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Modeling Weather in Space |
| The Center for Integrated Space Weather Modeling (CISM), led by Boston University, is creating computer models to provide advance warning of potentially harmful space weather events that could put astronauts at risk, disable satellites, disrupt communications, or cause costly damage on earth. |
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The Secrets of Centenarians |
| Living to 100 isn’t such a rarity any more. The number of centenarians in the United States now hovers around 50,000, three times as many as there were in 1980. Geriatrician Thomas Perls is an expert on "the oldest old," as he calls them, and is leading a hunt for the genetic secrets of longevity. |
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Learning about Memory |
| Translating a sentence from an unfamiliar language or figuring a math problem in your head relies on working memory — the capacity to keep information in memory while using the information. At BU’s new Center for Memory and the Brain several scientists are studying how this memory process operates. |
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Repairing with Rhythm |
| In groundbreaking work, Robert Wagenaar, chairman of the Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Terry Ellis, clinical assistant professor of physical therapy, and doctoral student Ying Hui Chou ('04), all at Sargent College's Center for Neurological Rehabilitation, are investigating new therapeutic interventions for people with Parkinson's Disease. |
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The Human Touch |
| Over the last 130 years human activity has contributed to rising surface temperatures on Earth, according to a new analysis by Robert Kaufmann, associate professor of geography and core faculty member of the Center for Energy and Environmental Studies. |
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Building Better Pharmaceuticals |
| The new Boston University Center for Chemical Methodologies and Library Development (CMLD), recently founded with a $10.7 million "Centers of Excellence" grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is poised to help correct the problem of limited chemical "libraries" which hamper easily accessible information. |
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Putting the Genome to Work |
| A new tool developed at BU's new Center for Advanced Genomic Technologies (CAGT), promises to help scientists make useful connections among the vast amount of data about proteins and genomic sequences generated over the past three decades, and better understand how they control life functions. |
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Making an Ocean Bed |
| By studying surface rocks from areas where oceans were formed long ago, scientists have learned that large fault-like areas (shear zones) play a critical role in tetonic plates moving apart. Now Geoff Abers, associate professor of earth sciences and doctoral student Aaron Ferris (GRS '05) have new data from an active region in Papua New Guinea that provides fresh insight into this process. |
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Shedding Light on Cancer |
| New research by Biomedical Engineering Professor Irving Bigio and colleagues at University College, London, may pave the way to replacing the scalpel with light when performing "biopsies" to identify cancerous cells. |
