Another Year of Gold for BU iGEM
A year-end toast to the gold-winning undergrads of BU’s iGEM team.
The Five Most Viewed ENG Research Stories of 2025
The College of Engineering faculty and students were busy in 2025 creating and advancing high impact research, from quantum semi-conductors to space age polymers to portable MRI devices and landing a telescope on the moon.
Pictures of RNA in Unprecedented Detail
The new imaging method takes advantage of the sophisticated ways in which cells control mRNAs.
Out of the Lab, Into the World
Collaborating across BU to image brain activity in the everyday.
The Uses of Invention
Professor Ji-Xin Cheng Elected NAI Fellow.
Undergraduate Researcher Helps Decode Solar Energy Capture
Undergraduate student Jacob Lydon’s research may reveal how photosynthetic pigment, chlorophyll a, achieves highly efficient solar energy harvesting.
A New Path to Restoring Vision: Chen Yang’s Lab Develops Flexible Retinal Prosthesis
Chen Yang has led research that can revolutionize the quality of life for blind patients through high precision retina stimulation.
10 Ways BU Researchers Could Revolutionize Cancer Care
These innovative, potentially lifesaving projects could transform cancer prevention, treatment, and care.
Quantum Analysis Paper Earns Accolades from Top Journal
Professor Luca Dal Negro’s joint paper in Physical Review B was selected as an Editor’s Suggestion.
Liangliang Hao Wins Innovation Award for Research into Lung Disease
Assistant Professor Liangliang Hao (BME) received the Innovation Award from the American Lung Association for her research project titled Developing Innovative Early Detection Test for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), a serious lung disease that is relatively understudied.
The ALA’s Innovation Award is intended to support highly promising investigators with stellar track records of accomplishment, who have the potential to advance the field of lung disease science.