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Pioneering Research from Boston University

Photo of Christos Michas, a white man with short brown hair, wears purple medical gloves and holds a miniaturized cardiac ventricular pump (or, a mini heart pump) with a pair of tweezers. The pump looks like a small piece of plastic. Michas is seen blurred in the background and the pump and his hands are in focus.

New Miniature Heart

May 9, 2022

Photo of a person wearing lavender medical gloves using a small white stick to hold up a small, jelly-like circle that is pink in color from a small glass dish. Presumably this is one of what satellite bio calls "tissue therapeutics."

Technology Development

Biotech Developing “Tissue Therapeutics” to Treat Diseased Organs Launches from BU and MIT Labs

May 6, 2022

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May 4, 2022

Photo of an older woman out walking with two playful poodle-breed dogs walking through a forest on a spring day. The woman has silver white hair and glasses and wears a blue hiking jacket, hiking pants, and hiking boots as two poodle dogs, one brown and one white, run next to her.

Cognitive Health

Living Near Greenery Could Give You a Brain Boost—and Reduce Dementia Risk

May 4, 2022

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April 29, 2022

Photo of Florian Douam (left) assistant professor, microbiology, and Devin Kenney, a PhD student, posing for a photo at National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories. The both wear white lab coats and stand facing each other with their bodies and heads tilted towards the camera in front of a purple-blue wall. Lab shelves can be seen on either side of them.

COVID-19

Why Do Some People Get Sicker Than Others from COVID?

April 29, 2022

Photo of Christos Michas, a white man with short brown hair, wears purple medical gloves and holds a miniaturized cardiac ventricular pump (or, a mini heart pump) with a pair of tweezers. The pump looks like a small piece of plastic. Michas is seen blurred in the background and the pump and his hands are in focus.

Heart Health

New Miniature Heart Could Help Speed Heart Disease Cures

April 22, 2022

A college student appears stressed as they study at a library table with open books and a pencil

College Student Mental Health

Mental Health of College Students Is Getting Worse

April 21, 2022

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April 21, 2022

Photo of Lead researcher Manish Bais. A South Asian man wearing a blue collared shirt, blue tie, and white medical coat, sits in a chair in a research lab. He is turned and smiling towards the camera and sits in front of a large microscope.

Oral Cancer

Could Blocking or Deleting a Protein Help Prevent Common Oral Cancers?

April 21, 2022

Two pairs of hands each hold a box full of scientific sensors in front of a sunlight sky background

Earth & Environment

As Climate Change Gets Worse, Science Provides Hope and Possibility

April 21, 2022

Illustration of a women in a suit with a brief case standing on top of a small stack of gold coins. At right, a man in a suit with a brief case stands on a stack of coins almost three times as high. Background is gray and the shadow of the coin stacks are seen in front of stacks.

Equal Pay

New Wage Gap Calculator Aims to Help Close Earnings Gap

April 19, 2022

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April 19, 2022

Vector illustration of a woman slumped over a laptop on her desk. She holds up a sign that shows a low battery as a stack of books lay next to her feet

Job Burnout

Work Burnout Signs: What to Look for and What to Do about It

April 14, 2022

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April 14, 2022

Image of what a heliosphere might look like. Image shows a croissant-shaped light yellow blob, with red lines passing through it, all displayed on a black background

Space Physics

NASA Gives Boost to BU-led Effort to Model Solar System’s Protective Bubble

April 14, 2022

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April 12, 2022

Vector illustration of a younger girl with brown hair in a protective medical mask with a computer at home in quarantine. She looks out at a light blue city landscape while negative space to the left show a few coronavirus illustrations.

COVID-19

Is Five Days of COVID Isolation Enough? New BU Study Has Some Answers

April 12, 2022

Studio portrait of Mark Bun in San Francisco, CA on September 28, 2018. He is a young, Asian man with short black hair and glasses. He smiles, his arms crossed, and wears a blue collared shirt.

Awards & Accolades

BU Sloan Fellowship Winner Mark Bun on Data Privacy, Embracing Failure, Baking Cakes

April 6, 2022

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April 5, 2022