COVID-19 Vaccines Don’t Cause Infertility or Harm Pregnancy Chances, BU Research Shows
No link between vaccines and chances of getting pregnant, but COVID-19 infection may have short-term impact on male fertility
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Uncovering COVID-19’s Hidden Deaths in the US
As the nation’s pandemic death toll approaches one million, a public health researcher joins with reporters to investigate why some counties are underreporting deaths
Could COVID Pandemic and Vaccine Hesitancy Let HPV, Polio, and Measles Return?
With childhood vaccination rates plunging during the pandemic, a new BU study shows a potential way to get more shots in arms without mandates
Why Do We All Feel Touch Differently?
New research from Boston University neurobiologist Jerry Chen could help scientists understand, for example, how to better treat strokes and autism spectrum disorder
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Growing forests “a rare piece of good news in climate science”
BU researchers Lucy Hutyra and Luca Morreale, along with scientists from Harvard Forest and The City University of New York, find that trees along the edges of temperate forests grow faster and are denser as a result of fragmentation.
How mRNA Could Help Fight Cancer
Ana Fiszbein hopes to improve our understanding of how genetic instructions get applied in the body—and what happens when the process goes awry.
What Were BU’s Most-Read Science, Research, and COVID-Related Stories of 2021?
Articles ranging from vaccines to boosters to menstruation and mental health to sign language to exercise were huge hits on our science and research website The Brink
Latest Grants Awarded
The American Heart Association awards a research team at BU School of Medicine and Boston Medical Center $2.7 million to open a new center to study why some cancer patients develop cardiovascular issues after treatment.
The National Institutes of Health awards $2.8 million to a BU professor of Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences and Biomedical Engineering to study how testosterone therapy changes the voices of transgender men.
The US Department of Defense awards a $2.3 million, three-year grant to the College of Engineering to run outreach programs that provide underserved high school students with access to pioneering biotechnology companies and an introduction to synthetic biology.
The Russell Sage Foundation awards $150,000 to a BU-led research team to study how the pandemic is changing workplace flexibility and the gender pay gap.
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? 7 BU faculty are members of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS)
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With COVID-19 Booster Shots Recommended for All US Adults, Infectious Disease Experts Weigh In
In this video Q&A, faculty at BU's Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases Policy & Research tackle tough booster shot questions
Microfluid Devices: Synthetic Biology's Secret Weapon
In this video, we zoom in on intricate, liquid-infused "microchips" that are powering the next generation of biotechnology
There’s More to the Story behind Rare Glass Octopus Footage
The researchers also discovered several new ocean species, mapped 10 underwater mountains for the first time, and collected thousands of deep-sea bacteria never encountered before
These Soft Robotic Grippers Were Inspired by an Ancient Japanese Art Form
BU mechanical engineers borrowed techniques from kirigami paper-cutting art to create grippers that safely grasp different objects
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On Alaska’s Glaciers, Life Is Harsh—and So Is the Reality of Climate Change
BU undergraduate researcher Anne Randall spent three months living on the ice and tracking how glaciers are melting
Engineering Scholar Greg Blonder Elected to the National Academy of Inventors
From cybersecurity to LED lighting to cooking the perfect steak, his brain never stops working in pursuit of “a better world”
How Technology Has Transformed Social and Behavioral Research
NIH behavioral science director Bill Riley, on the eve of his retirement, reflects on mental health, the pandemic, and the role of digital research and healthcare technologies
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Human Rights Activist and Music Educator André de Quadros Recognized for Career Dedicated to Justice and the Arts
Chorus America has honored the BU music professor for his years teaching music to marginalized people and communities
Five Studies Pushing the Limits of Science
This year’s Kilachand fund awards will support pioneering research across engineering and life sciences
NIH Award to Study How Testosterone Affects Trans Men’s Voices
Cara Stepp was awarded a five-year $2.8 million NIH Research Project Grant (R01) recently to investigate the effects of testosterone treatment on speech production in trans men.
Ibram Kendi, BU Center for Antiracist Research Founding Director, Wins 2021 MacArthur “Genius” Grant
The $625,000 no-strings-attached fellowship honors his exceptional creativity, scholarly achievements, gift for communicating his antiracist work and ideas with diverse audiences, and promise for further benefiting society
Five Boston University Researchers Awarded the NSF CAREER Award
Zeynep Demiragli, Emily Whiting, William Boley, Francesco Orabona, and Mark Bun all recieved the Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) award from the National Science Foundation for their work.
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