For Coral Reefs, Temperature Is Everything—Is It Too Late to Save Them?
Research at BU is illuminating just how severely climate change is impacting coral reefs
BU Researchers See Future Where Lung Disease Is Treatable, and Damaged Lungs are Regenerated
Figuring out how to make damaged lungs like new again has been Darrell Kotton’s life work. Now, he is one step closer
They Fell in Love with Each Other, Then with the Same Science
From Moscow to Boston, these two molecular biologists built their lives and careers together studying RNA in a disease-causing parasite
Turning Trash into Medicines, Machine Oils, Cosmetics, and More
A multidisciplinary team of BU engineers is helping build a next-generation bioreactor to turn food scraps into greener, cleaner manufactured products
Secrets of the Microbiome
The gut is filled with trillions of microbes. BU nutrition scientist Maura E. Walker studies them for clues that could help prevent and treat diabetes and heart disease
A Quest for Extreme Life—What Microbes Can Tell Us about Life on Earth and in Space
Boston University biologist Jeffrey Marlow visits the planet’s most hostile habitats to learn about how microbial communities form
BU Researchers Join $100 Million Effort to Fight Future Deadly Pathogens
Best of The Brink 2022: BU’s Most-Read Science and Research Stories
COVID-19 headlines dominate (again), but articles on AI dementia diagnoses, city trees, student mental health, and an action movie star’s brain disorder also prove big hits
Best of The Brink 2022: 10 Amazing Discoveries and Mind-Blowing Facts
A New Breed of Nonhormonal Birth Control
A dissolvable patch that uses antibodies grown from tobacco plants could prevent unwanted pregnancies and HIV—at a time when reproductive health is under attack