Boston University

Natural Sciences

Farrukh Mateen, Boston University PhD-candidate in Mechanical Engineering

Physics

Building a Wireless Micromachine

August 15, 2016

Denston Carey, Jr., an arts and sciences major at West Chester University of Pennsylvania, works with his grad student mentor, Teresa Guillamon-Vivancos, ,as part of the STaRS program at Boston University

Biology

STaRS: Getting an Early Start on Life in the Lab

August 11, 2016

Female Aedes aegypti mosquito on skin

Zika Virus

Zika Strikes Miami

August 9, 2016

Carmela Abraham with lab assistants in her lab at Boston University School of Medicine

Alzheimer’s Disease

Alzheimer’s Start-up Gets $1.49 Million from NIH

August 5, 2016

View of distant rain storm and storm clouds

Geosciences

When Earth Speaks to Sky

August 4, 2016

NASA Image of the planet Jupiter

Space Sciences

Red Spot, Hot Spot

August 3, 2016

Kevin Outterson, professor of health law, Boston University School of Law

Antibiotics

Law School Guides Global Effort to Create New Antibiotics

July 28, 2016

Howard Eichenbaum, William Fairfield Warren Distinguished Professor, director of Boston University Center for Memory and Brain

Neuroscience

The Right Memory at the Right Time

July 26, 2016

Robert Kaufman, professor of of earth and environment in Boston University’s College of Arts and Sciences, with rooftop solar panels at Boston University

Environment & Ecology

Solar Power Saves Everyone Money

July 25, 2016

James Pokines, assistant professor of anatomy and neurobiology at Boston University School of Medicine

Anthropology

Bone Detective

July 21, 2016

Pheidole dentata minor worker ants

Biology

Ants Don’t Get Alzheimer’s

July 11, 2016

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

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