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Materials Science

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Innovation

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

October 2, 2025

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Microplastics

Microplastics Could Be Fueling Antibiotic Resistance, BU Study Finds

March 11, 2025

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Reproductive Health

Women’s Health Is Chronically Understudied, but These Engineers Are Charging Forward

November 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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Batteries

The Race to a Battery-Powered Future

January 18, 2024

Photo: BU’s Xin Zhang (right) collects the STAT Madness 2023 All-Star award from Nicholas St. Fleur, a STAT general assignment reporter and associate editorial director of events. An Asian woman (right) with short black hair and wearing a purple collared shirt holds up a clear glass trophy with a Black man with brown hair in a curly poof and wearing a tan suit.

Metamaterials

Xin Zhang Wins STAT Madness 2023 All-Star Award

May 11, 2023

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Innovator of the Year

Ji-Xin Cheng Is BU’s 2022 Innovator of the Year

May 1, 2023

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Metamaterials

Xin Zhang to Compete for STAT Madness All-Star Award

April 25, 2023

NSF CAREER Awards

BU’s 2022 NSF CAREER Award Winners Are Innovating Data Systems and Single-Molecule Circuits

December 13, 2022

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Technology Development

BU Ignition Awards–From the Lab to Your Life

June 6, 2022

Boston University Professor of Engineering, Xin Zhang, poses for a portrait in her lab.

Accolades

Engineer Xin Zhang Awarded 2022 Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship

May 10, 2022

NSF CAREER Awards

5 Projects That Push the Limits of Physics, Fabrication Techniques, Algorithm Design

June 30, 2021

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Sustainable Tech

Could Technology Inspired by Beetles and Underground Fungi Solve the Water Scarcity Problem in Morocco’s Rural Villages?

June 14, 2021

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Soft Robotics

These Soft Robotic Grippers Were Inspired by an Ancient Japanese Art Form

May 12, 2021

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Self-Care

Inspiring Stories on Practicing Self-Care This Valentine’s Day

February 11, 2021

Joyce Wong at the podium delivering the Charles DeLisi Distinguished Lecture at Boston University in 2017

Research Accolades

Joyce Wong Elected to National Academy of Inventors

February 3, 2021

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Research Accolades

Meet BU’s Newest AAAS Fellows

January 28, 2021

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COVID-19 & Low Blood O2

Three Reasons Why COVID-19 Can Cause Silent Hypoxia

October 8, 2020

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Science of Bubbles

Popping a Commonly Experienced Mystery: Why Do Bubbles Collapse?

September 10, 2020

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NSF CAREER Awards

Meet BU’s Newest NSF CAREER Award Winners

August 5, 2020

Meet BU’s Newest NSF CAREER Award Winners