Boston University

The Brink

Pioneering Research from Boston University

Concept photo of a United States shaped pill box holding a lot of pills resting on an American flag, symbolizing the opioid crisi in America

Marketing

In America’s Opioid Crisis, Drug Marketing Is a Matter of Life or Death

January 23, 2019

Michael Albro, an assistant professor at the College of Engineering, is working to develop innovative growth factor delivery strategies to overcome several of the major challenges in cartilage tissue engineering. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi

Arthritis

Crossing the Scientific Aisle to Advance Tissue Engineering

January 17, 2019

Vinod Sarin

Accolades

Vinod Sarin Elected to National Academy of Inventors

January 16, 2019

Portrait of Jerry Chen, Boston University College of Arts and Sciences assistant professor of biology, leaning against windows outside a building so that his reflection can be seen to the left.

Accolades

NIH New Innovator Award Will Advance Brain Science

January 15, 2019

Deepak Kumar uses a 3-D motion capture system

Arthritis

Mindful Walking

January 15, 2019

Microscopic image of tuberculosis bacteria

Biology

How Bad Drugs Turn Treatable Diseases Deadly

January 14, 2019

Thomas Zurbuchen, addressing a crowd gathered at BU’s Barristers Hall, talked about NASA’s current and future space missions. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi

Space Sciences

If Traveling to Space Was as Easy as Traveling to Paris

December 18, 2018

Boston University professor of biology and a social insect researcher James F. A. Traniello poses sitting among insect specimens in his lab.

Accolades

James Traniello Elected to American Association for the Advancement of Science

December 18, 2018

(From left) Adam Smith, Sarah Scheffler, and Ran Canetti. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi

Data Science

Are Computer-Aided Decisions Actually Fair?

December 14, 2018

Black handgun lying on a black background

Public Health

Gun-Related Deaths Have Decreased Overall American Life Expectancy

December 12, 2018

Trees and snowline of a Northeastern Forest.

Climate Change

Warmer Winters Are Harming Northeast Forests

December 11, 2018

Artificial Intelligence concept graphic showing lines of binary code interupted with the word deeplearning.

Computer Science

Could Artificial Intelligence Make Life Harder for Hackers?

December 11, 2018

Assistant Professor Mary Dunlop (right) and postdoctoral fellow Imane El Meouche in a lab

Antibiotics

Antibiotic Resistance without the Antibiotics

December 11, 2018

birds eye view of a marriott hotel in a lightning storm

Computer Science

BU Experts on Why Patch Fixes Won’t Stop Massive Data Breaches

December 10, 2018

A female asian child enters an MRI machine.

Infectious Diseases

Mysterious Illness AFM Has Paralyzed More Than 100 Children

December 5, 2018

colorful rendition of the democratic and republican political party mascots

Economics

How Corporations Disguise Lobbying as Philanthropy

December 3, 2018

Wendy Coster (left) and Gael Orsmond (right)

Autism

Life after High School

December 3, 2018

female traveler standing underneath the list of departures and arrivals in an airport

Public Health

SPH Report: Many Study Abroad Students Return with Preventable Diseases

December 3, 2018

sea urchin embryo

Engineering Biology

Unfolding Nature’s Patterns

November 29, 2018

NASA artistic rendering of the InSight Lander vehicle on the Mars surface.

Mars

Another Mars Landing! But What Now?

November 29, 2018

Another Mars Landing! But What Now?