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Physics

The first direct visual evidence of the supermassive black hole in the center of Messier 87 (M87) and its shadow. The shadow of the 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

Research that Rocks

12 Breakthroughs That Wowed Us in 2019

December 19, 2019

Mark Greenman

STEM Education

Physics for All: An Online Class Is Expanding the Gateway to STEM

October 15, 2019

Scientific illustration of Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE), otherwise known as Nightmare Bacteria.

Superbugs

Superbug detector is first diagnostic to launch from CARB-X

September 24, 2019

Grant holds a photosensor

NUCLEAR WEAPONS

A BU Physicist Is Worried about the Spread of Nuclear Weapons—So He’s Doing Something about It

July 29, 2019

BU optics engineer, Siddharth Ramachandran, named 2019 Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellow by DOD

Accolades

Siddharth Ramachandran

May 2, 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

Space Sciences

Female Scientists React Before—and After—NASA’s All-Women Spacewalk Was Canceled

April 3, 2019

David Bishop

Accolades

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

March 1, 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

Masha Kamenetska, assistant professor of Physics at Boston University

Accolades

Masha Kamenetska

October 5, 2018

Sahar Sharifzadeh, assistant professor of engineering at Boston University College of Engineering

Accolades

BU Prof Named One of Scientific American’s 11 Rising Stars of Science

September 28, 2018

bulk silicon electronic-photonic chip designed by the MIT, UC Berkeley and Boston University team

Photonics

Researchers Illuminate the Path to a New Era of Microelectronics

April 23, 2018

Wen Li (from left), Anushya Chandran, and Jennifer Balakrishnan have received 2018 Sloan Research Fellowships.

Physics

Sloan Fellowships Go to BU Astronomer, Physicist, and Mathematician

March 21, 2018

Larry Sulak, David M. Myers Distinguished Professor and College of Arts & Sciences chairman emeritus of physics at Boston University, and winner of the 2018 W.K.H. Panofsky Prize in experimental particle physics

Physics

Larry Sulak Wins Top US Prize in Experimental Particle Physics

November 6, 2017

Illustration of cardiac patch

Engineering

BU Wins $20M for NSF Engineering Research Center

September 12, 2017

H. pylori

Physics

CAS Physicists Uncover Swimming Secrets of H. pylori

August 3, 2017

Photo of Water Drop on Feather 1, taken by Boston University mechanical engineeriing researchers James Bird and Samira Shiri during research on heat exchange properties of superhydrophobic materials

Engineering

How Much Heat Can Bouncing Raindrops Leave Behind, or Take Away?

June 19, 2017

Alex Sushkov, assistant professor of physics at Boston University College of Arts and Sciences

Physics

What Is Dark Matter?

December 1, 2016

Jennifer Balakrishnan wins Clare Boothe Luce Assistant Professorship

Mathematics & Statistics

Young Mathematician Wins Clare Boothe Luce Assistant Professorship

November 4, 2016

MAVEN Mars satellite, NASA

Mars

Where Did Mars’ Water Go?

October 20, 2016

Where Did Mars’ Water Go?