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Science & Technology

Koch plans to build a digital twin of his drone in computer simulation, creating an exact replica so that the controller can no longer tell the difference between computer simulation and the real world. The digital twin will allow him to improve Neuroflight's control over the drone's behavior. Courtesy of Wil Koch

Computer Science

Neuroflight Is the World’s First Neural-Network-Enabled Drone Controller

April 22, 2019

student wearing virtual reality gear

Event Preview

BU’s Second Innovation Week Celebrates Creativity with Added Student-Led Events

April 22, 2019

Public Safety

Why You Should Keep a Tourniquet in Your Beach Bag

April 20, 2019

Photo of a paper copy of the redacted Mueller Report with cover page up front.

Law

BU Political Analyst Reviews Mueller Report: “Impeachment Is Going to Happen”

April 18, 2019

people milling about near the chowderfest booth

Bike Safety

BU’s Annual Earth Day Festivals Kick Off Today on Medical Campus

April 18, 2019

Boston University Ph. D. candidate Reza Ghaffarivardavagh poses with his research team. Reza holds the noise cancellation devices his team developed over his ears while his teammates make noise banging a pot, playing a trumpet, and a boombox in the background

Acoustics

Making the World a Lot Quieter

April 18, 2019

Black Panther in his titular movie, fighting off helicopters

Politics

Afrofuturism in the Age of Black Panther

April 18, 2019

portrait of Jessica Stern

Research

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

data and politics illos

Computational Science

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

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