Blood Vessel-On-A-Chip Study Reveals Key Proteins’ Regulatory Role in Leaky Vessels
Blood vessels act as a transportation system, bringing and discarding molecules to and from each organ to keep the internal stability our bodies need.
Bad Medicine
Biomedical Engineer and Materials Science Engineer Muhammad Zaman received a disturbing call from a friend. There was trouble in Pakistan. People were dying from a mysterious illness, and all of the victims had one thing in common: they had been treated at the Punjab Institute of Cardiology.
Dal Negro Publishes Cross-Disciplinary Research in Scientific Reports
By Amy Pollard (GRS, ’19) Professor Luca Dal Negro’s cross-disciplinary research leads to a discovery that will improve technology with many applications, including solar cells and photodetectors for next generation of integrated cameras and distributed sensors. Professor Dal Negro’s findings are published in Scientific Reports. The article, titled “Fractional Transport of Photons in Deterministic Aperiodic Structures,” is […]
CAS Physicists Uncover Swimming Secrets of H. pylori
How the ulcer- and cancer-causing bacterium survives the stomach By Barbara Moran, BU Today Rama Bansil (left) and Maira Constantino study how the shape of H. pylori shape contributes to its swimming ability. Their work could impact the fields of drug delivery and cancer treatment. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi While not as inspiring as the […]
How Much Heat Can Bouncing Raindrops Leave Behind, or Take Away?
Decades ago, researchers described an intriguing natural phenomenon, which they charmingly called the “lotus effect.” Certain surfaces, like lotus leaves, which look smooth to our eyes but exceedingly rough under a microscope, repel liquid almost completely. Drip water onto the leaf, and it beads up and shimmies off, leaving the surface dry.
Nanoscale 3D Printing Enables Bioelectronic Medicine Research
When Professor Alice White (ME, MSE, Physics, BME) came to BU in 2013 as chair of Mechanical Engineering, she was keen to encourage the sort of cross-disciplinary research she had experienced as chief scientist at the storied Bell Labs. For her own research, she set up a powerful 3D-printing tool with nanoscale resolution—at the time, […]
3D-Printed Patch Helps Guide Growing Blood Vessels
Novel Method Provides Potential Treatment for Ischemia By Sara Cody Ischemia results when narrowed, hardened or blocked blood vessels starve tissue, often resulting in heart attack, stroke, gangrene and other serious conditions. Surgery can correct the problem in large vessels, but treatment is much more complex in vessels that are smaller or damaged by prior […]
What Are Quantum Dots?
Allison Dennis uses the weirdness of the quantum world to advance our understanding of breast cancer By Barbara Moran, BU Research 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. What do […]
BUnano Inaugural Symposium: Nanotechnology for Imaging
On May 2 BU Nanotechnology Innovation Center (BUnano) held its inaugural symposium “Nanotechnology for Imaging”. The symposium focused on The “Nanotechnology For Imaging” symposium will be focused on highlighting accomplishments of BUnano faculty and students, and featured keynote presentation by 2014 Nobel Prize winner for Chemistry, Professor Stefan Hell. BUnano Center Director Prof. Mark Grinstaff […]
Scott Bunch Promoted to Associate Professor
Congratulations to Scott Bunch for being promoted to College of Engineering associate professor of mechanical engineering and associate professor of materials science & engineering! Bunch is an expert on the nanomechanical properties of a new class of 2-D atomically thin materials like graphene. He is creating novel devices that test these materials’ physical properties, devices […]