Boston University

The Brink

Pioneering Research from Boston University

Black Woman Health Disparities illustration

Cancer

Too Many Black Women Die from Breast Cancer. Why?

April 24, 2017

Illustration symbolizing breast cancer research using zebrafish

Natural Sciences

Zebrafish Cancer Genetics Illuminate Human Breast Cancers

April 24, 2017

Illustration of hands holding the body of a woman symbolizing the help of patient navigators for underserved women with breast cancer

Research

Patient Navigators Improve Delivery of Care for Breast Cancer Patients

April 24, 2017

Illustration symbolizing noninvasive biomedical imaging of breast tumors

Public Health

Wearable Windows into Breast Tumors

April 24, 2017

Litre Bottles of Soda

Neurology

Is Soda Bad for Your Brain? (And Is Diet Soda Worse?)

April 21, 2017

Red leaf cutter ants hive behaviour carrying food from fruiting

Biology

Science in a Post-Truth Society

April 20, 2017

Hundreds of thousands of pounds of turmeric sold in the US over the past several years have been recalled due to lead contamination.

Public Health

High Lead Levels Found in Turmeric from Local Stores

April 20, 2017

A married couple holds hands

Genetics

Look Like Your Spouse? It Might Be Your Genes

April 20, 2017

Madeleine Scammell, assistant professor of environmental health

Accolades

Scammell Wins NIEHS Outstanding New Environmental Health Science Award

April 20, 2017

Portrait of terrorism expert Jessica Stern, a research professor at the Boston University Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies

Social Sciences

Why Terrorists Kill

April 13, 2017

Education

How Should Adults Explain Science to Children?

April 10, 2017

Leslie Dietiker

Education

For the Love of Math

April 10, 2017

First prototype for an optical chemotherapy monitor, one of the main projects funded by CFTCC.

Biomedical Engineering

It Takes Teamwork

April 7, 2017

More than 100 headstones were vandalized at the Jewish cemetery in Philadelphia in Feb. 2017.

History

What History Reveals about Surges in Anti-Semitism and Anti-Immigrant Sentiments

April 7, 2017

Wilson Wong, Boston University Biological Design Center

Engineering Biology

How to Hack a Cell

April 6, 2017

Claudia Satizabal will study the link between midlife obesity and Alzheimer’s disease.

Alzheimer’s Disease

Does Midlife Obesity Increase Odds of Alzheimer’s Disease?

April 6, 2017

Cancer Researcher Avrum Spira, a professor of medicine, pathology, and laboratory medicine at Boston University School of Medicine

Cancer

BU Paves Way for MED Prof’s $10M Plus Partnership with Industry

April 3, 2017

Kevin Outterson, N. Neal Pike Scholar in Health and Disability Law, leads CARB-X, world’s largest public-private partnership to accelerate development of urgently needed new antimicrobials.

Antibiotics

LAW-based CARB-X Awards $24 Million for Superbug Antibiotics

March 31, 2017

Aurora Kesseli with third-graders Amaria Smith (left) and Cassandra Riley as they work on an experiment at the Girls Science Club.

STEM

Science Club for Girls Takes STEM to the Next Generation

March 30, 2017

piles of coal at a coal depot

Climate Change

Trump Slams Brakes on Obama’s Climate Plan

March 29, 2017

Trump Slams Brakes on Obama’s Climate Plan