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Natural Sciences

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Carbon Credits

Do Forest Carbon Credits Work and Actually Help the Environment?

May 15, 2025

Climate Misinformation

Native Ads Are Shaping Climate Opinions. BU Researchers Say There’s a Way to Resist

April 24, 2025

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Awards

Guggenheim Fellowships Awarded to Six BU Researchers and Scholars

April 17, 2025

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Microbes

Microbes Reveal Clues About Extraterrestrial Life

April 16, 2025

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Research News

Brink Bites: Studying Cigarette Restrictions, the Life of a Famed Poet, and Shifting Attitudes Toward Capitalism

March 4, 2025

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LEXI Moon Mission

What Is BU Doing on the Moon?

March 4, 2025

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LEXI Moon Mission

Success! BU Telescope Lands on the Moon Aboard NASA’s Blue Ghost Mission 1

March 3, 2025

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Accolades

BU Biologist Receives 2025 Sloan Research Fellowship

February 18, 2025

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LEXI Moon Mission

Spacecraft Carrying BU Telescope to the Moon Captures Breathtaking Images of Earth

February 13, 2025

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Awards

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

February 4, 2025

Awards

Why Do Urban Trees Grow Faster than Rural Ones?

January 29, 2025

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Earthquakes

Did Monday’s Earthquake Rattle You?

January 27, 2025

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Deep Sea

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

January 17, 2025

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LEXI Moon Mission

We Have Liftoff: BU Telescope Heads for the Moon

January 15, 2025

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LEXI Moon Mission

NASA Moon Mission Will Use BU X-Ray Telescope to Study Earth’s Magnetic Field

January 9, 2025

Research

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

December 13, 2024

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Ecological Forecasting

Can Ecological Forecasting Help Us Predict Wildfires?

December 10, 2024

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Photonics

Could Twisting Beams of Light Make the Internet Faster—and Greener?

December 10, 2024

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NEIDL

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

November 21, 2024

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Undergraduate Research

Written in the Stars: How a BU Undergrad Rediscovered Her Passion for Space Science

November 18, 2024

Written in the Stars: How a BU Undergrad Rediscovered Her Passion for Space Science