Turning Trash into Medicines, Machine Oils, Cosmetics, and More
A multidisciplinary team of BU engineers is helping build a next-generation bioreactor to turn food scraps into greener, cleaner manufactured products
Secrets of the Microbiome
The gut is filled with trillions of microbes. BU nutrition scientist Maura E. Walker studies them for clues that could help prevent and treat diabetes and heart disease
A Quest for Extreme Life—What Microbes Can Tell Us about Life on Earth and in Space
Boston University biologist Jeffrey Marlow visits the planet’s most hostile habitats to learn about how microbial communities form
BU Researchers Join $100 Million Effort to Fight Future Deadly Pathogens
Best of The Brink 2022: BU’s Most-Read Science and Research Stories
COVID-19 headlines dominate (again), but articles on AI dementia diagnoses, city trees, student mental health, and an action movie star’s brain disorder also prove big hits
Best of The Brink 2022: 10 Amazing Discoveries and Mind-Blowing Facts
A New Breed of Nonhormonal Birth Control
A dissolvable patch that uses antibodies grown from tobacco plants could prevent unwanted pregnancies and HIV—at a time when reproductive health is under attack
Unlocking the Power of Our Emotional Memory
Neuroscientists from BU show that it’s possible to turn the volume down on a negative memory by stimulating other, happier ones
Seven BU Latinx Researchers Making a Difference
From social work to astronomy to the law, these leaders are pushing scientific and scholarly boundaries—and lifting up the next generation of Latinx academics
From Lovesick Frogs to Music-Making to Mouse Memories, Photo Contest Shows Stunning Breadth of BU Research
Inaugural research photo contest winners announced at Kilachand Day celebration