Irving Bigio Featured in “You Are Why” Campaign for Skin Cancer Detection
By collaborating across disciplines, we’ve pioneered cutting-edge technology, biomedical marvels, and new ways of thinking in data science, the humanities, health, and more. When we work together our impact is greater—on behalf of those living with Parkinson’s, skin cancer, Alzheimer’s, and other diseases.
NASA Telescope Launch NASA Space Weather Mission Blasts Off—with Device Created by BU Students Onboard
The observatory is on a mission to understand Earth’s most distant layer of atmosphere, a project led by a BU alum
Two BU-Created Inventions Are Named “World Changing Ideas”
Fast Company list recognizes projects “driving meaningful change”
The Moon Landing That Made BU History
In the video above, watch LEXI Goes to the Moon: A Story of Science and Adventure, a short documentary that follows the BU team whose vision, skill, and persistence carried a groundbreaking X-ray telescope from their campus lab to the lunar surface.
Keith Brown to Bring Expertise to AI Materials Institute
NSF Awards $20M to Multi-Institutional Project
This Smarter Sound Shield Blocks More Noise—Without Blocking Air
Building on their 2019 breakthrough, researchers unveil a new ultra-open metamaterial that silences a broader range of noise while preserving ventilation. A new breakthrough from the Zhang Lab at Boston University is making waves in the world of sound control. Led by Professor Xin Zhang (ME, ECE, BME, MSE), the team has published a new […]
First Electronic–Photonic Quantum Chip Created in Commercial Foundry
Interdisciplinary academic team integrates quantum light sources and control electronics on a single piece of silicon
Disentangling Behavior: Cognition and Movement
A groundbreaking study explores the interplay of neural dynamics
Combining cutting-edge techniques to study how brain cells function together
Professor White—who will soon be concluding his 10-year tenure as Chair of Biomedical Engineering at Boston University (BU)—talked about two of his projects which explore stimulation strategies for the modulation of memories. He then discussed his path to becoming a neuroscientist as well as his new hobby mixing craft cocktails.
Boston University Ramps Up Strategy on AI
Including Iriving Bigio’s recent advancements with DermaSensor!