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Humanities

How the Japanese Imperial Family, the World’s Oldest Royal Line, Transcends Time

July 9, 2019

Ed Damiano shows off the iLet bionic pancreas

Biomedical Engineering

BU Biomedical Engineer Ed Damiano Raises $126 Million for Bionic Pancreas

July 3, 2019

US midfielder Michelle Akers and Brazil's Grazielle lie injured after going up for a header at the Women's World Cup semi-final match between the US and Brazil 04 July, 1999.

CTE

How Does CTE Impact Women? Former Soccer Stars Join the First All-Female CTE Study at BU

July 3, 2019

Brian Walsh of the Boston University Center for Space Physics works on the LEXI x-ray imager in his lab

Space Sciences

A BU X-ray Instrument Is Heading to the Moon

July 2, 2019

David Boas, director of BU’s Neurophotonics Center, collaborates with researchers in his lab. Photo by Kelly Davidson

Research Communications

Editor’s Note: Discover Cutting-Edge Research on The Brink

July 2, 2019

Red Sox fans in solidarity with David Ortiz

Medicine

A BMC Trauma Surgeon on David Ortiz’s Gunshot Wounds

June 11, 2019

Vector the humpback whale stranded on a beach in Cape Cod.

Marine Biology

A Dead Humpback, a Team of Scientists, a Race for Answers

June 10, 2019

A group of people looking forward

Public Policy

POV: Medicare for All—Is It Feasible?

June 5, 2019

This array of helical resonators stand at three-centimeter-tall, constructed from 3-D-printed plastic and coils of thin copper wire.

Materials Science

Magnetic Metamaterial Can “Turn Up the Volume” of MRI

June 4, 2019

Frozen Shoulder concept photo showing a wooden marionette with limp arm.

Biomedical Engineering

A Surprising Step Toward Melting Away “Frozen Shoulder”

June 3, 2019

This is what a bad memory looks like in a mouse brain. The cells glowing green indicate that they are being activated in storing a fear memory. Credit: Ramirez Group at BU

Neuroscience

Proof It’s Possible to Enhance or Suppress Memories

May 23, 2019

Traveling in a mobile examination van, researchers will examine 4,000 study participants over the course of six years in 10 rural counties across Kentucky, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana. Image courtesy of BU School of Medicine.

Epidemiology

Framingham Heart Study Inspires Researchers to Hit the Road

May 22, 2019

This visualization of Twitter activity shows how tweets about fake news (orange) spread farther than tweets about real news (teal). IMAGE CREDITS: (IMAGE) PETER BESHAI; (DATA) SOROUSH VOSOUGHI, DEB ROY, AND SINAN ARAL

Economics

Could Taxes Deter the Spread of Harmful Fake News?

May 17, 2019

As the US experiences the largest outbreak of measles since 2000, BU Jewish bioethics expert says vaccinations are a religious duty.

Infectious Diseases

Measles Outbreak: Getting Vaccinated Is “a Religious Obligation”

May 7, 2019

Boston University professor of computer science, Leonid Levin, has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences.

Accolades

Leonid Levin

May 7, 2019

satellite image of Boston, MA

Earth & Environment

Orbiting NASA Instrument to Examine Boston’s Carbon Emissions, Plant Life

May 6, 2019

Business & Social Sciences

Taking a Breather from Teamwork Produces the Best Results at Work

May 3, 2019

BU optics engineer, Siddharth Ramachandran, named 2019 Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellow by DOD

Accolades

Siddharth Ramachandran

May 2, 2019

Graphic symbolizing neurotrauma showing the silhouette of a human head with the top blowing off in layers.

Accolades

BU Researchers Awarded Massachusetts Life Sciences Capital Grant

April 29, 2019

In this microscopic image of precancerous lung tissue, the hot pink cells are dividing faster than in normal lung tissue. Credit: Beane, et al., Nature Communications

Immune System

What If We Could Stop Lung Cancer Before It Starts?

April 23, 2019

What If We Could Stop Lung Cancer Before It Starts?