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Science & Technology

a man uses a vape

Drugs

Vaping Slows Wound Healing Just as Much as Smoking

January 17, 2019

Vinod Sarin

Accolades

Vinod Sarin Elected to National Academy of Inventors

January 16, 2019

Darrell Eager/Getty Images (office); Shutterstock (robot).

Technology

So Much for the Robocalypse

January 16, 2019

Portrait of Jerry Chen, Boston University College of Arts and Sciences assistant professor of biology, leaning against windows outside a building so that his reflection can be seen to the left.

Accolades

NIH New Innovator Award Will Advance Brain Science

January 15, 2019

Deepak Kumar uses a 3-D motion capture system

Arthritis

Mindful Walking

January 15, 2019

Microscopic image of tuberculosis bacteria

Biology

How Bad Drugs Turn Treatable Diseases Deadly

January 14, 2019

Immigration

Offering a Helping Hand to Migrants Waiting to Enter the US

January 14, 2019

A photo of the Lincoln memorial with a sign stating that all national parks are closed due to the government shutdown

Law

What You Need to Know about the Government Shutdown

January 8, 2019

Video still of US congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez dancing in a video filmed while she was in college at Boston University

Politics

The Story Behind Ocasio-Cortez’s Dancing Video—from Those Who Made It

January 4, 2019

Cement blocks obstruct the bike paths along Commonwealth Avenue

Safety

Construction Work May Impact Traffic on Comm Ave in Coming Weeks

December 20, 2018

Boston University professor of biology and a social insect researcher James F. A. Traniello poses sitting among insect specimens in his lab.

Accolades

James Traniello Elected to American Association for the Advancement of Science

December 18, 2018

A portrait of Rachel Petherbridge

Accolades

No Obstacle Too Steep for BU’s First Mitchell Scholar

December 18, 2018

a missile test in north korea

Politics

Nuclear Governance Class Offers Context to Current Headlines

December 17, 2018

(From left) Adam Smith, Sarah Scheffler, and Ran Canetti. Photo by Jackie Ricciardi

Data Science

Are Computer-Aided Decisions Actually Fair?

December 14, 2018

The white house against a stormy sky

Photography

New Book by Pete Souza (COM’76) Throws Some Shade on Trump

December 12, 2018

Trees and snowline of a Northeastern Forest.

Climate Change

Warmer Winters Are Harming Northeast Forests

December 11, 2018

Researcher Didem Kurt poses for a photo in a grocery store

Research

Does Religion Make You More Frugal at the Grocery Store?

December 10, 2018

birds eye view of a marriott hotel in a lightning storm

Computer Science

BU Experts on Why Patch Fixes Won’t Stop Massive Data Breaches

December 10, 2018

A female asian child enters an MRI machine.

Infectious Diseases

Mysterious Illness AFM Has Paralyzed More Than 100 Children

December 5, 2018

Concept image showing a gene with a chunk taken out of it representing gene editing

Voices & Opinion

POV: How Did Claims of CRISPR Babies Hijack an International Gene-Editing Summit?

December 4, 2018

POV: How Did Claims of CRISPR Babies Hijack an International Gene-Editing Summit?