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Alzheimer’s Disease

What a Newly Approved Blood Test Means for Diagnosing Alzheimer’s

Partisan Politics

You’ve Heard of Red States and Blue States. But What About Red and Blue Neighborhoods?

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

Politics

BU Historian’s New Book Traces the Rise of Today’s Far Right Movement

Encryption

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

Art History

From Wedding Attire to Living Room Curtains: A BU Scholar Is Unraveling the History of Brocade Weaving in Morocco

Vaccines

What to Make of the Recent COVID Vaccine Guidance Changes—and Will You Be Eligible for a Shot This Fall?

NEIDL

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

AI and Stolen Art

Using AI to Identify Plundered Antiquities

Campus Climate Lab

BU Students Win Janetos Climate Action Prize for Uncovering Air Quality Gaps Between Old and New Campus Buildings

Low Back Pain

Finding Non-Opioid Solutions for Low Back Pain

Carbon Credits

Do Forest Carbon Credits Work and Actually Help the Environment?

Infectious Diseases

What’s It Like to Be an Infectious Diseases Outbreak Responder?

Autism

What Causes Autism? And Is There an Autism Epidemic, as Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Says?

CTE

NIH Awards $15M to BU-Led Effort to Diagnose CTE During Life

Research News

Brink Bites: Tracking Endangered Frogs, Why Concentration Wanders, Studying Kids’ Beliefs

Economy

Massachusetts Could See Drastic, Cascading Economic Downturn from New Policies, BU Study Finds

Innovator of the Year

Pulmonologist Darrell Kotton Is BU’s Innovator of the Year

Expert Take

“Everyday Discrimination” Linked to Increased Anxiety and Depression Across All Groups of Americans