What’s behind Boom of Christianity in China?
Theology scholars and a global network of researchers are using big data to map religion’s history in China and explain its rapid growth
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Should We Break Up with Gas Stoves?
After gas stoves take some heat in political culture wars, a BU public health expert says there are good reasons to switch to electric—but there are safety steps you can take in the meantime
Why Are Women around the World Opting Out of Marriage?
New book from BU anthropologist Joanna Davidson explores how women are moving away from traditional marriage arrangements
How to Help People Break a Bad Habit (or Start a Good Habit)—Even if They Don’t Want To
Whether someone needs to stop smoking, start an exercise routine, or get their kids to brush their teeth, BU professor and psychologist Belinda Borrelli helps motivate change
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NEIDL Researchers Discover New SARS-CoV-2 Weak Spot—Which Could Inspire Improved Vaccines
Nature publishes BU-led COVID study that made international headlines; scientists find viral protein called NSP6, not just spike, responsible for making Omicron less dangerous than past variants
Unearthing a Long Ignored African Writing System, One Researcher Finds African History, by Africans
BU anthropologist Fallou Ngom discovered Ajami, a modified Arabic script, in a box of his late father’s old papers
Moving toward More Empathetic Maternal Mental Health Care
South Africa has one of the highest rates of perinatal depression in the world; a new research-infused clinician training film aims to get patients the help they need
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The National Institute on Aging and the McKnight Brain Research Foundation award a research team at the BU Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine $20 million to study why some centenarians never develop Alzheimer’s Disease.
CARB-X, a BU-based partnership that aims to solve antimicrobial resistance, receives up to $370 million in new funding from BARDA and charitable foundation Wellcome.
BU's SHIELD DRIVE Science Center is selected by NASA for Phase 2 funding totaling $15 million to better understand the nature and structure of the heliosphere.
The NSF awards a half of a million dollars to a research team in the College of Arts & Sciences to study multinational corporations and carbon emissions.
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? 8 BU faculty are members of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS)
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Behind the Scenes at BU's Photonics Center
Video reveals the engineering feat that allows this research hub to carry out sensitive experiments despite proximity to Mass Pike
Empowering Citizen Scientists to Study and Protect Coastal Wetlands
BU scientists develop portable sensors to measure carbon levels in coastal environments that are critical to fighting climate change
What Is the Difference between Pandemic and Endemic?
BU epidemiologist Ellie Murray explains how a pandemic becomes an endemic, what that means, and if we'll ever be able to stop thinking about COVID
Tracing the History of New England’s Ice Trade
History professor studies long-gone industry, and how climate change would have made it virtually impossible today
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POV: Black Youth and Families Are Being Left Behind as We Return to Normal: A Call for Action
Centering families living with permanent effects of the COVID-19 pandemic can create a new normal
POV: Local Climate Action Matters Now More than Ever
While world leaders dither on combating climate change at COP27, steps by states and cities show ways to win the fight closer to home
POV: Four Reforms for a Renewed CDC
Director Rochelle Walensky has acknowledged the public health agency’s pandemic mistakes and announced an overhaul. SPH Dean Sandro Galea and Georgetown University’s Lawrence O. Gostin suggest four vital reforms.
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These BU Researchers Were Just Named AAAS Fellows
“Standout individuals” honored for advancing our knowledge of birth
Two BU Researchers Receive over $1 Million Each in Funding from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
Ji-Xin Cheng and Lei Tian will lead efforts to further dynamic imaging research at BU’s College of Engineering
BU’s Christopher Chen Elected a National Academy of Inventors Fellow
Biomedical engineer and regenerative medicine company cofounder honored for work to pioneer cures for heart attacks, liver disease, and more
BU’s 2022 NSF CAREER Award Winners Are Innovating Data Systems and Single-Molecule Circuits
Prestigious five-year award from the National Science Foundation will advance research and expand student opportunities
NIH Honors Two BU Researchers “Poised to Blaze New Paths of Discovery”
Prestigious Director’s Awards encourage scientists to “pursue trailblazing ideas,” including study of energy industry impact on reproductive health and technology to see lung’s inner workings
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