Boston University

Physical Science

MAVEN Mars satellite, NASA

Mars

Where Did Mars’ Water Go?

October 20, 2016

Boston University student decorates a chemistry-themed street piano for Street Pianos Boston 2016

Chemistry

Chemistry-Themed Piano Synthesizes Science and Art

September 28, 2016

Carmela Abraham with lab assistants in her lab at Boston University School of Medicine

Alzheimer’s Disease

Alzheimer’s Start-up Gets $1.49 Million from NIH

August 5, 2016

NASA Image of the planet Jupiter

Space Sciences

Red Spot, Hot Spot

August 3, 2016

Kevin Outterson, professor of health law, Boston University School of Law

Antibiotics

Law School Guides Global Effort to Create New Antibiotics

July 28, 2016

Professor Daniel Segrè and PhD candidate Allyson Byrd at the White House launch of the National Microbiome Initiative

Biology

BU Scientists Attend Launch of National Microbiome Initiative

May 17, 2016

U.S. Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz

Earth

US Secretary of Energy Moniz to Receive Honorary Degree

May 9, 2016

Catherine Espaillat, Alex Sushkov, Boston University Sloane Fellows

Accolades

Two BU Scientists Win Sloan Fellowships

April 4, 2016

Drawing a molecule on a chalkboard at the Boston University Center for Molecular Discovery

Infectious Diseases

Molecule Makers

March 7, 2016

Collision of two black holes holes

Astronomy

Einstein Really Was a Genius: Gravitational Waves Detected

February 19, 2016

Ed Kearns

Research

BU Neutrino Researchers Share Global Physics Honor

January 12, 2016

Fine Arts

Mud Stories Forged in Flame

January 11, 2016

Professor Rama Bansil and Shivangi Surana (SPH'16) with liquid nitrogen "cooking" November 3, 2015.

In the City

The Physics of Food

November 12, 2015

Plamen Ivanov with team members of the Boston University Network Physiology Lab

Physics

Mapping the Body’s Internet

October 19, 2015

Sarah Hokanson, the new director of BU’s Professional Development and Postdoctoral Affairs office, wants to help the University’s postdocs launch successful careers.

Postdoctoral Affairs

Helping Postdocs Take Charge of Their Lives

May 4, 2015

Physics

The Atom Smasher

April 23, 2015

Lucy Hutyra, Conor Gately, and Ian Sue Wing, from the GRS department of earth and environment, developed a new way to measure CO2 emissions from cars. The new system, called DARTE, could help cities combat climate change. Photo by Michael D. Spencer

Climate Change

A New Map for Greenhouse Gas

April 21, 2015

Richard Murray, Directory of the National Science Foundation Ocean Science Division, on board the research vessel Knorr

Environment & Ecology

Richard Murray Goes to Washington

March 16, 2015

merav opher, director of Boston University Center for Space Physics and NASA Voyager spacecraft mission team member

Astronomy

New Vision of the Final Frontier

March 4, 2015

donuts

Addiction

Beating the Binge

February 19, 2015

Beating the Binge