the Moon

LEXI Moon Mission

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

Research

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

Soft Robots

Just How Safe Are Soft Robots?

MRI

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

NSF CAREER Awards

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

Air Quality

Air Quality Sensors Could Be Coming to a Bicycle Near You

Engineering

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

Awards

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

Mechanical Engineering

How Do People Carry Such Heavy Loads on Their Heads?

Batteries

The Race to a Battery-Powered Future

2023 in Review

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

2023 IN REVIEW

What Were BU’s Most-Read Science and Research Stories in 2023?