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Pioneering Research from Boston University

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July 26, 2023

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Computer Engineering

Inside the Mind of an Internet-Safety Vanguard

July 26, 2023

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July 24, 2023

Photo: Beta Bionic’s Ed Damiano (left) with his son, David Damiano. A white man silver grey hair and wearing a black shirt and grey pants sits and poses next to a younger man with dark brown hair who is wearing a blue shirt and black pants. Both smile and pose in fornt of a blue wall. Silver letters on wall read "Beta Bionic".

Diabetes

How the iLet Bionic Pancreas Could Revolutionize Type 1 Diabetes Management

July 24, 2023

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July 19, 2023

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July 18, 2023

Photo: Ruslan Afasizhev (left), a tall whie man with a balding, shaved grey hair and wearing a light blue collared shirt and dark grey jeans, and Inna Afasizheva, a white woman with short grey-brown hair and wearing a black short-sleeved shirt and white jeans, pose in a brightly lit lab. Ruslan leans slightly back against a lab worktop while Inna poses with one hand one the same worktop behind Ruslan.

Molecular Biology

They Fell in Love with Each Other, Then with the Same Science

July 18, 2023

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July 17, 2023

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Infectious Diseases

Should We Be Worried about a Malaria Outbreak in the US?

July 17, 2023

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July 11, 2023

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COVID-19

Rural Mortality Rose during Year Two of Pandemic, despite Vaccines, New Study Finds

July 11, 2023

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July 10, 2023

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LGBTQ+ Health

BU’s Carl Streed Is Recognized by the American Medical Association for Outstanding LGBTQ+ Healthcare

July 10, 2023

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July 6, 2023

Social Media

Is Meta’s Threads Safe? Social Media Data Privacy Explained

July 6, 2023

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Expert Take

Colleges Are Already Unequal—Will Ending Affirmative Action Make It Worse?

June 29, 2023

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June 29, 2023

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COVID-19 and Menstruation

Does the COVID Vaccine Affect Menstruation? A New BU Study Has Answers

June 29, 2023

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June 23, 2023

Collage: Headshots of NSF CAREER Award winners. From top to bottom, left to right: Jessica Simes, Michael Economo, Renato Mancuso, Hadi Nia, and Alyssa Pierson.

CAREER Awards

BU’s 5 NSF Grant Winners Are Changing Conversations in Robotics, Computing, Mass Incarceration, Neurology, and More

June 23, 2023

BU’s 5 NSF Grant Winners Are Changing Conversations in Robotics, Computing, Mass Incarceration, Neurology, and More