A Polymer That Defies Nature: The First Molecularly Impermeable Plastic
For decades, scientists believed all plastics shared one unavoidable weakness: no matter how dense or strong, gases could always slip through. Even the toughest polymers, from bulletproof Kevlar to everyday food packaging, may look solid, but at the molecular level, tiny gas molecules can still sneak through. That’s why potato chips go stale and packaged […]
David Bishop Wins Prestigious Prize for His Contributions to Understanding Superfluids
The Head of Boston University’s College of Engineering Division of Materials Science & Engineering is recognized for his landmark thesis research
Farming the Fundamentals with Savannah Schisler
PhD Student Savannah Schisler measures sustainable thermodynamics through a mechanical lens. by Jack Osmond Savannah Schisler’s path to pursuing her PhD in Mechanical Engineering was far from traditional. She grew up on a farm in Littlestown, Pennsylvania, an experience which nurtured an early interest in sustainability and a desire to understand the fundamentals of the […]
Reimagining the Future of Materials Discovery: From Automation to Collaboration
Hariri Faculty Keith Brown (ENG) Leads the Next Evolution of Self-Driving Labs
Time names Zhang’s Wireless MRI Coils an Invention of the Year
This is the second year in a row technology developed by ENG faculty has made the TIME Best Inventions list: In 2024, Irving Bigio’s rapid skin cancer detection device was honored.
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”
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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!
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.