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  A Deeper Dive into SciVal: Data and Metrics (2021)

  October 21, 2021

  Throughout higher education there is a growing impetus to incorporate data into decision making. One focus is the growing availability of bibliometrics, or the collection and analysis of data about books, articles, and other publications. SciVal, one of the leading sources of bibliometric data for academic institutions⁠, is available for free to all BU faculty […]
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  A Double Threat to Reproductive Health: Environmental Contaminants and a Lack of Access to Healthcare

  October 4, 2024

  BU epidemiologist writes that communities with limited access to reproductive healthcare are also at the highest risk from exposure to pollutants, like heavy metals and PFAS
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  A New Breed of Nonhormonal Birth Control

  November 30, 2022

  A dissolvable patch that uses antibodies grown from tobacco plants could prevent unwanted pregnancies and HIV—at a time when reproductive health is under attack
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  A New Drug-Resistant Fungus Is Spreading in Hospitals. Is It The Last of Us in Real Life?

  March 28, 2023
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  A New Type of RNA Could Revolutionize Vaccines

  September 9, 2024

  An accidental discovery turned into an unexpected success, when a team of interdisciplinary BU researchers created a new and improved COVID vaccine
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  A Notorious Boston Intersection, Mass and Cass, Faces an Opioid Overdose Crisis. BU Researchers Are Turning to Survivors for Answers

  August 3, 2023

  New study concludes it’s time to rethink sobriety requirements for housing and offer more harm-reduction options
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  A Quest for Extreme Life—What Microbes Can Tell Us about Life on Earth and in Space

  April 24, 2023

  Boston University biologist Jeffrey Marlow visits the planet’s most hostile habitats to learn about how microbial communities form
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  A Saliva Test for Soldiers, Athletes, and Others Aims to Predict Performance

  October 31, 2023

  BU engineer to lead $17.7 million DARPA project analyzing biomarkers to assess readiness for physically and mentally challenging tasks
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  A Solution to the Cocktail Party Problem—Hidden in the Brain

  January 23, 2026

  BU researchers are mixing neuroscience, photonics, and engineering to help people with hearing loss pick out sounds in noisy spaces.
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  A “Game-Changing” New Drug for Schizophrenia?

  October 3, 2024

  BU researchers discuss whether Cobenfy, which reportedly lacks the side effects of other antipsychotic medications, is the real deal for patients