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Computer and Computational Science

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Alzheimer’s Disease

Could a Computer Diagnose Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia?

July 7, 2022

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Reproductive Rights

POV: End of Roe v. Wade and Right to Abortion Will Impact Research, Says ENG Professor

July 6, 2022

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Technology Development

BU Ignition Awards–From the Lab to Your Life

June 6, 2022

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Equal Pay

New Wage Gap Calculator Aims to Help Close Earnings Gap

April 19, 2022

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Awards & Accolades

BU Sloan Fellowship Winner Mark Bun on Data Privacy, Embracing Failure, Baking Cakes

April 6, 2022

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ASL and AI

Can Artificial Intelligence Reveal Why Languages Change Over Time?

March 29, 2022

Inventing

Engineering Scholar Greg Blonder Elected to the National Academy of Inventors

December 14, 2021

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Innovation

Five Studies Pushing the Limits of Science

November 17, 2021

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STEM OUTREACH

Jump-starting Biotechnology Careers for Boston High School Students

November 4, 2021

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Social Media

Is YouTube’s Crackdown on Vaccine Misinformation Going to Be Effective?

October 5, 2021

BU engineers Brian Walsh and Emil Atz work on the Cusp Plasma Imaging Detector (CuPID) satellite which uses a new kind of optical technology to enable wide-field X-ray imaging of magnetic fields from inside a shoebox-size package.

SPACE SCIENCES

CuPID Satellite Will Take Widest Ever Images of Earth and Sun’s Magnetic Fields

September 27, 2021

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Astronomy

What Can a Young Star Teach Us about the Birth of Our Planet, Sun, and Solar System?

September 1, 2021

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Machine Learning

Self-Taught, Self-Driving Cars?

July 30, 2021

NSF CAREER Awards

5 Projects That Push the Limits of Physics, Fabrication Techniques, Algorithm Design

June 30, 2021

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Language Rehabilitation

Scientists Can Predict How Well a Stroke Survivor Will Recover Language Skills Using Computer Simulations of the Brain

June 3, 2021

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Sustainable Technology

As Office Work Returns, This Smart HVAC System Could Save Energy, Money, and Even Lives

May 24, 2021

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Research Accolades

Two BU Researchers Awarded Sloan Fellowships

February 16, 2021

Innovation

BU Spark! Demo Day: Students’ App Helping Identify Racial Bias Named Judges’ Choice Winner

January 27, 2021

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Internet Memes

The Bernie Sanders Sitting Meme’s Instant Popularity, Explained by Science

January 26, 2021

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CONTACT TRACING

Why “Bidirectional” Contact Tracing Could Drastically Curb Coronavirus Spread—Especially the B-117 Strain

January 21, 2021

Why “Bidirectional” Contact Tracing Could Drastically Curb Coronavirus Spread—Especially the B-117 Strain