Boston University

The Brink

Pioneering Research from Boston University

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Education

It’s Time to Tell Students What They Need to Know

August 30, 2018

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Epidemiology

Black Women’s Lupus Study

August 30, 2018

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Humanities

A Fascination with Disaster

August 15, 2018

Researchers at Harvard and Boston University have created a flexible, robotic soft spider that could work inside human bodies.

Engineering

Soft, Spidery Robots that Go Inside Our Bodies

August 9, 2018

Malika Jeffries-EL researches “organic semiconductors,” the processing and electronic properties of which make them useful in technologies from LEDs to solar cells. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi

Chemistry

CAS/ENG Scholar Earns Prestigious Honor

August 8, 2018

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Social Media

Social Media–Filtered Pics Can Be Hazardous to Your Health

August 7, 2018

Ann McKee’s pioneering research into the degenerative brain disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) has earned her a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Alzheimer’s Association. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi

Accolades

Another Accolade for CTE Researcher Ann McKee

August 7, 2018

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Earth & Environment

Four Things to Know about Fungi “Climate Warriors”

August 3, 2018

Political scientists Maxwell Palmer (from left), David Glick, and Katherine Levine Einstein say big-city mayors shun higher office because of its hard-edged partisanship. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi

Social Sciences

Why Some Politicians Shun Promotions

August 1, 2018

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Neuroscience

Contact Sports Associated with Lewy Body Disease

July 31, 2018

Amyloid plaques

Alzheimer’s Disease

New Alzheimer’s Drug Has MED Prof Cautiously Optimistic

July 30, 2018

Social Sciences

Diversity Is Difficult

July 30, 2018

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Infectious Diseases

Tick Season Tips

July 23, 2018

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Addiction

Almost Half of US Adults Who Drink, Drink Too Much, and Continue to Do So

July 19, 2018

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Social Work

Major Grant to Help School of Social Work Study How Opioid Crisis Is Impacting Infants and Their Mothers

July 19, 2018

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Infectious Diseases

Marburg Virus Can’t Kill Bats. Why?

July 13, 2018

Jeffrey Geddes

Earth & Environment

CAS Prof Wins Nearly $1M to Study Interaction of Natural and Human Emissions

July 5, 2018

John Ngo, assistant professor of biomedical engineering at Boston University

Biology

Turning Cells On and Off

July 2, 2018

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Cardiovascular Disease

Flavored E-Cigs Linked to Possible Cardiovascular Disease

June 20, 2018

Cancer

Ejaculation Changes Prostate Tissue, Lowering Cancer Risk

June 19, 2018

Ejaculation Changes Prostate Tissue, Lowering Cancer Risk