BU Ignition Awards to Accelerate Products for Repairing Damaged Teeth, Fighting Cancer, Boosting Reading Skills, and More
BU Technology Development’s 2023 Ignition Awards help researchers transform their ideas into life-changing products and services
His Son Inspired Him to Invent a Bionic Pancreas
And now this BU engineering professor’s breakthrough automated insulin delivery device, the iLet, could transform life for people with type 1 diabetes
BU’s 5 NSF Grant Winners Are Changing Conversations in Robotics, Computing, Mass Incarceration, Neurology, and More
The National Science Foundation CAREER award winners will advance research and expand educational opportunities for underrepresented groups in science
Delivery Drones and Rotor-Powered Rideshares Sound Great—and Noisy
Algorithms Were Supposed to Reduce Bias in Criminal Justice—Do They?
What’s behind Boom of Christianity in China?
Theology scholars and a global network of researchers are using big data to map religion’s history in China and explain its rapid growth
Best of The Brink 2022: BU’s Most-Read Science and Research Stories
COVID-19 headlines dominate (again), but articles on AI dementia diagnoses, city trees, student mental health, and an action movie star’s brain disorder also prove big hits
Best of The Brink 2022: 10 Amazing Discoveries and Mind-Blowing Facts
What Happened to the Robots in BU’s COVID-19 Testing Lab? They’re Getting a New Mission
Its robots are still processing hundreds of tests, but with fewer of us swabbing our noses, the custom-built lab is opening up its facilities to researchers from across the University
Bionic Pancreas Better for Managing Type 1 Diabetes
Clinical trial finds automated insulin delivery device, iLet, helps adults and kids maintain healthier blood glucose levels