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Research

Best of The Brink 2025: 10 Inspiring Inventions and Impactful Ideas from Boston University Researchers

December 16, 2025

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Research

Best of The Brink 2025: A Selection of BU’s 10 Most-Read, Liked, and Shared Science and Research Stories

December 16, 2025

Memory

BU Neuroscientist’s “Riveting Debut” Book Discusses “How to Change a Memory”

November 18, 2025

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Research News

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

October 31, 2025

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Accolades

NIH Honors Two BU Researchers for Exceptionally Creative, High-Impact Science

October 9, 2025

Memory

Why Do We Remember Some Life Moments—but Not Others?

September 24, 2025

Brain Health

BU CTE Center Study Ties Contact Sports Head Hits to Brain Damage

September 17, 2025

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CTE

NYC Gunman’s Note Referencing NFL Pleads for His Brain to Be Studied for CTE Link

July 29, 2025

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Neurology

BU Neurologist’s New Book Explores Tales Our Brains Tell Us

July 24, 2025

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CTE

NIH Awards $15M to BU-Led Effort to Diagnose CTE During Life

May 8, 2025

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Hearing Loss

Trouble Hearing in Noisy Places and Crowded Spaces? Researchers Say New BU-Developed Algorithm Could Help Hearing Aid Users

April 22, 2025

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Film & TV

Could Severance Ever Happen in Real Life?

March 5, 2025

Bobby Hull, 18-year-old player on the Chicago Blackhawks, is photographed in Chicago, Ill., on Oct. 24, 1957. Hull, who is from Point Ann, Ont., Canada, is the youngest member of the team and the National Hockey League as he plays his first season as a pro. (AP Photo/Edward Kitch)

CTE

BU Researchers Confirm Former NHL Legend Bobby Hull Had CTE

February 20, 2025

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Accolades

BU Biologist Receives 2025 Sloan Research Fellowship

February 18, 2025

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CTE and Ice Hockey

BU Study Finds Longer Ice Hockey Careers Increase Risk of CTE

December 6, 2024

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Research News

Brink Bites: From Microscopic Worlds to Cancer Disparities

October 29, 2024

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CTE Series: Part 2

Can CTE Be Diagnosed in Life?

October 11, 2024

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CTE Series: Part 3

Research on CTE and Concussions Changed the NFL. Experts Say That’s Not Enough

October 11, 2024

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CTE Series: Part 4

10 Things BU CTE Center Research Has Taught Us about the Brain Dangers of Contact Sports and Military Service

October 11, 2024

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CTE Series: Part 5

What Is CTE?

October 11, 2024

What Is CTE?