Xin Zhang, Irving Bigio, and More Featured in “Best of The Brink 2025” Inventions List
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
“Community, Friends, and Future Connections” | REU 2025 Recap
NPC Podcast Episode #6 | Stefan Mihalas
Our Noisy Brain with Dr. Stefan Mihalas
The Photonics Center 2025 Annual Report is Out Now!
With an updates design, please take a look at the latest advancements across the Photonics Center’s community, programs, and more!
NPC Podcast Episode #2 with Dr. Ryan Raut
CELL-MET Featured in NSF Article: “Biofabricating human tissues enhanced through use of gallium”
The manufacturing technique known as 3D printing, now being used everywhere, from aircraft manufacturers to public libraries, has never been more affordable or accessible. Biomedical engineering has particularly benefited from 3D printing as prosthetic devices can be produced and tested more rapidly than ever before. However, 3D printing still faces challenges when printing living tissues, […]
SPIE and Boston University announce $1-million endowment for graduate and postgraduate scholarships
The SPIE-Boston University Scholarship in Photonics will support graduate students and postdoctoral researchers at the university’s Photonics Center
Professors Economo, Joshi, Chen, and Tian Win BU-AIRR Awards
Among the 26 AI research projects, these Photonics Center faculty were among several pioneering AI research forward.
Photonics Center Faculty Included in Brink’s Best Stories of 2024
COVID (still) and immigration draw the most views, but readers were also captivated by superagers sharing their secrets of living to 100 and a BU-developed device to help detect skin cancer.
A Summer Experience Like No Other: Life as an REU at Boston University
If you went to summer camp, you’ll remember the feeling well: leaving home, sometimes for weeks at a time, learning new things and meeting new people. You might think of archery, rowing, campfires and fireworks as the dog days of summer stretch on. What might not come to mind is cardiology, lithography, single-molecule force spectroscopy, […]