The Brink

Pioneering Research from Boston University

3D Printing

Watch These 3D-Printed Nasal Swab Prototypes Take Form

August 7, 2020

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August 6, 2020

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August 5, 2020

NSF CAREER Awards

Meet BU’s Newest NSF CAREER Award Winners

August 5, 2020

COVID Testing

Robots, Nanobeads, and Data Modeling—The Science behind BU’s Coronavirus Testing Plan

August 4, 2020

Dating Abuse

Almost Half of US Teens Have Been Stalked or Harassed by Their Partners

July 29, 2020

Deforestation

Why Combating a Pandemic Is 500 Times More Expensive Than Preventing One

July 26, 2020

New Nanotechnology in Action

July 24, 2020

Racism & Cognitive Health

Experiencing Racism May Damage Memory, Cognition

July 23, 2020

Climate Action

Joe Biden’s $2 Trillion Climate Plan? BU Scientists Weigh In

July 21, 2020

Trump vs. WHO

Why Withdrawing the United States from the WHO “Is a Terrible Decision”

July 17, 2020

Social Justice

Five New Studies to Probe Pandemic’s Impact on Vulnerable Urban Populations

July 17, 2020

Antiracism

Striking Out Racist Terminology in Engineering

July 16, 2020

Gun Culture

New Gun Subculture Is on the Rise in Liberal States with Stricter Gun Laws

July 15, 2020

Mental Health

In College Students, COVID-19 Has Increased Depression Rate and Raised New Barriers to Mental Health Care

July 9, 2020

Wage Gap

Salary History Bans Help Narrow Racial, Gender Wage Gaps

July 8, 2020

Adolescence & Autism

How Autistic Youth Navigate Alcohol Use and Peer Relationships

July 7, 2020

Deepfakes

Protective Filter Defends Images and Video against Deepfake Manipulation

July 1, 2020

Environmental Health

Do Air Pollution and Ambient Noise Raise Dementia Risk?

June 30, 2020

Children & Coronavirus

Don’t Undersell the Facts: Why Kids Deserve Accurate Coronavirus Information

June 26, 2020