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Pioneering Research from Boston University

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Batteries

The Race to a Battery-Powered Future

January 18, 2024

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January 16, 2024

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Climate Change

2023 Was the Hottest Year on Record: Current Climate Action Isn’t Enough to Halt Global Warming

January 16, 2024

Brink 01-11-2024

January 11, 2024

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COVID-19

Is It COVID-19, a Cold, or the Flu? What to Do When COVID and Flu Cases Surge

January 11, 2024

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January 8, 2024

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Parkinson’s

Can We Fight Back against Parkinson’s Disease? These Research Volunteers Hope So

January 5, 2024

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January 3, 2024

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January 3, 2024

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Urban Planning

Why Is the US So Unprepared for Natural Disasters?

January 3, 2024

Brink 12-19-2023

December 19, 2023

Brink 12-12-2023

December 12, 2023

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Sickle Cell Disease

BU Researchers Helped Develop the First FDA-Approved Gene Therapies to Treat Sickle Cell Disease

December 12, 2023

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December 11, 2023

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Climate Conference

Can the World Find Agreement on Fighting Climate Change?

December 11, 2023

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2023 in Review

Best of The Brink 2023: 10 Life-Changing Inventions, Amazing Discoveries, and Surprising Findings from BU Researchers

December 11, 2023

Collage: (From left to right, top down) Photo: Philadelphia Eagles' C.J. Gardner-Johnson catches a pass during practice at the NFL football team's training facility, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023, in Philadelphia. A Black man wearing a dark green and white Eagles' football uniform and helmet catches a football in his hands, Photo: A flatlay of the iLet Bionic Pancreas, a bionic pancreas approved at the FDA. The device is a black box with a wire attached with two additional attachments, Photo: An unidentified person standing in a generic store pharmacy holds over the counter medicine in the aisle as they try to make a decision, and Photo: A white hands holds up a petri dish holding the yeast candida auris in a laboratory. a Petri dish with speckles of white dots/fungi is shown.

2023 IN REVIEW

What Were BU’s Most-Read Science and Research Stories in 2023?

December 11, 2023

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December 8, 2023

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Suicide

Why Are US Suicide Rates So High? And Can More Deaths Be Prevented?

December 8, 2023

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December 7, 2023