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How Augmented Reality Could Help Engineers Better Insulate Older Homes

A Boston University–based manufacturing innovation center is developing an AR-guided insulation system to reduce energy loss

0 June 25, 2026

Would Better Hip Care for Young Female Athletes Prevent Pain and Surgery Later in Life?

Most research into athletes’ hips only studies boys and men. With prevention and better training in mind, Boston University’s Cara Lewis is setting out to change that.

June 16, 2026
In His New Book, The Dark Frontier, BU Biologist Explores the Deep Sea—and Provides a Warning on Its Future

Jeffrey Marlow combines journalism, historical narrative, and policy work to illuminate the ocean’s depths before they are changed forever

June 11, 2026
How Do Social Movements Emerge—and Why Do Some Radicalize?

New book, Protests and Radicalization in the Digital Age: The Reopen Movement, explores protest and polarization in the social media era

June 9, 2026

Squid-Inspired Lab Technology Wins Student Team a Boston University Climate Award

Anthony Janetos Climate Action Prize given to project that makes lab fluid pumps greener, quieter, and cheaper

June 4, 2026
Boston University Joins National Science Foundation Institute Pushing Frontiers of Physics and AI

AI Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Fundamental Interactions includes MIT, Harvard, and other leading local universities

June 4, 2026
Boston University Researchers Team Up with Massachusetts to Launch New Clean Energy Tools

Collaboration with the state produces online data tools that aim to help cities and towns implement greener energy programs

May 28, 2026

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Noise Prevention

Fast Company Names Boston University–Designed Sound Shield a “World Changing Idea”

Technology could make air conditioners, airplanes, and data centers quieter

June 18, 2026

Space Weather

We Can Predict Space Weather. What If We Could Also Stop It?

Solar flares and geomagnetic storms can kill satellites and mess with GPS. A BU researcher has designed a space-based system to better protect us from rogue interplanetary weather.

June 2, 2026

Chances Are You’re Not Carrying the Right Safety Gear When You Hike

Boston University researcher John Lambert asked hundreds of hikers and trail runners what they were carrying on their wilderness treks. Many were less prepared than they should be.

May 26, 2026
How Worried Should We Be About the Bundibugyo Ebola Outbreak?

Boston University researchers are helping track disease’s spread and preparing to test new treatments

May 22, 2026
Boston University’s Loretta Lees honored by UK’s Royal Geographical Society

Director of Initiative on Cities’ work on gentrification and displacement called “pivotal” to urban geography

May 20, 2026

Does Spending Big in Major League Baseball Equal On-Field Success?

Boston University researchers built MLB Toolbox to compare payrolls, performance, and roster value across the league

May 18, 2026
Should You Accept Internet Cookies? BU Researchers Say the Open Web Could Suffer Without Them

New study finds ad revenue that supports digital publishers and content creators tumbles when cookies are removed

May 14, 2026
Could This King-Size Citrus Fruit Inspire a Better Mobile Phone Case?

Boston University engineers are studying the pomelo’s remarkable shock absorbency—including by throwing it off a campus roof

May 13, 2026

Infectious Diseases

Measles, Cholera, and Mpox: BU-Based Outbreak Tracker Monitors World’s Most Dangerous Infectious Diseases

In its first year, BEACON has helped direct public health responses globally, monitoring 181 pathogens in 169 countries—and 1 in space

May 18, 2026

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Excess Deaths

Why Does the US Have Higher Death Rates than Other Wealthy Nations?

New Boston University study tracks America’s avoidable “excess deaths” and pinpoints major causes

May 8, 2026

Heart Attack, Stroke, and Dementia Risk May Be Higher for Older People Who Can’t Afford Dental Care

Boston University researchers find skipping dental procedures due to cost linked to range of health issues

May 7, 2026
Biomedical Engineer Wilson Wong Is Boston University’s Innovator of the Year

Cofounder of three biotech companies is pioneering new therapies for cancer and autoimmune disorders

May 5, 2026
Studying How Online Images Feed Polarization Wins BU Scholar Prestigious Andrew Carnegie Fellowship

Ayse Lokmanoglu aims to help people think more critically about internet content, especially during politically charged moments

May 5, 2026
How the Legal Opium Market Shaped Global Trade—and Led to an Opioid Crisis

BU historian Benjamin R. Siegel’s Markets of Pain charts opium from a commodity in colonial India to fuel for a drug crisis in modern-day America

April 29, 2026

Boston University Linguist Helps Preserve an Endangered Language in Papua New Guinea

Kate Lindsey worked with locals to develop a writing system for Ende and publish one of the first books in the language

April 27, 2026
Brink Bites: Michael J. Fox Parkinson’s Foundation Grant to BU, Widowed Men Have Higher Depression Risk than Women

Other research news, stories, and tidbits from around BU, including a Questrom professor named to top global list of up-and-coming management thinkers

April 21, 2026
Could a Retinal Prosthesis Restore Sight for People with Age-Related Macular Degeneration?

Boston University–developed technology could one day bring hope to millions with the incurable disease that’s one of the nation’s leading causes of blindness

April 14, 2026
What Is the Cocktail Party Problem—and Can New Boston University Research Solve It?

BU student Natalie Lett explains why it can be hard to separate sounds in noisy places and how research could help people with hearing loss

April 9, 2026

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Television and Media

TV Viewership Is Down. The Oscars Are YouTube-Bound. Is TV Dying?

Not so fast, says Boston University media historian Charlotte Howell

April 2, 2026

Clergy Burnout

Finding Her Voice, in Song and Healing Research at Boston University

Being an ordained Jewish cantor informs Laura Stein’s studies of clergy burnout

April 7, 2026

Two Boston University Researchers Elected AAAS Fellows

Prestigious honor given to neuroscientist who studies diseases of aging and physicist whose work spans medicine to AI

March 30, 2026
Including People with Down Syndrome and Intellectual Disabilities in Research That Affects Them

Boston University epidemiologist Eric Rubenstein on why lived experience belongs in the research lab

March 25, 2026
WHO Joins Forces with BU Center on Forced Displacement to Help Vulnerable Populations at Risk of Antimicrobial Resistance

Collaboration will study link between environmental pollution and drug-resistant infections among refugees and asylum seekers

March 23, 2026
How Can We Improve Public Health in America?

Boston University researcher Monica Wang’s debut book, The Collective Cure, outlines how we can all contribute to healthier communities; plus, she shares how her childhood shaped her research

March 18, 2026

BU Task Force on Convergence Outlines New Strategy to Boost the Impact of the University’s Research

Report is the result of a yearlong effort and interviews with 200 faculty; BU leaders will review and determine specific policies moving forward

March 13, 2026
How to Deal with Rude Customers

When hospitality workers cope with disrespectful customers by sabotaging service, the stress can follow them home and interfere with sleep, finds Boston University researcher

March 12, 2026
Biologist Jeffrey Marlow Awarded National Academies’ New Voices Honor

Boston University expert in how microbial life endures in inhospitable places joins two-year program for nation’s outstanding emerging leaders

March 10, 2026
Big Majority of Young Adults Are Pro-COVID Vaccine, Driven to Protect Themselves and Community, BU Study Finds

Boston University researchers also find those with anti-vaccine attitudes are less altruistic, more likely to distrust science and government

March 5, 2026

Convergence

Can AI Help Predict the Earth’s Climate a Decade from Now?

For BU’s Elizabeth A. Barnes, integrating AI and Earth sciences is the next step toward solving some of the biggest, most complex challenges we face

March 4, 2026

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