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Expert Take
Cycling Can Make Older Adults Healthier and More Independent. Here’s How to Design Bikes and Networks That Meet Their Needs
BU infrastructure expert Anne Lusk says it’s not only possible for bike lanes to be tailored for older adults, it’s also necessary for health and sustainability
Ecological Forecasting
Can Ecological Forecasting Help Us Predict Wildfires?
BU ecologist Michael Dietze creates forecasts that can help society avoid climate change disaster
Research
Best of The Brink 2024: BU’s 10 Most-Read Science and Research Stories
COVID (still) and immigration draw the most views, but readers were also captivated by superagers sharing their secrets of living to 100 and a BU-developed device to help detect skin cancer
Research
Best of The Brink 2024: 10 Inspiring Inventions and Discoveries—All from BU Researchers
Highlights from a year of BU research, from an AI program that can predict Alzheimer’s disease to an ancient Egyptian treasure
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Could Twisting Beams of Light Make the Internet Faster—and Greener?
BU engineer Siddharth Ramachandran is developing a technology that could cut the power needed to transmit data—and maybe one day improve brain imaging
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BU Student Researched How Russian Religion Fuels War in Ukraine
Undergraduate project catalogued Vladimir Putin’s use of iconography to support invasion
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BU Study Finds Longer Ice Hockey Careers Increase Risk of CTE
Largest study of its kind also found 18 of 19 NHL players whose brains were studied had the neurodegenerative disease
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How a BU Researcher Found and Revived a Long-Lost Operatic Masterpiece
Cuban composer Eduardo Sánchez de Fuentes’ opera El Caminante, rediscovered after more than a century, had its world (re)premiere at Boston University
December 3, 2024
Research News
Brink Bites: Finding Love Online and Preserving Black American Sign Language
Other research news, stories, and tidbits from around BU, including navigating dating apps, expanding sign language research, and awards from Time and the White House
Undergraduate Research
Written in the Stars: How a BU Undergrad Rediscovered Her Passion for Space Science
Astrophysics student Ariyana Bonab has studied the composition of 54,000 white dwarf stars—but she almost gave up on the subject
NEIDL
West Nile, Zika, Coronavirus: This BU Researcher Is Taking On Some of the World’s Most Serious Viruses—and He Plans to Win
Virologist Mohsan Saeed’s research has the potential to save thousands of lives. His next focus: stopping mosquitoes from spreading disease
Politics
What Could Donald Trump’s Second Presidential Term Mean for Science, Scientists, and Research?
“Investments in science are not going away, period. The nation values the work of researchers,” says BU Federal Relations head
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BU Center on Forced Displacement Magazine Highlights Plight of Millions Compelled to Flee Their Homes
Critical Forced Displacement brings together academics, artists, and displaced people to offer different views of the global issue
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Can We Prevent Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias?
With help from a $29 million grant, a BU researcher is coleading a national project to determine whether addressing key lifestyle and risk factors could reduce dementia risk
November 12, 2024
Kilachand Awards
2024 Kilachand Fund Awards Boost Projects Building Antivirus Platform, Improving Brain Imaging, and Fighting Antibiotic Resistance
Interdisciplinary research fund was established to tackle biggest challenges in the life sciences
Veterans
How Can We Better Support the Mental Well-Being of Veterans Returning from Service?
BU researchers Casey Taft and Dawne Vogt are tackling the trauma-related challenges veterans often face with the goal of helping those who’ve sacrificed so much
Reproductive Health
Women’s Health Is Chronically Understudied, but These Engineers Are Charging Forward
Catherine M. Klapperich and Joyce Y. Wong are pioneering research into reproductive health issues, from uterine fibroids to preeclampsia to hormone monitoring
Latest Headlines
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Using Light to Monitor Blood Pressure and Track Cancer Treatment Progress
Understanding how light interacts with living cells and tissues is the foundation of BU engineer Darren Roblyer’s medical device inventions, which can open up a whole new way of monitoring health
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BU’s Leading Home for Infectious Diseases Research to Get Major Upgrade with NIH Grant
National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories (NEIDL) will use $7.5 million to update facilities and increase research capacity
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Brink Bites: From Microscopic Worlds to Cancer Disparities
Other research news, stories, and tidbits from around BU, including a glimpse inside a songbird’s brain and a study tracking a cancer trial equity decline
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For BU Undergrad, Meal Leftovers Aren’t Trash—They’re Glimpses into the Past
Student archaeologist Jessica Buckley pieces together human history by looking at old shellfish remains
1October 24, 2024
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Funding Health Research
How ARPA-H Is Accelerating Funding in Biomedical, Medicine, and Health Research—and How BU’s Scientists Can Benefit
A deputy director from the President Biden–founded Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health is visiting BU to discuss support for “high-risk, high-payoff” projects
Antimicrobial Resistance
Italian Government Gives $21 Million to BU-Led Effort to Develop New Antibiotics, Vaccines, Diagnostics
Nonprofit research and product accelerator CARB-X will use funding in fight against antimicrobial resistance
Lung Disease
Global Biopharma Giant GSK and BU Announce Collaboration to Pioneer New Lung Disease Treatments
Linkup aims to drive research into pulmonary fibrosis, a disease with no existing cure
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Arts & Humanities
- Best of The Brink 2024: 10 Inspiring Inventions and Discoveries—All from BU Researchers
- BU Student Researched How Russian Religion Fuels War in Ukraine
- How a BU Researcher Found and Revived a Long-Lost Operatic Masterpiece
Business
- Brink Bites: Finding Love Online and Preserving Black American Sign Language
- The Brink, BU’s Award-Winning Research News Site, Is Hiring a Science Writing Intern
- E-Cigarette Brands Are Skirting the Rules About Health Warning Labels on Instagram, Study Finds
Engineering & Computing
- What If You Could Use Light to Monitor Blood Pressure?
- Best of The Brink 2024: 10 Inspiring Inventions and Discoveries—All from BU Researchers
- Could Twisting Beams of Light Make the Internet Faster—and Greener?
Health & Medicine
- Best of The Brink 2024: 10 Inspiring Inventions and Discoveries—All from BU Researchers
- BU Study Finds Longer Ice Hockey Careers Increase Risk of CTE
- West Nile, Zika, Coronavirus: This BU Researcher Is Taking On Some of the World’s Most Serious Viruses—and He Plans to Win
Innovation
- What If You Could Use Light to Monitor Blood Pressure?
- Best of The Brink 2024: 10 Inspiring Inventions and Discoveries—All from BU Researchers
- Could Twisting Beams of Light Make the Internet Faster—and Greener?
Natural Sciences
- Best of The Brink 2024: 10 Inspiring Inventions and Discoveries—All from BU Researchers
- Can Ecological Forecasting Help Us Predict Wildfires?
- Could Twisting Beams of Light Make the Internet Faster—and Greener?
Research Accolades
- Best of The Brink 2024: 10 Inspiring Inventions and Discoveries—All from BU Researchers
- Brink Bites: Finding Love Online and Preserving Black American Sign Language
- 2024 Kilachand Fund Awards Boost Projects Building Antivirus Platform, Improving Brain Imaging, and Fighting Antibiotic Resistance
Social Sciences
- Cycling Can Make Older Adults Healthier and More Independent. Here’s How to Design Bikes and Networks That Meet Their Needs
- Best of The Brink 2024: 10 Inspiring Inventions and Discoveries—All from BU Researchers
- BU Student Researched How Russian Religion Fuels War in Ukraine