NSF CAREER Award Goes to ENG Prof
Thin rod study has potential for smart needles, robotic arms ENG’s Douglas Holmes will receive $500,000 over the next five years to study the mechanics of how thin rods move through tissue and other soft, fragile media. Photo courtesy of the College of Engineering. Thin rods and other active materials that can bend and fold […]
Five Thousand Heads Are Better Than One
What ants teach us about the evolution, anatomy, and chemistry of social brain James Traniello doesn’t like to play favorites. For almost 40 years, Traniello, a professor of biology at Boston University, has devoted his life to the study of ants, investigating their extraordinary social lives. And like a father describing his children, he finds […]
Turkey: Picturing a Long-Gone Citadel
Was a Bronze Age city in Turkey abandoned because of climate change or fire? In the Late Bronze Age, the walls of the citadel at Kaymakçı rose 10 feet above the jagged bedrock surrounding it. Behind the fortification was a community of homes, workshops, roads, plazas, and great halls. The neighboring residences and cemeteries surrounding […]
Diverse Disciplines Team Up for Neuroscience
NSF grant for new BU initiative will help bring data together Michael Hasselmo wants to link neuroscience data from many fields. Photo by Kalman Zabarsky. Neuroscience is changing fast. Increasingly powerful imaging now allows researchers to scan brain structures with exquisite detail and make surprising discoveries about how neurons grow, interact, and die. At the […]
Designing an Intelligent Urban Ecosystem
BU leads collaboration to make public services “smarter” Boston could benefit from “smart” traffic lights moving traffic efficiently, safer bike paths, and other improved services that BU is hoping to develop through a new online platform. Graphic by Rob Colonna. BU faculty, with help from business and government partners, will develop cloud computing–based services and […]