Career Development Professorships Awarded to Five BU Researchers
This year’s recipients are rising stars in the study of Latin American literature, molecular and cellular processes, religious history, chemistry, and physics-inspired computing
Inauguration 2024 Research on Tap Celebrates BU’s Power to Bring Scholars Together to Better Our World
Event showcased some of BU’s star researchers, celebrating how they cross and blur disciplinary boundaries in the pursuit of change
A New Type of RNA Could Revolutionize Vaccines and Cancer Treatments
An accidental discovery turned into an unexpected success, when a team of interdisciplinary BU researchers created a new and improved COVID vaccine
Getting Their Hands Dirty in the Lab—and in the Charles River
Undergraduate students are studying antibiotic-resistant bacteria collected from the Charles to find out if lab work is right for them
2024 Ignition Awards Aim to Bring BU Science and Tech to Market
Innovations to fight cancer, repair sensitive teeth, improve kidney dialysis, and more win support from BU Technology Development’s annual award
Oxygen Produced in the Deep Sea Raises Questions about Extraterrestrial Life
BU researchers helped make startling discovery: rocks are generating “dark oxygen” in an area being explored for deep-sea mining
Six BU Researchers Win Prestigious Early-Career Award to Advance Their Work
NSF CAREER awards recognize BU researchers innovating in biomedical engineering, artificial intelligence, molecular biology, and more
Why Is a BU Researcher So Fascinated with the Diets of Dung Beetles?
Biologist Sofía Casasa studies tiny insects to learn whether their genes or diet are most responsible for their size, shape, and structure
The Secrets of Living to 100
BU’s New England Centenarian Study delves into the lives of superagers to better understand why some people make it to their centennial—and to maybe help the rest of us do the same
Three BU Scholars Receive 2024 Sloan Research Fellowships
The awards will help advance research on lung disease, mosquitoes, and solar storms