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Photonics

Could Twisting Beams of Light Make the Internet Faster—and Greener?

December 10, 2024

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CTE and Ice Hockey

BU Study Finds Longer Ice Hockey Careers Increase Risk of CTE

December 6, 2024

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Religion and Ukraine

BU Student Researched How Russian Religion Fuels War in Ukraine

December 5, 2024

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Opera

How a BU Researcher Found and Revived a Long-Lost Operatic Masterpiece

December 3, 2024

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Research News

Brink Bites: Finding Love Online and Preserving Black American Sign Language

November 27, 2024

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Politics

What Could Donald Trump’s Second Presidential Term Mean for Science, Scientists, and Research?

November 21, 2024

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NEIDL

West Nile, Zika, Coronavirus: This BU Researcher Is Taking On Some of the World’s Most Serious Viruses—and He Plans to Win

November 21, 2024

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Undergraduate Research

Written in the Stars: How a BU Undergrad Rediscovered Her Passion for Space Science

November 18, 2024

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Kilachand Awards

2024 Kilachand Fund Awards Boost Projects Building Antivirus Platform, Improving Brain Imaging, and Fighting Antibiotic Resistance

November 13, 2024

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Alzheimer’s

Can We Prevent Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias?

November 12, 2024

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Forced Displacement

BU Center on Forced Displacement Magazine Highlights Plight of Millions Compelled to Flee Their Homes

November 12, 2024

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Optical Technology

Using Light to Monitor Blood Pressure and Track Cancer Treatment Progress

November 7, 2024

Veterans

How Can We Better Support the Mental Well-Being of Veterans Returning from Service?

November 5, 2024

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Reproductive Health

Women’s Health Is Chronically Understudied, but These Engineers Are Charging Forward

November 4, 2024

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Internship

The Brink, BU’s Award-Winning Research News Site, Is Hiring a Science Writing Intern

November 1, 2024

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Research News

Brink Bites: From Microscopic Worlds to Cancer Disparities

October 29, 2024

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Infectious Diseases

BU’s Leading Home for Infectious Diseases Research to Get Major Upgrade with NIH Grant

October 29, 2024

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Funding Health Research

How ARPA-H Is Accelerating Funding in Biomedical, Medicine, and Health Research—and How BU’s Scientists Can Benefit

October 24, 2024

Undergraduate Research

For BU Undergrad, Meal Leftovers Aren’t Trash—They’re Glimpses into the Past

October 24, 2024

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Antimicrobial Resistance

Italian Government Gives $21 Million to BU-Led Effort to Develop New Antibiotics, Vaccines, Diagnostics

October 22, 2024

Italian Government Gives $21 Million to BU-Led Effort to Develop New Antibiotics, Vaccines, Diagnostics