A Solution to the Cocktail Party Problem – Hidden in the Brain
BU Researchers are mixing neuroscience, photonics, and engineering to help people with hearing loss pick out sounds in noisy spaces.
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How a Low-Cost Soft Robot Is Learning to Perform Surgery Inside a Beating Heart
In a leap for minimally invasive medicine, a soft robot is learning to perform delicate procedures inside a living, beating heart—something no human hand could ever achieve.
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
WHO Reports 40 Percent Jump in Antibiotic-Resistant infections; BU-Based Nonprofit Leads the Fight Back
CARB-X, an antibiotics research accelerator, is helping bring new medicines, vaccines, and tests to clinics worldwide
BU Biomedical Engineer Christopher Chen Elected to National Academy of Medicine
Prestigious honor for pioneering researcher’s work that could herald heart attack cures and repairs for diseased organs
BU Researchers Create New AI tool to Predict Markers of Alzheimer’s Disease
Researchers at Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine have built an artificial intelligence tool that can accurately predict key signs of Alzheimer’s disease.
Our Online World Relies on Encryption. What Happens If It Fails?
Quantum computers will make traditional data encryption techniques obsolete; BU researchers have turned to physics to come up with better defenses
Finding Non-Opioid Solutions for Low Back Pain
A robotic exosuit trial is the latest research coming out of the BU Physical Therapy Center
Fresher Air, Smarter Schools: SPH Researchers Share Novel Method for Monitoring Indoor Air Quality
A new study from researchers at the School of Public Health, conducted using data from Boston Public School’s extensive network of air quality sensors, showed classroom air quality is often highly variable within school buildings, and even fluctuates greatly within the same classroom over the course of a year.
BU Launches an Open-Source Infectious Diseases Monitoring Tool Powered by AI and Human Experts
The Biothreats Emergence, Analysis and Communications Network (BEACON) is slated to become a global hub for critical information about emerging outbreaks