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Natural Sciences

Grant holds a photosensor

NUCLEAR WEAPONS

A BU Physicist Is Worried about the Spread of Nuclear Weapons—So He’s Doing Something about It

July 29, 2019

Computer generated diagram of a self-drive autonomous vehicle.

Systems Neuroscience

Could Rat Brains Hold the Secret to Cars, Robots with Better Navigational Skills?

July 23, 2019

Portrait of R.S. Deese standing on a beach.

Government & Law

To Fight Climate Change, Strengthen Global Democracy

July 22, 2019

Climate Change

As Climate Warms, Increased Energy Needs to Power Air-Conditioning Could Make a Bad Situation Worse

July 22, 2019

Neuroscience

Could Autism, Depression Be Rooted in Our Brain’s Ability to Pay Attention?

July 16, 2019

Brian Walsh of the Boston University Center for Space Physics works on the LEXI x-ray imager in his lab

Space Sciences

A BU X-ray Instrument Is Heading to the Moon

July 2, 2019

Red Sox fans in solidarity with David Ortiz

Medicine

A BMC Trauma Surgeon on David Ortiz’s Gunshot Wounds

June 11, 2019

Vector the humpback whale stranded on a beach in Cape Cod.

Marine Biology

A Dead Humpback, a Team of Scientists, a Race for Answers

June 10, 2019

This array of helical resonators stand at three-centimeter-tall, constructed from 3-D-printed plastic and coils of thin copper wire.

Materials Science

Magnetic Metamaterial Can “Turn Up the Volume” of MRI

June 4, 2019

Frozen Shoulder concept photo showing a wooden marionette with limp arm.

Biomedical Engineering

A Surprising Step Toward Melting Away “Frozen Shoulder”

June 3, 2019

As the US experiences the largest outbreak of measles since 2000, BU Jewish bioethics expert says vaccinations are a religious duty.

Infectious Diseases

Measles Outbreak: Getting Vaccinated Is “a Religious Obligation”

May 7, 2019

satellite image of Boston, MA

Earth & Environment

Orbiting NASA Instrument to Examine Boston’s Carbon Emissions, Plant Life

May 6, 2019

BU optics engineer, Siddharth Ramachandran, named 2019 Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellow by DOD

Accolades

Siddharth Ramachandran

May 2, 2019

A white harp seal pup in the arctic.

Climate Change

Feeling Stressed about the Environment? You’re Not Alone

April 22, 2019

Abstract landscape mesh with sun on horizon. Futuristic vector background.

Robotics

How to Make Self-Driving Vehicles Smarter, Bolder

April 16, 2019

These images show areas of the brain where an experimental brain scan detected higher abnormal tau protein in a group of former NFL football players than compared to a group of a control subjects. The former football players in the study have self reported cognitive, mood and behavior symptoms that are thought to be associated with CTE. Courtesy of the New England Journal of Medicine

Neurology

Toward Diagnosing CTE in Living People

April 11, 2019

The first direct visual evidence of the supermassive black hole in the center of Messier 87 and its shadow. The shadow of a black hole seen here is the closest we can come to an image of the black hole itself, a completely dark object from which light cannot escape. Credit: EHT Collaboration

Astronomy

The First Black Hole Image Is Here

April 11, 2019

Detail photo of a researcher demonstrating a drug-free blue light therapy MRSA treatment. The researcher exposes a petri dish of MRSA and hydrogen peroxide to a blue light laser light.

Photonics

How Light Turns Ordinary Hydrogen Peroxide into a MRSA Treatment

April 9, 2019

Space Sciences

Female Scientists React Before—and After—NASA’s All-Women Spacewalk Was Canceled

April 3, 2019

Environmental Health

Are There Toxins Hiding in Your Sofa? Probably

March 20, 2019

Are There Toxins Hiding in Your Sofa? Probably