New Cancer Cases Are Expected to Pass 2 Million This Year. What Does That Mean for All of Us?
An American Cancer Society report predicts a record-breaking number of cases in the US. BU oncologist Naomi Y. Ko discusses why cases are going up, particularly among younger people, and how to reduce your cancer risk
Digital Cages: How ICE Uses Digital Surveillance to Track Migrants
BU immigrant rights expert Sarah Sherman-Stokes has found alternatives to detention, like ankle monitors, take a physical and psychological toll on asylum seekers
The Race to a Battery-Powered Future
Engineers at BU are figuring out how to make better, more sustainable batteries—a technology that is essential for clean energy
Having COVID-19 and Long COVID Can Impact Women’s Sex Lives
BU study finds long COVID has detrimental effect on sex, is associated with sexual dysfunction in cisgender women
Video Mini Explainer: The Global Problem of Statelessness
Amid a refugee crisis, director of BU Center on Forced Displacement argues for a new approach to helping people not recognized by any country
Can We Fight Back Against Parkinson’s Disease? These Research Volunteers Hope So
Volunteers at a BU neurorehabilitation center are key to two new Parkinson’s treatment breakthroughs: wearable robotics and a music system that help patients walk faster and farther
2023 Was the Hottest Year on Record: Current Climate Action Isn’t Enough to Halt Global Warming
BU energy expert Cutler Cleveland uses data visualizations to show what the US and other nations must do to stop the planet from overheating
Is It COVID-19, a Cold, or the Flu? What to Do When COVID and Flu Cases Surge
A BU infectious diseases expert on how the current surge compares to past pandemic years, whether it’s time to mask again, which symptoms should prompt a test, and what to do if you test positive
US Forest Service’s Dangerous Carbon Disposal Plan Would Foul Our National Forests
Regulation allowing captured carbon to be stored under public land would be ineffective, pose a danger to human and animal health, and destroy trees—our natural carbon storage systems
Why Is the US So Unprepared for Natural Disasters?
New BU School of Social Work researcher Darien Alexander Williams studies how climate change, disaster response, and urban planning intertwine with social justice and racism