BU engineering students say their prize-winning concept could especially benefit Moroccan women, who in developing areas bear the brunt of hiking to and from water sources
NEIDL, Broad scientists say next-generation vaccines could stimulate another arm of the immune system, imparting better protection against coronavirus variants
BU epidemiologists say a link is plausible, but that more research needs to be done
Benjamin Wolozin at the BU School of Medicine addresses the controversy and questions about the new Biogen drug
BU scientists are investigating how environmental molecules can be used to engineer “designer” microbiomes for combating disease, pollution, and more
BU researchers say there is a need for custom speech therapy treatments for people suffering from language loss, especially Hispanic bilingual patients
BU environment and climate experts are hoping to see major changes in the next nine years, including investments in clean energy, alternative transportation, and more
BU’s Clinical and Translational Science Institute receives $38.3 million from the National Institutes of Health to fund bench-to-bedside research.
The Vertex Foundation awards the Center for Antiracist Research $1.5 million to support research and data collection to identify innovative policies that may reduce or eliminate racial disparities.
The National Science Foundation awards Wheelock College of Education $3 million to study whether simulations can improve education for students with disabilities.
School of Public Health researcher receives $6 million from National Institute on Aging to pursue link between pollution and rates of dementia.
view all? 7 BU faculty are members of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS)
BU mechanical engineers borrowed techniques from kirigami paper-cutting art to create grippers that safely grasp different objects
BU undergrads partnered with researchers to communicate abstract findings through expressive performance
From its lunar perch, LEXI will take the most comprehensive images ever captured of Earth’s magnetic fields
How old-fashioned detective work and a custom contact tracing database are quashing the spread of COVID-19
BU epidemiologist: The question that has haunted me the most is why did I—versus others with the same exposure—turn positive?
“The worst thing that could happen now is for the recommendation by the FDA and CDC to pause the vaccine’s administration to spur a new wave of vaccine hesitancy”
SPH researcher studied last year’s record rise in shooting deaths
BU neuroscientist receives funding for her research on the effects of sleep on neural computation and physiology
The funding will further their respective research in brain function and algorithm optimization
The three recently appointed fellows are pioneers in treating anxiety, turning moon dust into oxygen, and developing disease diagnostics for low-resource communities
BU synthetic biologist will study epigenetic memory to create new, self-assembling biological materials
Husband and wife researchers, John Thornton and Linda Heywood, are both new members of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences
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