The Race to a Battery-Powered Future
Engineers at BU are figuring out how to make better, more sustainable batteries—a technology that is essential for clean energy
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
Xin Zhang Wins STAT Madness 2023 All-Star Award
Back to the Future-style helmet that improves MRIs helps BU professor scoop fan favorite award at media company’s annual summit.
Delivery Drones and Rotor-Powered Rideshares Sound Great—and Noisy
Algorithms Were Supposed to Reduce Bias in Criminal Justice—Do They?
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