Boston University

Natural Sciences

PhD candidate Evan Kristiansen (GRS’20). Kristiansen and his advisor, associate professor of biology Sean Mullen, study butterflies to understand the genetics of speciation. Photo by Cydney Scott

Biology

Seeking Clues to Natural Selection in Butterfly Wings

May 31, 2018

cluster of drug-resistant Campylobacter bacteria.

Medicine

BU-Based CARB-X Antimicrobial Partnership Gets Another $50 Million Plus

May 22, 2018

David Boas, neurophotonics and fNIRS pioneer, and director of the Boston University Neurophotonics Center

Engineering

Lighting Up the Brain

May 11, 2018

Assistant Professor Wilson Wong (BME).

Engineering Biology

Upgrading the Immune System to Fight Cancer

April 27, 2018

Former EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy speaks at the Boston University School of Public Health symposium on climate change

Climate Change

SPH Hosts Climate Change Symposium

April 24, 2018

bulk silicon electronic-photonic chip designed by the MIT, UC Berkeley and Boston University team

Photonics

Researchers Illuminate the Path to a New Era of Microelectronics

April 23, 2018

BU astronomer Phil Muirhead assembled a list of red dwarf stars for the new NASA satellite TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) to target.

Space Sciences

Wanted: Red Dwarfs for NASA’s TESS Mission

April 18, 2018

Biology

Lobsters on the Line

March 26, 2018

Wen Li (from left), Anushya Chandran, and Jennifer Balakrishnan have received 2018 Sloan Research Fellowships.

Physics

Sloan Fellowships Go to BU Astronomer, Physicist, and Mathematician

March 21, 2018

Dr. Kathy Morgan, a professor at Sargent College and Dr. Tyone Porter, pose for a photo

Engineering

Hearts, Minds, and Microbubbles

March 6, 2018

3D Illustration of a method of colored DNA sequencing

Genetics

At-Home Genetic Testing Leads to Misinterpretations of Results

February 28, 2018

Artistic rendering of Kepler-186f, a potentially habitable exoplanet

Astronomy

Looking for Extraterrestrial Life? Here’s a New Target

February 20, 2018

Lonchura castaneothorax and Lonchura grandis species of Finches from New Guinea standing on a branch

Biology

Birds of a Feather

February 12, 2018

MRI scan brain images showing parts of the brain activated by hearing human speech

Neuroscience

Kilachand Center’s New MRI Scanner Yields Outstanding Data

February 12, 2018

cattle and trees illustration

Economics

Farmers and Forests

February 9, 2018

red tide

Data Science

Can Scientists Learn to Make “Nature Forecasts” Just as We Forecast the Weather?

January 31, 2018

Romanian wildflowers

Environment & Ecology

Is species richness increasing? An intense ecological debate

January 22, 2018

When charged particles from the sun hit the Earth’s magnetic field, they can generate the dancing lights of the aurora. The ANDESITE mission will help reveal how the energy that creates the aurora passes from the Sun into Earth’s atmosphere. Photo courtesy of Greenland Travel

Space Sciences

NASA to Launch BU Student-Built Microsatellites

January 22, 2018

CTE in teenage brains

CTE

BU-Led Study: CTE May Occur without Concussions

January 18, 2018

Bacterial colonies grown from Kombucha in a petri dish to be used for probiotics research

Biology

Putting Probiotic Supplements to the Test

January 16, 2018

Putting Probiotic Supplements to the Test