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Research News

Brink Bites: BU Health Researchers Win Major NIH Grants; BU Device Named Among Time’s Best Inventions of 2025

Synthetic Biology

BU Engineer Builds Next-Gen Sensors with Mix of Living Cells and Tiny Electronics

Accolades

BU Biomedical Engineer Christopher Chen Elected to National Academy of Medicine

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

Research Accolades

Boston University Receives Major Multimillion Dollar NIH Grant for Women’s Health Research

Student Research

Research Program Helps Bridge the Opportunity Gap for Young Engineers

Artificial Intelligence

Is AI Slowing Climate Progress? It’s Complicated

Health & Medicine

Curing Heart Attacks, Replacing Diseased Organs—Christopher Chen Is Engineering a Healthier Future

Campus Climate Lab

BU Students Win Janetos Climate Action Prize for Uncovering Air Quality Gaps Between Old and New Campus Buildings

Global Health

BU Launches an Open-Source Infectious Diseases Monitoring Tool Powered by AI and Human Experts

Hearing Loss

Trouble Hearing in Noisy Places and Crowded Spaces? Researchers Say New BU-Developed Algorithm Could Help Hearing Aid Users

Accolades

BU’s Kenneth Lutchen Named AAAS Fellow

Microplastics

Microplastics Could Be Fueling Antibiotic Resistance, BU Study Finds

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

Photonics

What If You Could Use Light to Monitor Blood Pressure?

Research

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

Photonics

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