Boston University

Data Sciences

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Machine Learning

Self-Taught, Self-Driving Cars?

July 30, 2021

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Behavioral Science

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

July 28, 2021

Supernova Shrapnel

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

July 8, 2021

NSF CAREER Awards

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

June 30, 2021

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Soil Microbiome

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

May 7, 2021

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Mental Health

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

April 15, 2021

Deaf Studies

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

March 22, 2021

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Science Leadership

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

March 2, 2021

A photo of the clinical testing lab at BU. A woman stands in protective gear handling testtubes.

COVID CONTROL

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

February 26, 2021

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Mental Health

Depression, Anxiety, Loneliness Are Peaking in College Students

February 17, 2021

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Research Accolades

Two BU Researchers Awarded Sloan Fellowships

February 16, 2021

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Trump Banned

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

January 8, 2021

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Talking to Kids about Race

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

November 9, 2020

A photo of a doctor examining a CT scan of a patients lungs infected with COVID-19

COVID-19 & Low Blood O2

Three Reasons Why COVID-19 Can Cause Silent Hypoxia

October 8, 2020

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Star Formation

Gazing into Magnetized Interstellar Clouds to Understand How Stars Are Born

September 1, 2020

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WeChat & TikTok Bans

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

August 24, 2020

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Communicating COVID-19

Comparing How Media around the World Frames Coronavirus News

June 25, 2020

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Network Statistics

Data Science Is Helping to Explain Epileptic Seizures

June 11, 2020

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Astrophysics

Could the Distribution of Galaxies Reveal the Universe’s Invisible Web of Dark Matter?

June 4, 2020

In this May 8, 2020, file photo, registered nurse Katie Hammond, left, works with another nurse on a patient in the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit at Harborview Medical Center , in Seattle. The number of deaths in Washington because of the coronavirus has reached 1,000, the Washington State Department of Health reported Saturday, May 16, 2020. The agency added eight more deaths and listed the total number of confirmed cases at 18,288.

Translation

Translational Research Hub at BU Gets $38.3 Million Renewal from NIH

May 21, 2020

Translational Research Hub at BU Gets $38.3 Million Renewal from NIH