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Natural Sciences

A spider-shaped pericyte, seen here in light blue, encircles a capillary, helping maintain the blood-brain barrier

Neurology

Genetic Risk for Stroke

June 30, 2016

red eyed tree frog tadpole embryos

Biology

Red-eyed Treefrog Embryos

June 28, 2016

Richard Primack at Walden Pond

Earth & Environment

Tracing Water Levels at Walden Pond

June 28, 2016

Professor David Sherr, director of a new BU/Tufts consortium researching environmental causes of breast cancer

Cancer

New Consortium to Study Environmental Causes of Breast Cancer

June 27, 2016

Anthony Janetos, Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future at Boston University

Earth & Environment

Janetos to Chair NSF Advisory Committee on Environmental R&E

June 22, 2016

artisitic rendering of a Blazar in a Super Massive Black Hole

Space Sciences

Anatomy of a Blazar

June 20, 2016

Close-up photo of the prototype zika virus diagnostic test, reader and paper tests

Zika Virus

New Tool to Diagnose Zika

June 13, 2016

Ben Wolozin, professor of pharmacology and neurology at Boston University School of Medicine

Alzheimer’s Disease

Toxic Tau

June 7, 2016

Photonics

Light Beams and DNA Cages Could Deliver Drugs to Just the Right Spot

June 7, 2016

Washington Redskins' John Riggins busts through New England Patriots defensive player Tim Fox early in the first quarter at Foxboro, Mass., Sept. 3, 1978

CTE

CTE Investigators Launch $16 Million Study

June 3, 2016

Professor Daniel Segrè and PhD candidate Allyson Byrd at the White House launch of the National Microbiome Initiative

Biology

BU Scientists Attend Launch of National Microbiome Initiative

May 17, 2016

CuPID (Cusp Plasma Imaging Detector)

Space Sciences

Engineer Wins NASA Grant to Get a Wider View of Earth

May 11, 2016

Katya Ravid leads the new University-wide Interdisciplinary Research Initiative. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi

Accolades

Fulbright Takes Biochemist to France

May 11, 2016

Aaron Beeler, Boston University Chemistry Department

Accolades

Chemist Awarded NSF Early Career Grant

May 11, 2016

Jennifer Grodsky

Medicine

Grodsky Joins United for Medical Research Board

May 9, 2016

tulika bose

Physics

Bump Hunters

May 6, 2016

Sandro Galea, Dean, Boston University School of Public Health

Public Health

Sandro Galea’s Vision for Public Health

May 5, 2016

Jicamarca Radio Observatory

Space Sciences

New Study Explains Source of Mysterious Radar Echoes

May 5, 2016

Margaret Hendrick, PhD candidate in Boston University Department of Earth & Environment

Earth & Environment

Survey Gives Clearer View of Risky Leaks From Gas Mains

May 4, 2016

Aging

Aging Too Fast, Too Young

April 19, 2016

Aging Too Fast, Too Young