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Breast Cancer Alliance (BCA) Exceptional Project and Young Investigator Grants 2026

December 18, 2025

$100-125k supporting early-career and/or creative projects focusing on breast cancer. Apply by Thursday, January 29 via InfoReady Review.

Breast Cancer Screenings Should Now Begin at Age 40

May 20, 2023

Cancer researcher Julie Palmer, who studies aggressive breast cancer that disproportionately affects young Black women, agrees with the new guidelines

Brian Walsh’s LEXI Telescope Heading to the Moon

March 11, 2024

Last week (3/6/24), Associate Professor Brian Walsh hosted a meet-and-greet for their Lunar Environment heliospheric X-ray Imager (LEXI), an x-ray telescope which will be going to the moon in one of three planned trips through NASA’s SpaceX program. Over the course of the last fifteen years, Professor Walsh et al. have focused their efforts on creating this novel […]

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Bringing Cleaner Air to Boston Homes—One Stove at a Time

February 13, 2026

Boston University researchers have been partnering with the city to replace gas stoves with electric induction alternatives and measure the effect on air quality

Brink Bites

October 1, 2024

BU research news beyond the headlines, including why living near greenery may slow cognitive decline and how AI could help improve healthcare for kids

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Brink Bites: A Super Jupiter, the Ethics of BU’s Lobster Night, the Toll of Boston’s Traffic

April 4, 2025

Other research news, stories, and tidbits from around BU, including a fresh look at a gas giant, calculating deaths caused by vehicle emissions, and an undergraduate’s study of a campus dining tradition.

Brink Bites: BMI Objections, Studying UFOs, and Alcohol’s Impact on College Students

January 28, 2025

Other research news, stories, and tidbits from around BU, including a study of drinking harms, rethinking obesity diagnoses, and researchers on film.

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Brink Bites: BU Health Researchers Win Major NIH Grants; BU Device Named Among Time’s Best Inventions of 2025

November 4, 2025

Other research news, stories, and tidbits from around BU, including big funding wins, opposition to deepfakes, and studying LGBTQ+ suicide risk factors

Brink Bites: Color-Changing Wipes Can Detect Lead, BU Researcher Named Ecological Society President

March 3, 2026

Other research news, stories, and tidbits from around Boston University, including a study of opioid use disorder treatment and new insights into Ebola and Marburg

Brink Bites: Finding Love Online and Preserving Black American Sign Language

December 5, 2024

Other research news, stories, and tidbits from around BU, including navigating dating apps, expanding sign language research, and awards from Time and the White House.