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Science & Technology

Boston University BU, point of view, opinion editorial, JFK, John F Kennedy, kennedy assassination 50 anniversary, gun control

Politics

POV: 50 Years after Dallas, It’s Time for Gun Control

November 22, 2013

Boston University BU, College of Engineering ENG, Astronomy, research NASA MAVEN satellite

Science & Technology

As Mars Goes, So Goes Earth?

November 18, 2013

Robert A. Brown, Thomas M. Menino, Boston University Initiative on Cities IoC, Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future

Politics

Menino Lands at BU

November 13, 2013

Adobe software technology company, security breach, customer password database

Technology

Change Your Adobe Password

November 12, 2013

Israeli West Bank Barrier, Palestine, Jerusalem, Israeli Palestinian conflict

University News

The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

November 12, 2013

Neta Crawford, United States military, collateral damage

Politics

POV: US Military’s Plummeting Collateral Damage

November 11, 2013

Boston University BU, College of Engineering ENG, Photonics Center, mechanical engineering, NSF Research, veterans

Science & Technology

From Battlefield to Lab Bench

November 11, 2013

leishmaniasis, Scott Schaus, associate professor of chemistry, Boston University College of Arts and Sciences CAS, associate professor of pharmacology, Boston University School of Medicine BUSM, Lauren Brown, research assistant professor of chemistry, Boston University College of Arts and Sciences CAS

Disease

BU Researchers Work against Deadly, Disfiguring Disease

November 7, 2013

Boston University BU, School of Public Health SPH, Nancy Brady, Ebola, Kibaale District of Uganda

CAMED

Lessons from a Hot Zone

November 7, 2013

Boston University, Sustainable Neighborhood Lab, SNL, energy conservation, Madison Park Village, Roxbury, MA, Massachusetts, sustainability programs in Boston

Faculty

BU Profs Take Energy Conservation from Lecture Hall to Real Life

November 5, 2013

Stephen Fox, Ben Fox, My Running Tab mobile app, financial apps

Smartphones

Tracking Your IOUs on an iPhone

November 4, 2013

Jelle Atema, shark sense of smell biology research, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Boston University College of Arts and Sciences CAS

Research

What a Shark’s Nose Knows

November 4, 2013

Boston University BU, School of Medicine BUSM, New England Infectious Disease Laboratory NEIDL, contagious diseases clearance, tuberculosis research, Boston Public Health Commission, Institutional Biosafety Committee ISB, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Research

Higher-Level TB Research to Begin at NEIDL

October 31, 2013

Raj Mohanty, Professor of Physics, Boston University College of Arts and Sciences CAS, Avrum Spira, Boston University School of Medicine, James Collins, William Fairfield Warren Distinguished Professor, professor of biomedical engineering, College of Engineering, ENG

Science & Technology

Science Coalition Report: Federal Funding Critical in Supporting New Technologies

October 30, 2013

Boston University BU, College of Engineering ENG professor of electrical and computer, Division of Systems Engineering, Christos Cassandras, building smarter cities, traffic light, parking meter, security camera, solar panel, photovoltaic units

Sustainability

If Boston Were Smart

October 28, 2013

Boston University, Engineers Without Borders, EWBBU

Global

In Zambia, Text Messages Save Lives

October 23, 2013

Boston University BU, School of Public Health, research, professor Jonathan Levy, airport airplane pollution, heart disease

Health & Medicine

Living Near an Airport Could be Bad for Your Heart

October 21, 2013

PharmaCheck, contaminated drug detector, counterfeit drug detector, drug quality detector, drug purity detector

Faculty

ENG Counterfeit Drug Screener Promises to Save Lives

October 21, 2013

cell phone, smartphones, mobile phones, mobile apps, students, college students,

Science & Technology

YouSpeak: Cell Phones in Our Lives

October 21, 2013

Boston University BU, Astronomy, asteroids, professor W Jeffrey Hughes, Discovery Channel Telescope, Lowell Observatory, Arizona Perkins Telescope,

Research

How to Catch an Asteroid

October 17, 2013

How to Catch an Asteroid