Biology

Oysters

Meet PEARL, a Mobile Research Lab Studying Oysters and Their Habitats

City Trees

Living in a City Can Impact a Tree’s Health—BU Researchers Aim to Figure Out Why

Synthetic Biology

BU Engineer Builds Next-Gen Sensors with Mix of Living Cells and Tiny Electronics

Accolades

NIH Honors Two BU Researchers for Exceptionally Creative, High-Impact Science

Opioids

Testing a New Approach to Solving the Opioid Epidemic

Clownfish

Clownfish and Anemones Are Disappearing Because of Climate Change

Undergraduate Research

Bee Research at the Arnold Arboretum Aims to Protect Native Pollinators

Health & Medicine

Curing Heart Attacks, Replacing Diseased Organs—Christopher Chen Is Engineering a Healthier Future

Climate Change

Less Snow Makes Trees Absorb Less Carbon, According to New BU Study

Conservation

River Herring in Martha’s Vineyard Are Disappearing. A BU Marine Biologist Is Trying to Help Save Them

Marine Biology

Protecting Maine’s Coastal Heritage—and Her Own

NEIDL

Renowned Virologist Robert A. Davey to Lead NEIDL, BU’s Infectious Diseases Research Hub

Carbon Credits

Do Forest Carbon Credits Work and Actually Help the Environment?

Microbes

Microbes Reveal Clues About Extraterrestrial Life

Accolades

BU Biologist Receives 2025 Sloan Research Fellowship

Awards

Three BU Researchers Win National Honor for Early-Career Scientists and Engineers

Awards

Why Do Urban Trees Grow Faster than Rural Ones?

Deep Sea

See the First Detailed Illustration of an Ancient Deep-Sea Mountain

Research

Best of The Brink 2024: 10 Inspiring Inventions and Discoveries—All from BU Researchers

NEIDL

West Nile, Zika, Coronavirus: This BU Researcher Is Taking On Some of the World’s Most Serious Viruses—and He Plans to Win