Boston University

Natural Sciences

Sugar Cane Workers

Environment & Ecology

Kidney Disease Epidemic among Nicaragua Sugarcane Workers

March 10, 2015

merav opher, director of Boston University Center for Space Physics and NASA Voyager spacecraft mission team member

Astronomy

New Vision of the Final Frontier

March 4, 2015

Narayanan Bobby Kasthuri, assistant professor of anatomy and neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine

Neuroscience

Untangling the Connectome

March 2, 2015

donuts

Addiction

Beating the Binge

February 19, 2015

Anthony Janetos led the team designing the National Climate Indicators System.

Climate Change

Building a Better Barometer

February 13, 2015

Richard Wainford

Cardiovascular Disease

Pass the Salt?

February 10, 2015

Andrea Digiorgio Cornell Tree Climbing Institute, Borneo orangutan research

Anthropology

Chasing Orangutans

January 26, 2015

John T. Clarke, Director, Boston University for Space Physics, MAVEN Mars satellite

Mars

Mission to Mars

January 22, 2015

Rachel Flynn, Pharmacology, Medicine, BU, Boston University, Boston University School of Medicine, BU Research

Biology

A New Tactic for Fighting Cancer

January 20, 2015

The TB test Sharon Wong is developing would evaporate most of the liquid and concentrate a TB biomarker at the heated portion of the strip, thereby enhancing downstream detection of the biomarker.

Chemistry

A Paper Strip Test for TB?

December 18, 2014

Global Health

Diagnosing Disease before Symptoms Strike

December 10, 2014

Lauren Wise, Boston University School of Public Health, PRESTO study

Cancer

Predicting Fertility

December 3, 2014

Molecular Biology & Genetics

Strong Hope

December 3, 2014

Biology

Five BU Medical Campus Faculty Honored by Their Peers

December 1, 2014

Keith Pardee, Alex Green, James Collins, Paper-based Synthetic Gene Networks, paper gene circuits

Biology

Building a Paper Gene Circuit

December 1, 2014

Environment & Ecology

An Ecosystem on Steroids

November 25, 2014

Ian Stephens, Boston University Institute for Astrophysical Research

Astronomy

A Star Is Born

November 19, 2014

South Africa is one place where anti-shark netting has been widely deployed. Photo by Stuart Philpott / Alamy Stock Photo

Environment & Ecology

The Future, Buried in the Deep

November 17, 2014

Biology

Five Thousand Heads Are Better Than One

November 14, 2014

Tim Gardner, Boston University College of Arts and Sciences, zebra finches

Biology

Could Bird Brains Lead to Human Cures?

November 10, 2014

Could Bird Brains Lead to Human Cures?