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Can Artificial Intelligence Reveal Why Languages Change Over Time?

March 29, 2022

Can Cleaner Classroom Air Help Kids Do Better at School?

March 11, 2024

In a collaborative project with Boston Public Schools, a BU environmental health researcher is studying ways to improve indoor air quality in classrooms

Can Gold Reserves Help Pay for Climate Disaster Recovery?

January 28, 2025

A new BU study finds that selling some of the International Monetary Fund’s gold could help relieve climate-vulnerable countries’ debt.

Can the Bias in Algorithms Help Us See Our Own?

April 9, 2024

New research by Questrom’s Carey Morewedge shows that people recognize more of their biases in algorithms’ decisions than they do in their own—even when those decisions are the same

Can the World Find Agreement on Fighting Climate Change?

December 12, 2023

Researchers from BU brought their expertise to the global stage at the annual UN climate summit, COP28, in Dubai

Girl wearing virtual reality goggles while riding a bike in front of a wooden fence

Can VR Trick Your Body into Feeling Hotter or Cooler While You’re Exercising?

September 16, 2025

Research by BU's Dustin Allen suggests viewing virtual hot environments while exercising could help athletes and others acclimate faster to warmer places

Neurorehabilitation volunteer help Parkinson's patient with physical therapy

Can We Fight Back Against Parkinson’s Disease? These Research Volunteers Hope So

January 17, 2024

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

Can We Find a Cure for Alzheimer’s Disease?

February 22, 2024

BU researchers are taking on this daunting question through a variety of approaches—and studying how to care for a growing population of people with the disease

Clasped hands of nurse and elderly patient with Alzheimer's

Can We Prevent Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias?

November 25, 2024

With help from a $29 million grant, a BU researcher is co-leading a national project to determine whether addressing key lifestyle and risk factors could reduce dementia risk.

Can We Stop the Gentrification of Cities?

November 30, 2023

International conference at BU to examine displacement from cities and policies to counteract growing global problem