Mechanical Engineering

Metamaterials

Xin Zhang to Compete for STAT Madness All-Star Award

NASA

Delivery Drones and Rotor-Powered Rideshares Sound Great—and Noisy

Bubbles

New Bubble Popping Theory Could Help Track Ocean Pollution and Viruses

Kilachand Fund

The Kilachand Fund’s Impact on Science’s Biggest Challenges

Brain Health

New BU Center for Brain Recovery Aims to Advance Treatments for Stroke, Alzheimer’s, and Parkinson’s

Accolades

Engineer Xin Zhang Awarded 2022 Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship

Metamaterials

This Bizarre Looking Helmet Can Create Better Brain Scans

Inventing

Engineering Scholar Greg Blonder Elected to the National Academy of Inventors

SPACE SCIENCES

CuPID Satellite Will Take Widest Ever Images of Earth and Sun’s Magnetic Fields

NSF CAREER Awards

5 Projects That Push the Limits of Physics, Fabrication Techniques, Algorithm Design

Sustainable Tech

Could Technology Inspired by Beetles and Underground Fungi Solve the Water Scarcity Problem in Morocco’s Rural Villages?

Sustainable Technology

As Office Work Returns, This Smart HVAC System Could Save Energy, Money, and Even Lives

Soft Robotics

These Soft Robotic Grippers Were Inspired by an Ancient Japanese Art Form

Space Sciences

BU-Made Telescope Going to the Moon in 2023

Research Accolades

Meet BU’s Newest AAAS Fellows

Science of Bubbles

Popping a Commonly Experienced Mystery: Why Do Bubbles Collapse?

NSF CAREER Awards

Meet BU’s Newest NSF CAREER Award Winners

Return to Campus Labs

BU Unveils First Phase of Campuswide Research Recovery Plan

Problem Solvers

BU Engineers Are Taking on the Coronavirus Pandemic

Robotics

Meet “Dart,” a Robot Inspired by Creatures in Netflix’s Stranger Things