Best of The Brink 2025: 10 Inspiring Inventions and Impactful Ideas from Boston University Researchers
From soft robots that could make cancer surgery safer to an algorithm that boosts hearing aid performance, how BU research made a difference this year.
BU Researcher Helps Women Veterans Find Their Place After Serving Their Country
Tara Galovski started the Women Veterans Network (WoVeN) in 2017 with six participants. Now, 6,500 women have joined from all 50 states and Puerto Rico.
Brink Bites: BU Health Researchers Win Major NIH Grants; BU Device Named Among Time’s Best Inventions of 2025
Other research news, stories, and tidbits from around BU, including big funding wins, opposition to deepfakes, and studying LGBTQ+ suicide risk factors.
NIH Honors Two BU Researchers for Exceptionally Creative, High-Impact Science
The prestigious Director’s Awards will support work studying sexual health and stopping mosquito bites.
Why Do We Remember Some Life Moments—but Not Others?
BU study finds memories of mundane incidents can be strengthened when they get attached to a memory of an emotionally charged event.
BU CTE Center Study Ties Contact Sports Head Hits to Brain Damage
Repetitive head impacts can cause cell loss, inflammation, and vascular damage—even without CTE.
Boston University Receives Major Multimillion Dollar NIH Grant for Women’s Health Research
Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health program support will also spur investment in early-career faculty.
Brink Bites: Using AI to Spot Alzheimer’s; NIH Backs BU COPD Research
Other research news, stories, and tidbits from around BU, including projects using AI to track Alzheimer’s and diagnose lung disease.
Curing Heart Attacks, Replacing Diseased Organs—Christopher Chen Is Engineering a Healthier Future
Healing from a knee injury sent the BU biomedical engineer on a winding road of discovery and innovation.
BU Backs Lawsuit to Halt Cuts to Department of Defense Research Funding
Legal declaration says dramatic drop in DOD support could imperil research that “millions of Americans benefit from and depend on”.