In recent months, Boston University researchers have collaborated with a local company and researchers from Harvard University to continue work on a highly secure communication network that runs between BU's Photonics Center, Harvard and offices at the Cambridge-based BBN Technologies.
Citing the unexpected devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina, Mayor Thomas Menino and the Red Cross announced Boston's new "grassroots" emergency preparation plan that would allocate $174,000 to local aid organizations to help city residents individually prepare in case of a natural disaster.
After years of research, a team of Boston University researches recently discovered a new method for measuring-down to the nanometer-the shape of DNA molecules on a fluorescent surface. The researchers say the discovery will have immense impact on the future of molecular biology and the approach that future scientists will take on developing solutions to complex scientific problems.
In the world of online real estate, where buyers and renters choose homes according to photographs provided for search results, if consumers think something looks too good to be true, they may be right. In a process commonly referred to as "flipping," hoodwinked customers purchase real estate on websites such as eBay.
An unlikely crew of environmental activists has stepped up to the plate at Boston University. That's right. The BU baseball club team has launched a new recycling campaign, encouraging students to put their old cell phones and ink cartridges to good use.
Massachusetts's drivers may not be able to have one hand on their cell phone and one hand on the wheel if a new bill passes through the state legislature. Following the example of other states, the Joint Committee on Transportation met Wednesday to discuss a bill that would prohibit the use of certain "handheld electronic devices," notably cell phones, while driving.
"Instead of standing by, how can you stand up?" That was the overall question Wednesday night as International Youth Coordinator Louise Kent asked more than 50 Boston University students Wednesday night. Leaders Today coordinator Kent spoke and sang to an audience in the Boston University School of Management auditorium about how students can take a stand and bring about change, fulfilling students' individual duty as a global citizen.
A recent study by Chicago's McCormick Tribune Freedom Museum reported that only about 28 percent of Americans are able to list just one of the five freedoms enumerated in the First Amendment, a report that Boston University students say shames the United States' image.
Students who read vigorously in high school fair better in college than peers who do not avidly read according to ACT, the non-profit organization that issues the widely used college aptitude test of the same name. The report that has left Boston University students and professors wondering why high schools tend to neglect the comprehensive reading that would lead to a better future.
