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A theoretical image depicting a young star, the yellow ball in the center, eating up gas and dust particles of a protoplanetary disk, which is represented by green material surrounding the bright star. Colored lines represent the direction of the magnetic field that connects the star to the protoplanetary disk—blue represents the magnetic field moving toward Earth, red is moving away, and other colors represent directions in between.

Astronomy

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

September 1, 2021

Detail photo of a tray of nasal swabs for COVID-19 testing in containers with red caps. The photo is tinted yellow and teal.

COVID on Campus

BU COVID-19 Report: August 18 to 24

August 26, 2021

Deepwater Discoveries

There’s More to the Story behind Rare Glass Octopus Footage

July 21, 2021

A young family conference with a doctor or therapist via a telehealth application on a laptop computer

Rehabilitation Sciences

Beware Using Telemedicine for Voice and Speech Therapy

July 15, 2021

Supernova Shrapnel

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

July 8, 2021

BU scientists Colleen Bove (from left), Hanny Rivera, Sarah Davies, and Wally Fulweiler join other collaborators in a new PLOS Biology piece arguing that career advancement in science needs to reward an expanded set of criteria—beyond citations and publishing record—including mentorship, science communication, and multicultural experience.

Culture of Science

Sexism and Racism in Science: How the Coronavirus Pandemic Exposed Everything

June 15, 2021

A photo of a beetle

Sustainable Tech

Could Technology Inspired by Beetles and Underground Fungi Solve the Water Scarcity Problem in Morocco’s Rural Villages?

June 14, 2021

A portrait photo of Alexa Friedman standing against a brick wall

POV

How Getting COVID-19 Made Me a Better Public Health Researcher

June 1, 2021

COVID On Campus

Boston University Weekly COVID-19 Report: May 6 to 12

May 14, 2021

Shana Kilcawley (SAR’22), in Felice Amato's puppetry class, "Thinking Through Puppets"

Performance Arts

How Puppeteers Use Performance to Communicate Research

May 10, 2021

A photo of a mushroom with a red head and white dots

Soil Microbiome

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

May 7, 2021

COVID On Campus

Boston University Weekly COVID-19 Report: April 28 to May 4

May 6, 2021

COVID On Campus

Boston University Weekly COVID-19 Report: April 21 to 27

April 29, 2021

A photo of Richard and Carina in the field. Carina is holding up her phone for Richard to look at.

Noise Pollution

Without Commuter Traffic, Pandemic-Era Boston Drivers Are Speeding Up, Increasing Noise Pollution

April 28, 2021

COVID on Campus

Boston University Weekly COVID-19 Report: April 14 to 20

April 22, 2021

A photo of a student raising his hand in class white a professor looks on

Mental Health

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

April 15, 2021

COVID on Campus

Boston University Weekly COVID-19 Report: April 7 to 13

April 15, 2021

COVID ON CAMPUS

Boston University Weekly COVID-19 Report: March 31 to April 6

April 8, 2021

COVID ON CAMPUS

Boston University Weekly COVID-19 Report: March 24 to 30

March 31, 2021

COVID ON CAMPUS

Boston University Weekly COVID-19 Report: March 17 to 23

March 25, 2021

Boston University Weekly COVID-19 Report: March 17 to 23

BU Weekly COVID-19 Report

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