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University Terrorism Expert Joins Research into Extremist Violence

April 16, 2019

These images show areas of the brain where an experimental brain scan detected higher abnormal tau protein in a group of former NFL football players than compared to a group of a control subjects. The former football players in the study have self reported cognitive, mood and behavior symptoms that are thought to be associated with CTE. Courtesy of the New England Journal of Medicine

Neurology

Toward Diagnosing CTE in Living People

April 11, 2019

The first direct visual evidence of the supermassive black hole in the center of Messier 87 and its shadow. The shadow of a black hole seen here is the closest we can come to an image of the black hole itself, a completely dark object from which light cannot escape. Credit: EHT Collaboration

Astronomy

The First Black Hole Image Is Here

April 11, 2019

Detail photo of a researcher demonstrating a drug-free blue light therapy MRSA treatment. The researcher exposes a petri dish of MRSA and hydrogen peroxide to a blue light laser light.

Photonics

How Light Turns Ordinary Hydrogen Peroxide into a MRSA Treatment

April 9, 2019

Neuroscience

As Memories Fade, Can We Supercharge Them Back to Life?

April 9, 2019

The Red Sox's Mookie Betts (right) is in disbelief as homeplate umpire C.B. Bucknor (left) calls him out on strikes.

Arts & Culture

MLB Umpires Missed 34,294 Ball-Strike Calls in 2018. Bring on Robo-umps?

April 8, 2019

Flat stock photo of an IUD implant (mirena)

Public Policy

Why IUDs and Birth Control Implants Are on the Rise

April 8, 2019

Space Sciences

Female Scientists React Before—and After—NASA’s All-Women Spacewalk Was Canceled

April 3, 2019

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Science & Technology

How Our Clicks Are Shaping Elections

April 2, 2019

Caolan Disini (CAS'20) from left, Maria Dominguez (CAS'21), and Jared Yellen (CAS'21) with the BU Augmented Reality/Virtual Reality club

Gadgets

Exploring the World of Augmented and Virtual Reality

March 28, 2019

a monument showing the line between the union and confederacy

Politics

BU Historian Answers: Are We Headed for Another Civil War?

March 27, 2019

two students working at a table full of laptops

LGBTQ+

BU Hosts Second Annual Hackathon for Women, Nonbinary People This Weekend

March 22, 2019

President Donald Trump holds up an executive order on campus free speech, surrounded by college students.

Politics

Trump’s Free Speech Order Directs Colleges to Do What They Already Have to Do

March 21, 2019

Environmental Health

Are There Toxins Hiding in Your Sofa? Probably

March 20, 2019

Many spring wildflowers, such as this bird’s-foot violet, are now leafing out and flowering one week earlier than they did 160 years ago. Photos by Richard B. Primack

Climate Change

Climate Change Throws Shade on Forest Wildflowers

March 20, 2019

two kids playing soccer on the beach

Culture

BU, Nicaragua Students, Peace Corps Work to Call Attention to Country’s Climate Change

March 19, 2019

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Life Sciences

Students on How BU’s Free Adobe Creative Cloud Access Helped Them Dazzle

March 19, 2019

An aspiring army chaplain, graduate student Roger Gordon (STH) knows few soldiers will share his Christian Science faith. Photo by Cydney Scott

University News

Chaplains Are the New Pastors. Are They Adequately Trained for the Job?

March 18, 2019

colorful rendition of the democratic and republican political party mascots

Public Policy

Giving Gone Bad

March 14, 2019

Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker (left) and Attorney General Maura Healey, two speakers at the SPH Dean’s Forum Tackling Gun Violence on March 11 at WBUR’s CitySpace.

Public Health

SPH Forum: Commonwealth Leaders, Advocates Tackle Gun Violence

March 13, 2019

SPH Forum: Commonwealth Leaders, Advocates Tackle Gun Violence