Boston University

The Brink

Pioneering Research from Boston University

Amyloid-beta protein

Alzheimer’s Disease

New Research on Alzheimer’s

October 19, 2015

Plamen Ivanov with team members of the Boston University Network Physiology Lab

Physics

Mapping the Body’s Internet

October 19, 2015

Wendy Heiger-Bernays

Accolades

Public Health Prof Wins AAAS Fellowship

October 15, 2015

Prof. Christopher Chen (BME). Photo by Chitose Suzuki

Biomedical Engineering

New Material for Studying Cell Mechanics May Revise Thinking on Disease

October 15, 2015

Urban health regulations on chicken coops are needed, researchers say,

Government & Law

Live Chicken Warning

October 15, 2015

Michele DeBiasse. Photo by Dan Aguirre

Nutrition

Change of Plans: Why Do We Break Our Health Resolutions?

October 7, 2015

David Center, Director, Boston University Clinical & Translational Science Institute

Engineering Biology

BU Awarded $23.4 Million NIH Grant

October 7, 2015

Gerald Kidd and Jayaganesh Swaminathan study the cocktail party problem: why it’s so hard to distinguish one voice in a crowd. Can musical training help?

Hearing Sciences

The Cocktail Party Problem

October 5, 2015

An estimated 180,000 protests—like this one against the construction of a copper factory in Shifang—occur in China each year.

Communications

Social Media’s Limited Social Impact

September 30, 2015

Sugarcane Workers

Environment & Ecology

Potential Clue to Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemic in Central America

September 28, 2015

Students in the BU Marine Program snorkel in Calabash Channel and Creek, Belize

Marine Biology

BU Students Discover Corals in Unlikely Place

September 25, 2015

Boston Groundwater Trust

Earth & Environment

Science under Our Feet

September 23, 2015

red eyed tree frog tadpole embryos

Biology

Escape Hatch

September 21, 2015

Mark Kramer, associate professor, Boston University College of Arts and Sciences department of mathematics and statistics

Mathematics & Statistics

Mathematics, Neuroscience, and Epilepsy

September 21, 2015

Jeremy Menchik, Assistant Professor in the Pardee School of Global Studies

Religion

Professor Wins Southeast Asian Politics Paper Prize

September 17, 2015

Peter Paul Professorships 2015

Biology

Four Junior Faculty Awarded Peter Paul Professorships

September 17, 2015

Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science workshop

Communications

Alan Alda Center Teaches Scientists to Connect

September 15, 2015

Narayanan Bobby Kasthuri, assistant professor of anatomy and neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine

Neuroscience

A New Way to Study the Brain

September 15, 2015

Plamen Ivanov

Physics

Physicist Plamen Ivanov Wins $1 Million Keck Foundation Award

September 14, 2015

Medicine

Racial Differences in Health Care Decision-Making

September 11, 2015

Racial Differences in Health Care Decision-Making