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Novel Solutions to Health Disparities
A skin tone colorimeter and a cornea transplant training tool took first prizes in the Design-A-Thon. More
Disentangling Behavior: Cognition and Movement
Are cognitive processes, such as planning an errand or trying to recall a name, separable from related muscle movements? More
The Spring of Hope
The Class of 2025 celebrates Commencement. More
Thomas A. Edison Patent Award for Xin Zhang
Zhang is being recognized for her pioneering contributions to the field of metamaterials. More
Combining Cutting-Edge Techniques To Study How Brain Cells Function Together
"Imagine a therapy for patients with memory deficits, in which their brain is stimulated in a precisely timed manner to improve their recall ability." More
Rainin Funds for Researchers Developing Smart Probiotics
Professors Miguel Jimenez and Liang Hao are taking a new approach to IBD by building and testing genetic tools directly in animal models of intestinal inflammation. More
Engineering RNA to be Programmable
Combining novel neural networks, the Green lab developed a powerful, efficient system for designing RNA. More
New Algorithm for Hearing Aids Might Solve “Cocktail Party Problem”
Sen's biologically oriented sound segregation algorithm (BOSSA) could help the hearing-impaired better follow conversations in crowded, noisy settings. More
BME Senior Design Projects Conference – May 2
BME seniors apply their undergraduate training to real world biomedical challenges. [...] More
BU Launches an Open-Source Infectious Diseases Monitoring Tool Powered by AI and Human Experts
From measles, to influenza, to mpox, to malaria—infectious diseases outbreaks are happening all over the world, at nearly all times. For health professionals and public health officials, staying up-to-date with pathogens that are particularly dangerous—or have the potential to become a pandemic, like COVID-19 did—is vitally important to help keep us all safe. But accessing real-time information on outbreaks, as they pop up around the globe, isn’t always simple; currently, much of it is aggregated by hand. More