Data Sciences

Sustainability and Climate Change

BU Institute to Focus on Equity and Justice in the Climate Change Fight

Astrophysics

Another Breakthrough for Team Studying Our Solar System’s Protective Bubble

Social Media

Is YouTube’s Crackdown on Vaccine Misinformation Going to Be Effective?

Astronomy

What Can a Young Star Teach Us about the Birth of Our Planet, Sun, and Solar System?

Machine Learning

Self-Taught, Self-Driving Cars?

Behavioral Science

This Behavioral Scientist Wants to Help Increase COVID-19 Vaccination Rates

Supernova Shrapnel

Why Is This Weird, Metallic Star Hurtling Out of the Milky Way?

NSF CAREER Awards

5 Projects That Push the Limits of Physics, Fabrication Techniques, Algorithm Design

Soil Microbiome

Why Scientists Want to Solve an Underground Mystery about Where Microbes Live

Mental Health

Majority of US Faculty Members Help Students Deal with Mental Health Issues—but Few Are Trained for It

Deaf Studies

World’s Largest American Sign Language Database Makes ASL Even More Accessible

Science Leadership

From the Broad Institute to the White House: Eric Lander Makes Science Exciting

COVID CONTROL

BU Publishes Public Health Data from Its Fall 2020 COVID Surveillance Efforts

Mental Health

Depression, Anxiety, Loneliness Are Peaking in College Students

Research Accolades

Two BU Researchers Awarded Sloan Fellowships

Trump Banned

Banning Trump from Social Media Makes Sense. But Beware the Downside

Talking to Kids about Race

If Babies and Toddlers Can Detect Race, Why Do So Many Parents Avoid Talking about It?

COVID-19 & Low Blood O2

Three Reasons Why COVID-19 Can Cause Silent Hypoxia

Star Formation

Gazing into Magnetized Interstellar Clouds to Understand How Stars Are Born

WeChat & TikTok Bans

If TikTok and WeChat Bans Go into Effect, Will It Be a Crime to Use the Apps in the United States?