As states ban gender-affirming care and participation in sports, BU study finds more than half of trans and gender-diverse kids report depression and self-harm—but that peer and school supports can help
BU-led study used video games to test ways of balancing agriculture and conservation—and found getting more women involved in decision-making may boost productivity and the planet’s health
BU researchers with NASA funding will lead a multimillion-dollar, multi-institution project to help develop quieter vertical lift air vehicles
A new BU study finds that routine gear maintenance raises risk of being exposed to PFAS and other chemicals
BU engineers find why some particles—like microplastics—get concentrated and aerosolized by bursting bubbles, while others don’t
Researchers at BU’s School of Public Health use geospatial data and mapping tools to support community climate resilience efforts
Researchers discover playing football for more than 11 years is tied to less white matter in the brain, could lead to poor impulse control and thinking problems
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.
? 8 BU faculty are members of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS)
Video reveals the engineering feat that allows this research hub to carry out sensitive experiments despite proximity to Mass Pike
BU scientists develop portable sensors to measure carbon levels in coastal environments that are critical to fighting climate change
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
History professor studies long-gone industry, and how climate change would have made it virtually impossible today
Centering families living with permanent effects of the COVID-19 pandemic can create a new normal
While world leaders dither on combating climate change at COP27, steps by states and cities show ways to win the fight closer to home
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.
“Standout individuals” honored for advancing our knowledge of birth
Ji-Xin Cheng and Lei Tian will lead efforts to further dynamic imaging research at BU’s College of Engineering
Biomedical engineer and regenerative medicine company cofounder honored for work to pioneer cures for heart attacks, liver disease, and more
Prestigious five-year award from the National Science Foundation will advance research and expand student opportunities
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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