This Soft Robot Might Save Millions of Lives
A millimeter-scale, multifunctional soft robot that overcomes three hurdles that have been hampering minimally invasive heart surgeries.
Are You Ready? A Saliva Test Might Tell
Alex Green leads a $17.7 million DARPA project analyzing biomarkers to assess readiness for physically and mentally challenging tasks.
Translational Biomedical Advances Highlighted at Inaugural BTEC Symposium
Promising advances in biological engineering were the topics of discussion at the Bioengineering Technology & Entrepreneurship Center’s (BTEC) inaugural symposium this month. The event featured former BME faculty member and current dean of the Brown University School of Engineering Tejal Desai, as well as several BME faculty members and an industry executive.
Improving the Science Behind Bloodstain Pattern Analysis
At BU’s Fluid Lab, James Bird’s latest research could help give forensic scientists new tools for analyzing bloodstains at crime scenes.
How ultrafast lasers developed in Michelle Sander’s lab are speeding up biological research
Michelle Sander and her lab group at Boston University are seeking out new ways to build ultrafast lasers – lasers that emit such short-lasting pulses of light that their duration is difficult to fathom.
“I’m particularly interested in developing lasers on the femtosecond scale – a fraction of a second so small that its ratio is the same as one second to 32 million years,” Sander says.
Lung Research Redefined
The “crystal ribcage” allows researchers a first-ever cellular-level look at the lung while it’s operating normally.
Neila Gross: Investigating Antibiotic Resistance
In August 2022, Neila Gross summited Mount Kilimanjaro. It was a grueling journey that took her five and a half days to make her way up the highest peak on the African continent and one and a half days to make her way down. On the first day, as she looked across the desolate plane where the mountain stood, uncertainty set in when she realized how far she had to go. And when she looked up and noticed that the mountain’s summit was obscured by the clouds because of its height, one thought took over: “You can’t do this.” But she set aside her self-doubts and, many pitstops and thousands of feet later, she made it to the top.
Unlocking Insights into Tumors’ Defenses
A BU team has developed a noninvasive method of monitoring the solid stresses within tumors.
Hard to Picture
Using light and shadow to “see” around corners, at the speed of a snapshot.
A Giant Leap in Detecting Brain Activity
A new advance in voltage imaging is giving neuroscientists the most detailed look yet at how voltage travels through brain cells.