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Gun-Related Deaths Have Decreased Overall American Life Expectancy
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POV: How Did Claims of CRISPR Babies Hijack an International Gene-Editing Summit?
If a hoax, “it’s the most embarrassing instance of fraud ever perpetrated by the scientific community”
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Researchers from BU and MIT are trying to overcome algorithmic bias
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Why Fungi Rule the World
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Robot Boats and Drug Subs
Engineering prof developing autonomous boats to find drug traffickers
Bending Is Beautiful
Douglas Holmes studies thin, unstable structures, bowing them to do his bidding
Soft, Spidery Robots that Go Inside Our Bodies
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It’s Time to Tell Students What They Need to Know
Proposed legislation would provide students information on the financial value of college
POV: FDA Restricts Flavored E-cigarettes. But Not the Real Killers. Huh?
Every argument for the restrictions applies even more strongly for cigarettes
New Alzheimer’s Drug Has MED Prof Cautiously Optimistic
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James F. A. Traniello
BU biologist who studies insect behavior has been elected as a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Chen, BU Biomedical Engineer, Recognized with Pritzker Award
Pritzker Distinguished Lecture Award is the Biomedical Engineering Society’s premier recognition
Monica L. Wang
BU researcher named one of 2018’s Ten Outstanding Young Leaders by Boston Chamber of Commerce
ENG’s Xin Zhang Is BU’s 2018 Innovator of the Year, First Woman Chosen
Cited for translational research on use of metamaterials in MRI, acoustic technologies
Two NIH Awards Push BU’s Brain Research Forward
Jerry Chen wins $4.6 million from BRAIN Initiative
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? 7 BU faculty are members of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS)