Natural Sciences

Undergraduate Research

Bee Research at the Arnold Arboretum Aims to Protect Native Pollinators

Artificial Intelligence

Is AI Slowing Climate Progress? It’s Complicated

Health & Medicine

Curing Heart Attacks, Replacing Diseased Organs—Christopher Chen Is Engineering a Healthier Future

Climate Change

Less Snow Makes Trees Absorb Less Carbon, According to New BU Study

Conservation

River Herring in Martha’s Vineyard Are Disappearing. A BU Marine Biologist Is Trying to Help Save Them

Marine Biology

Protecting Maine’s Coastal Heritage—and Her Own

Encryption

Our Online World Relies on Encryption. What Happens If It Fails?

NEIDL

Renowned Virologist Robert A. Davey to Lead NEIDL, BU’s Infectious Diseases Research Hub

Carbon Credits

Do Forest Carbon Credits Work and Actually Help the Environment?

Climate Misinformation

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

Awards

Guggenheim Fellowships Awarded to Six BU Researchers and Scholars

Microbes

Microbes Reveal Clues About Extraterrestrial Life

Research News

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

LEXI Moon Mission

What Is BU Doing on the Moon?

LEXI Moon Mission

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

Accolades

BU Biologist Receives 2025 Sloan Research Fellowship

LEXI Moon Mission

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

Awards

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

Awards

Why Do Urban Trees Grow Faster than Rural Ones?

Earthquakes

Did Monday’s Earthquake Rattle You?