Boston University

Health & Medicine

Man in bed with insomnia experiencing a lack of REM sleep

Medicine

Lack of REM Sleep May Increase Dementia Risk

August 23, 2017

Portrait of Christopher Chen, Boston University Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Director of the Boston University Biological Design Center

Engineering Biology

3D-Printed Patch Helps Guide Growing Blood Vessels

August 22, 2017

bad medicine

Global Health

Bad Medicine

August 8, 2017

H. pylori

Physics

CAS Physicists Uncover Swimming Secrets of H. pylori

August 3, 2017

Ann McKee, director of BU’s CTE Center

CTE

CTE Found in 99 Percent of Former NFL Players Studied

July 26, 2017

Sunrise Yoga class at Boston University Student Village 2 dorm

Medicine

Yoga as Good as PT for Chronic Low Back Pain

July 18, 2017

iPS cells innovator Gustavo Mostoslavsky, Boston University Center for Regenerative Medicine (CReM)

Stem Cells

CReM Stem Cell Researcher Is Innovator of the Year

July 11, 2017

A Lone Star Tick crawls on a human finger

Earth & Environment

Fighting Tick-Borne Disease with Computer Science

July 6, 2017

Google Self-driving Car

Computer Science

AI Research Seeks to Grow Trust between Humans and Computers

July 5, 2017

Researchers Melissa Maharaj and Chaurice McMillan who participated in a study about stress in the lives of urban youth of color.

Social Sciences

Urban Youth of Color Stressed by Violence, Official Indifference

June 26, 2017

Cancer Researcher Avrum Spira, a professor of medicine, pathology, and laboratory medicine at Boston University School of Medicine

Medicine

Researcher Receives Entrepreneur Award from American Thoracic Society

June 26, 2017

Megan Sandel, associate professor of environmental health at Boston University School of Public Health and associate professor of pediatrics at Boston University School of Medicine

Medicine

Professor Wins Public Health Leadership in Medicine Award

June 21, 2017

Man shucks an ear of corn in a corn field. USDA photo by Christina Reed.

Climate Change

What If the World’s Major Food Crops Fail at the Same Time?

June 20, 2017

Illustration about innovative breast tumor imaging research

Cancer

Breast Cancer Research

June 16, 2017

David Center, Gordon and Ruth Snider Professor of Pulmonary Medicine and associate provost for translational research at the Boston University School of Medicine

Medicine

David M. Center Receives American Thoracic Society’s Breathing for Life Award

June 9, 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

Global Health

Just Don’t Call It Edutainment

May 30, 2017

Nancy Kopell, William Fairfield Warren Distinguished Professor of Mathematics & Statistics

Neuroscience

Calculating Thought

May 22, 2017

Medical cannabis

Public Health

Is Legal Pot a Public Health Problem?

May 22, 2017

african american child eating an orange slice

Public Health

The Cycle of Food Insecurity

May 19, 2017

The Cycle of Food Insecurity