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The first direct visual evidence of the supermassive black hole in the center of Messier 87 (M87) and its shadow. The shadow of the black hole seen here is the closest we can come to an image of the black hole itself, a completely dark object from which light cannot escape
Research that Rocks

12 Breakthroughs That Wowed Us in 2019

December 19, 2019
Patriots player Rob 'Gronk' Gronkowski gets tackled during a game against the Seattle Seahawks.
CTE

CTE Risk More Than Doubles after Just Three Years of Playing Football

October 7, 2019
DEMENTIA IN CTE

Five New Answers about the Link between Football, CTE, and Dementia

August 5, 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
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
Microscopic image of high accumulations of p-tau in the brain tissue of a deceased person with the "major" genetic variation of the TMEM106B protein.
CTE

Why Some People’s CTE Symptoms Are More Severe Than Others

November 3, 2018
Ann McKee’s pioneering research into the degenerative brain disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) has earned her a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Alzheimer’s Association. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi
Accolades

Another Accolade for CTE Researcher Ann McKee

August 7, 2018
Two men wearing helmets boxing with one punching the other in a ring.
Neuroscience

Contact Sports Associated with Lewy Body Disease

July 31, 2018
kids playing tackle football
CTE

MED Researchers: Youth Football Linked to Earlier Brain Problems

April 30, 2018
CTE in teenage brains
CTE

BU-Led Study: CTE May Occur without Concussions

January 18, 2018
Aaron Hernandez as an NFL player with the New England Patriots
CTE

Aaron Hernandez’s CTE Worst Seen by BU Experts in a Young Person

November 9, 2017
Ann McKee and Jonathan Cherry, researchers at the Boston Universtiy
CTE

BU Researchers ID Possible Biomarker for Diagnosing CTE during Life

September 26, 2017
Ann McKee, director of BU’s CTE Center
CTE

CTE Found in 99 Percent of Former NFL Players Studied

July 26, 2017
Mckee
CTE

Brain Trauma and CTE

February 3, 2017
Washington Redskins' John Riggins busts through New England Patriots defensive player Tim Fox early in the first quarter at Foxboro, Mass., Sept. 3, 1978
CTE

CTE Investigators Launch $16 Million Study

June 3, 2016
Neuroscience

DC Panel: Talking Football, War, and Brain Disease

March 1, 2016
Neurology

Diagnosing CTE During Life

December 22, 2015
Ann McKee, MED, neurology, pathology
Neuroscience

Head Examiner

February 12, 2015
Neuroscience

Football: Child’s Play, Adult Peril?

January 29, 2015

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