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Physical Science

Photo: Ilia Malnin of the United States performs during the men's free skating of the figure skating team event at the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026 at the Milano Ice Skating Arena

Physical Science

Olympic Figure Skater Ilia Malinin, the “Quad God,” Says He “Broke Physics.” Did He?

February 9, 2026

Photo: Three young men stand at the front of a classroom presenting their pitches. On the left, a Black man with a flat top fade wears a blue button up and navy slacks. In the middle, a Black man with his hair pulled into a puff wears a black button up with black slacks. And on the right, a young Asian man with long hair wears a gray polo and slacks.

Science & Technology

Boston Teens Pitch Biotech Concepts to BU “Investors” at Biological Design Center’s STEM Pathways Event

May 7, 2024

Listen Now

With Space Tourism a Reality, Will Civilians Travel to Space? And When?

September 16, 2021

Science & Technology

Particles and Pizza

June 18, 2019

The 4 Honorary Degree Recipients

Commencement

Meet This Year’s Honorary Degree Recipients

May 13, 2019

Portrait of Boston University College of Engineering professor Siddharth Ramachandran.

Physical Science

ENG Prof Named 2019 Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellow by DOD

May 6, 2019

side by side portraits of Rosina Georgiadis and Khiara Bridges

Accolades

Two BU Faculty Members to Be Honored Today

April 25, 2019

The first direct visual evidence of the supermassive black hole in the center of Messier 87 and its shadow. The shadow of a black hole seen here is the closest we can come to an image of the black hole itself, a completely dark object from which light cannot escape. Credit: EHT Collaboration

Astronomy

The First Black Hole Image Is Here

April 11, 2019

David Bishop

Accolades

ENG’s David Bishop Tapped as Member of National Academy of Engineering

March 1, 2019

Illustration of Einstein

Research

Friendly Feud: How Best to Study the Physical Properties of the Universe

February 28, 2019

Photo by Quinn Nietfeld on Unsplash

Things-to-do

POV: Grand Canyon Celebrates 100th Anniversary as a US National Park

February 26, 2019

A hand pulls back on a rubber band getting ready to "shoot" it from a lab machine as part of an experiment researching physics of shooting rubber bands and plucking guitar strings

Physics

Slingshot Surprise

January 31, 2019

Vinod Sarin

Accolades

Vinod Sarin Elected to National Academy of Inventors

January 16, 2019

Osamu Shimomura receives his Nobel medal in 2008

Physical Science

Nobel Laureate Osamu Shimomura (Hon.’10) Dead at 90

October 23, 2018

A pumpkin plummets to the ground during the annual pumpkin drop

In the City

The Weekender: October 25 to 28

October 23, 2018

a pile of multicolored condoms

Biomedical Engineering

New Self-Lubricating Condom Would Revolutionize Safe Sex

October 18, 2018

Jason Chase, painter and artist-in-residence at NanoLabs, poses with a black dress painted with Singularity Black paint that will be on display at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts

Alumni

The New Black: the Least Reflective Paint Ever

October 10, 2018

Malika Jeffries-EL researches “organic semiconductors,” the processing and electronic properties of which make them useful in technologies from LEDs to solar cells. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi

Chemistry

CAS/ENG Scholar Earns Prestigious Honor

August 8, 2018

Jeffrey Geddes

Earth & Environment

CAS Prof Wins Nearly $1M to Study Interaction of Natural and Human Emissions

July 5, 2018

cluster of drug-resistant Campylobacter bacteria.

Medicine

BU-Based CARB-X Antimicrobial Partnership Gets Another $50 Million Plus

May 22, 2018

BU-Based CARB-X Antimicrobial Partnership Gets Another $50 Million Plus