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The Science of Attraction: Why Do We Fall for Certain People?

May 20, 2023

We’re attracted to people who like the same things as us—politics, music, books. But why? And could it mean we’re judging those who aren’t like us too harshly?

The Secrets of Living to 100

February 22, 2024

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

The Solar System May Have Passed through Dense Interstellar Cloud, Altering Earth’s Climate

June 10, 2024

In a new BU-led paper, astrophysicists calculate the likelihood that Earth was exposed to cold, harsh interstellar clouds, a phenomenon not previously considered in geologic climate models

The Story of NanoView Biosciences, a BU Spin-out

April 20, 2023

NanoView Biosciences, a venture-backed startup purchased in 2022 by a California-based life science company, was entirely a creation of BU.

The Window is Never Closing on Customer Need

August 25, 2022

Rana K. Gupta formerly served as director of faculty entrepreneurship at Boston University, co-reporting to Technology Development and Innovate@BU. He helped BU researchers bring technology and other research breakthroughs to the marketplace to increase their impact. He also managed BU’s Ignition Award program, which offers faculty commercialization funding.Situation #1: When I first became a CEO in 2006, the Board said, […]

The World Is Going Bust: What Is the Sovereign Debt Crisis and Can We Solve It?

August 7, 2023

BU’s Global Development Policy Center has released a plan to save nations from what a UN secretary-general has called one of “the biggest threats to global peace”

Their Second Acts

February 22, 2024

In their encore careers and ongoing hobbies, these six BU alums are following their passions

These BU Researchers Were Just Named AAAS Fellows

January 31, 2023

“Standout individuals” honored for advancing our knowledge of birth of planets, imaging and microscopy, and organic semiconductors

These Plants Aren’t for Decoration—They’re for Science

October 17, 2024

BU researchers are testing new genetic engineering techniques to better understand how plants adapt to their environments

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They Fell in Love with Each Other, Then with the Same Science

July 18, 2023

From Moscow to Boston, these two molecular biologists built their lives and careers together studying RNA in a disease-causing parasite