Last week, archeologists from Boston University discovered fire, in a manner of speaking. Professors Francesco Berna and Paul Goldberg published research stating they found evidence of man-made fire that, at [...]

All photographs by Ashley Hansberry. The Boston Regional FIRST Robotics Competition brought high school teams from the New England area and beyond together to compete in a weekend of friendly [...]

For decades, people have joked that individuals who do well academically are less likely to have a lot of friends. A new study conducted at the University of Liverpool may [...]

Last Friday, Students for the Advancement of Nanotechnology closed up E-Week 2012 with a fun nanotube model building contest that helped bring engineering students together.

GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich stirred up an odd controversy last week after announcing his plans for a lunar base. “By the end of my second term we will have [...]

With stars topping Christmas trees and twinkling lights covering houses, the holiday season is the perfect time to stop and think about the real stars that surround us all year. [...]

Scientists at Harvard University have successfully transplanted neurons into the brains of obesity-prone mice to prevent them from getting fat. The researchers did not have human obesity in mind when [...]

When scientists announced promising interim results from the first large-scale clinical trial of a possible vaccine for malaria, the international public health community rejoiced. The vaccine, originally a project for the [...]

This Monday, the Institute for Astrophysical Research welcomed Catherine Espaillat, a member of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. She presented a lecture in room 502 in the College of Arts [...]

The Mind and Brain Society (MBS) hosted a “flavor tripping” celebration of sense perception at BU Central Wednesday night. Distributing “the miracle berry” to a limited number of people, MBS [...]

Scientists at the University of Texas at Dallas have successfully manipulated the “mirage effect” to engineer an underwater invisibility cloak reminiscent of the cloak in the beloved Harry Potter series. [...]

In 2003, Boston University became one of two universities to receive a grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID) to construct a National Biocontainment Laboratory next [...]