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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

Sections

April 24, 2019

The Brink

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

Abstract landscape mesh with sun on horizon. Futuristic vector background.

Robotics

How to Make Self-Driving Vehicles Smarter, Bolder

April 16, 2019

fast food visual

Nutrition

Fast Food Restaurants Have Expanded More Than Their Menus

April 16, 2019

These images show areas of the brain where an experimental brain scan detected higher abnormal tau protein in a group of former NFL football players than compared to a group of a control subjects. The former football players in the study have self reported cognitive, mood and behavior symptoms that are thought to be associated with CTE. Courtesy of the New England Journal of Medicine

Neurology

Toward Diagnosing CTE in Living People

April 11, 2019

The first direct visual evidence of the supermassive black hole in the center of Messier 87 and its shadow. The shadow of a black hole seen here is the closest we can come to an image of the black hole itself, a completely dark object from which light cannot escape. Credit: EHT Collaboration

Astronomy

The First Black Hole Image Is Here

April 11, 2019

Detail photo of a researcher demonstrating a drug-free blue light therapy MRSA treatment. The researcher exposes a petri dish of MRSA and hydrogen peroxide to a blue light laser light.

Photonics

How Light Turns Ordinary Hydrogen Peroxide into a MRSA Treatment

April 9, 2019

How Light Turns Ordinary Hydrogen Peroxide into a MRSA Treatment