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
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
BU Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon Daniel Roh Receives Emerging Leader Award for Research in Aging
National Institute on Aging award includes a five-year, $1.2 million grant for study of wound healing
BU Researchers Helped Develop the First FDA-Approved Gene Therapies to Treat Sickle Cell Disease
Experts explain how groundbreaking CRISPR- and gene therapy–powered treatments work and how they plan to deliver them to more patients
They Served Their Country. Now, They’re Serving Their Fellow Veterans
Two veterans turned Boston University researchers are studying PTSD to find better treatments for their former comrades
BU Ignition Awards to Accelerate Products for Repairing Damaged Teeth, Fighting Cancer, Boosting Reading Skills, and More
BU Technology Development’s 2023 Ignition Awards help researchers transform their ideas into life-changing products and services