Boston University

Chemistry

Professor of Archaeology Catherine West holds a clamshell in Dutch Harbor middens where she studies ancient climate change adaptation in the Aleutian Islands.

Archaeology

Clamshells and Climate Change

November 14, 2017

blood vessels

Engineering Biology

Blood Vessel on a Chip Offers Insight on Vessel Injury

October 11, 2017

Andrew Emili, director of Boston University wide Center for Network Systems Biology (CNSB)

Biology

Andrew Emili Heads New Center for Network Systems Biology

October 3, 2017

A lab in the Rajen Kilachand Center for Integrated Life Sciences and Engineering science building at Boston University, which was built to encourage collaboration and foster interdisciplinary science

Kilachand Center

Designing Science

September 14, 2017

Collaborative research at the Rajen Kilachand Center for Integrated Life Sciences & Engineering

Culture of Science

Same Goals, Different Languages

September 14, 2017

Center for Regenerative Medicine (CReM) founders Gustavo Mostoslavsky, Darrell Kotton, and George Murphy

Stem Cells

CReM Honored for Sharing Stem Cell Lines

September 8, 2017

Alan Pacheco

Accolades

Alan Pacheco Wins HHMI Gilliam Fellowship

August 15, 2017

maple trees with syrup buckets during winter

Climate Change

Climate Change and an “Overlooked” Nutrient: Silica

June 29, 2017

Quantum dots glow different colors under UV light depending on their size. Dennis and her colleagues are developing dots that will respond to deep red and near-infrared light—same idea, not as pretty.

Nanotechnology

What Are Quantum Dots?

June 5, 2017

Synthetic biology researcher Ahmad "Mo" Khalil, assistant professor of biological engineering at Boston University, and researcher at the Boston University Biological Design Center

Engineering Biology

Hacking Nature

May 10, 2017

Photo of Lucy Hutyra and Andrew Reinmann in the forest

Climate Change

Good News and Bad News about Forest Fragmentation

March 21, 2017

BU researchers Josh Goldford (left) and Daniel Segrè

Data Science

A Missing Piece in the Origin of Life Puzzle

March 9, 2017

Chemistry

New Targets to Treat Type 1 Diabetes

January 17, 2017

Healthy senior with swimming board

Aging

Biomarker Patterns in Blood Predict Healthy Aging

January 6, 2017

Professor Mark Grinstaff and Marlena Konieczynska in the Grinstaff Lab at Boston University

Medicine

A Better Way to Treat Burns from BU’s Grinstaff Lab

December 20, 2016

Malika Jeffries-EL, Boston University Department of Chemistry

Chemistry

Good Chemistry

December 12, 2016

mushrooms and fungus growing on a log

Biology

Why Fungi Rule the World

November 15, 2016

Jennifer Balakrishnan wins Clare Boothe Luce Assistant Professorship

Mathematics & Statistics

Young Mathematician Wins Clare Boothe Luce Assistant Professorship

November 4, 2016

Boston University student decorates a chemistry-themed street piano for Street Pianos Boston 2016

Chemistry

Chemistry-Themed Piano Synthesizes Science and Art

September 28, 2016

glass of drinking water in front of a map of Cape Cod, Massachusetts

Epidemiology

Toxic Legacy

August 26, 2016

Toxic Legacy