Boston University

The Brink

Pioneering Research from Boston University

maple trees with syrup buckets during winter

Climate Change

Climate Change and an “Overlooked” Nutrient: Silica

June 29, 2017

Researchers Melissa Maharaj and Chaurice McMillan who participated in a study about stress in the lives of urban youth of color.

Social Sciences

Urban Youth of Color Stressed by Violence, Official Indifference

June 26, 2017

Cancer Researcher Avrum Spira, a professor of medicine, pathology, and laboratory medicine at Boston University School of Medicine

Medicine

Researcher Receives Entrepreneur Award from American Thoracic Society

June 26, 2017

Attendees hold a Confederate Flag during the Florida Southern Pride Ride parade.

Government & Law

The Confederate Flag Symbolizes…What?

June 22, 2017

Graphic illustration of a pile of newspapers

Communications

Fake News Influences Real News

June 22, 2017

Customer service representatives at the front desk of a hotel

Business & Social Sciences

Airbnb Not Hurting Boston Hotel Sector

June 21, 2017

Megan Sandel, associate professor of environmental health at Boston University School of Public Health and associate professor of pediatrics at Boston University School of Medicine

Medicine

Professor Wins Public Health Leadership in Medicine Award

June 21, 2017

Man shucks an ear of corn in a corn field. USDA photo by Christina Reed.

Climate Change

What If the World’s Major Food Crops Fail at the Same Time?

June 20, 2017

Photo of Water Drop on Feather 1, taken by Boston University mechanical engineeriing researchers James Bird and Samira Shiri during research on heat exchange properties of superhydrophobic materials

Engineering

How Much Heat Can Bouncing Raindrops Leave Behind, or Take Away?

June 19, 2017

Hot sun burns behind electricity power lines

Climate Change

The High Cost of Summer Energy Price Spikes

June 16, 2017

Illustration about innovative breast tumor imaging research

Cancer

Breast Cancer Research

June 16, 2017

Multi-colored ink flowing

STEM

Is Science Too Straight?

June 15, 2017

David Center, Gordon and Ruth Snider Professor of Pulmonary Medicine and associate provost for translational research at the Boston University School of Medicine

Medicine

David M. Center Receives American Thoracic Society’s Breathing for Life Award

June 9, 2017

Quantum dots glow different colors under UV light depending on their size. Dennis and her colleagues are developing dots that will respond to deep red and near-infrared light—same idea, not as pretty.

Nanotechnology

What Are Quantum Dots?

June 5, 2017

Global Health

Just Don’t Call It Edutainment

May 30, 2017

Social Sciences

How to Live in a Divided Nation

May 22, 2017

Nancy Kopell, William Fairfield Warren Distinguished Professor of Mathematics & Statistics

Neuroscience

Calculating Thought

May 22, 2017

Medical cannabis

Public Health

Is Legal Pot a Public Health Problem?

May 22, 2017

Economics

Why Ikea Could Shake Up Economics

May 22, 2017

african american child eating an orange slice

Public Health

The Cycle of Food Insecurity

May 19, 2017

The Cycle of Food Insecurity