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May 28, 2019
This is what a bad memory looks like in a mouse brain. The cells glowing green indicate that they are being activated in storing a fear memory. Credit: Ramirez Group at BU
Neuroscience

Proof It’s Possible to Enhance or Suppress Memories

May 23, 2019
Traveling in a mobile examination van, researchers will examine 4,000 study participants over the course of six years in 10 rural counties across Kentucky, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana. Image courtesy of BU School of Medicine.
Epidemiology

Framingham Heart Study Inspires Researchers to Hit the Road

May 22, 2019
Alzheimer's Disease concept illustration showing a brain with some dots connected by a line and others disconnected.

Unraveling Alzheimer’s Disease

May 21, 2019
This visualization of Twitter activity shows how tweets about fake news (orange) spread farther than tweets about real news (teal). IMAGE CREDITS: (IMAGE) PETER BESHAI; (DATA) SOROUSH VOSOUGHI, DEB ROY, AND SINAN ARAL
Economics

Could Taxes Deter the Spread of Harmful Fake News?

May 17, 2019
As the US experiences the largest outbreak of measles since 2000, BU Jewish bioethics expert says vaccinations are a religious duty.
Infectious Diseases

Measles Outbreak: Getting Vaccinated Is “a Religious Obligation”

May 7, 2019
Boston University professor of computer science, Leonid Levin, has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences.
Accolades

Leonid Levin

May 7, 2019
satellite image of Boston, MA
Earth & Environment

Orbiting NASA Instrument to Examine Boston’s Carbon Emissions, Plant Life

May 6, 2019
Business & Social Sciences

Taking a Breather from Teamwork Produces the Best Results at Work

May 3, 2019
BU optics engineer, Siddharth Ramachandran, named 2019 Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellow by DOD
Accolades

Siddharth Ramachandran

May 2, 2019

About Us

May 2, 2019
Graphic symbolizing neurotrauma showing the silhouette of a human head with the top blowing off in layers.
Accolades

BU Researchers Awarded Massachusetts Life Sciences Capital Grant

April 29, 2019

Notable

April 24, 2019

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April 24, 2019

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April 24, 2019
In this microscopic image of precancerous lung tissue, the hot pink cells are dividing faster than in normal lung tissue. Credit: Beane, et al., Nature Communications
Immune System

What If We Could Stop Lung Cancer Before It Starts?

April 23, 2019
A white harp seal pup in the arctic.
Climate Change

Feeling Stressed about the Environment? You’re Not Alone

April 22, 2019
Koch plans to build a digital twin of his drone in computer simulation, creating an exact replica so that the controller can no longer tell the difference between computer simulation and the real world. The digital twin will allow him to improve Neuroflight's control over the drone's behavior. Courtesy of Wil Koch
Computer Science

Neuroflight Is the World’s First Neural-Network-Enabled Drone Controller

April 22, 2019
Boston University Ph. D. candidate Reza Ghaffarivardavagh poses with his research team. Reza holds the noise cancellation devices his team developed over his ears while his teammates make noise banging a pot, playing a trumpet, and a boombox in the background
Acoustics

Making the World a Lot Quieter

April 18, 2019
Aging concept graphic showing the silhouette of a woman's head from little girl to senior woman.
Aging

Framingham Heart Study Will Examine Aging with New $38M Funding

April 17, 2019

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