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Research News

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

November 27, 2024

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Politics

What Could Donald Trump’s Second Presidential Term Mean for Science, Scientists, and Research?

November 21, 2024

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Undergraduate Research

Written in the Stars: How a BU Undergrad Rediscovered Her Passion for Space Science

November 18, 2024

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Kilachand Awards

2024 Kilachand Fund Awards Boost Projects Building Antivirus Platform, Improving Brain Imaging, and Fighting Antibiotic Resistance

November 13, 2024

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Reproductive Health

Women’s Health Is Chronically Understudied, but These Engineers Are Charging Forward

November 4, 2024

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Research News

Brink Bites: From Microscopic Worlds to Cancer Disparities

October 29, 2024

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Infectious Diseases

BU’s Leading Home for Infectious Diseases Research to Get Major Upgrade with NIH Grant

October 29, 2024

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Funding Health Research

How ARPA-H Is Accelerating Funding in Biomedical, Medicine, and Health Research—and How BU’s Scientists Can Benefit

October 24, 2024

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Antimicrobial Resistance

Italian Government Gives $21 Million to BU-Led Effort to Develop New Antibiotics, Vaccines, Diagnostics

October 22, 2024

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Lung Disease

Global Biopharma Giant GSK and BU Announce Collaboration to Pioneer New Lung Disease Treatments

October 17, 2024

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Soft Robots

Just How Safe Are Soft Robots?

September 18, 2024

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Innovation Awards

2024 Ignition Awards Aim to Bring BU Science and Tech to Market

August 22, 2024

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Heat Waves

Heat Waves Are Scorching Boston, but Are Some Neighborhoods Hotter than Others?

July 1, 2024

Awards

BU Researcher Named a 2024 Hertz Fellow; Award Honors “Innovators with the Greatest Potential”

May 28, 2024

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Artificial Intelligence

Is AI Biased against Some Groups and Spreading Misinformation and Extreme Views?

May 23, 2024

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University News

William Fairfield Warren Society Inducts New Members

March 22, 2024

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Osteoarthritis

What Causes Osteoarthritis? BU Researchers Win $46 Million Grant to Pursue Answers and Find New Treatments

March 20, 2024

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Air Quality

Can Cleaner Classroom Air Help Kids Do Better at School?

March 7, 2024

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Antibiotic Resistance

CARB-X Funds 100th Project—a Milestone for BU-Based Nonprofit Leading Antimicrobial-Resistance Fightback

March 6, 2024

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Accolades

Three BU Scholars Receive 2024 Sloan Research Fellowships

February 20, 2024

Three BU Scholars Receive 2024 Sloan Research Fellowships