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Photonics

Scientific illustration showing Earth's magnetic field deflecting solar winds from the sun.

Accolades

Meet BU’s Six CAREER Award Recipients

October 22, 2019

illustration of electrically active brain cells and neurons

NEUROSCIENCE

A Picture-Perfect Look at How Electrical Activity Travels through the Brain

October 10, 2019

BU optics engineer, Siddharth Ramachandran, named 2019 Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellow by DOD

Accolades

Siddharth Ramachandran

May 2, 2019

Detail photo of a researcher demonstrating a drug-free blue light therapy MRSA treatment. The researcher exposes a petri dish of MRSA and hydrogen peroxide to a blue light laser light.

Photonics

How Light Turns Ordinary Hydrogen Peroxide into a MRSA Treatment

April 9, 2019

A rainbow penumbra on a far wall is created by a bright scene displayed on an LCD monitor (left) and a chair (center).

Computer Science

Can Technology Eliminate Blind Spots?

February 12, 2019

David Boas, neurophotonics and fNIRS pioneer, and director of the Boston University Neurophotonics Center

Engineering

Lighting Up the Brain

May 11, 2018

bulk silicon electronic-photonic chip designed by the MIT, UC Berkeley and Boston University team

Photonics

Researchers Illuminate the Path to a New Era of Microelectronics

April 23, 2018

Illustration of cardiac patch

Engineering

BU Wins $20M for NSF Engineering Research Center

September 12, 2017

Quantum dots glow different colors under UV light depending on their size. Dennis and her colleagues are developing dots that will respond to deep red and near-infrared light—same idea, not as pretty.

Nanotechnology

What Are Quantum Dots?

June 5, 2017

David Boas, Director of Boston University Neurophotonics Center

Photonics

Neurophotonics Center: Advancing Understanding of the Brain

May 12, 2017

Team 8’s Richard Nesbit (from left), Fritz Jolivain, and Brett Moretzky demonstrating the Groove Gloves.

Engineering

Engineering to the Rescue

May 10, 2017

PhD candidate Emily Lam works with smart lighting sensors as part of Thomas Little's research with the Lighting Enabled Systems & Applications Engineering Research Center (LESA ERC)

Electrical Engineering

New Sensors for Smart Lighting

March 8, 2017

Human tissue under microscope

Engineering Biology

BU Joins Federal Effort to Engineer Human Tissue

March 2, 2017

Engineering

Tech Survivors

November 22, 2016

Assistant Professor Michelle Sander (ECE, MSE)

Engineering

Sander Receives Air Force Research Grant

November 22, 2016

prism

Photonics

A Point of Light

August 19, 2016

Farrukh Mateen, Boston University PhD-candidate in Mechanical Engineering

Physics

Building a Wireless Micromachine

August 15, 2016

Photonics

Light Beams and DNA Cages Could Deliver Drugs to Just the Right Spot

June 7, 2016

High school student Lauren Strong talks to Boston University mechanical engineering professor Helen Fawcett while participating in a new program to promote diversity in the STEM fields

STEM

Photonics Center Programs Promote Diversity in STEM Fields

August 7, 2015

Chemistry

Photonic Forensics

May 5, 2015

Photonic Forensics