BC Research News

The latest on research and researchers at Boston College, from the Office of University Communications. Contact: haywarde @ bc dot edu

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Driven by farming practices #greenhousegas nitrous oxide flows unabated into the atmosphere, new @gcarbonproject study led by @BCSchillerInst @BostonCollege Hanqin Tian reports in #Earth Systems Science Data https://t.co/4S0qhFbw0s

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BC biologist Vicki Losick, who studies the crucial role polyploidy cells play in the healing of wounds, would like to see polyploidy become a household word. https://t.co/OT1eKW0LsQ

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Global Public Health Program Director Philip Landrigan '63, M.D., discussed the impact of exposure to lead and other hazardous chemicals in a @timesofindia Q&A ⤵️
https://t.co/tJAPsxD9So

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Professor of Chemistry at Boston College for 34 years, Larry W. McLaughlin's research investigated the mysteries of DNA, creating new anti-virals, and the potential of nanoscale drug therapies.

In Memoriam: https://t.co/KCsgQAu1Ak

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Thankful for all the people across campus who make @BostonCollege the place it is. #Gratitude https://t.co/RdyJt9rOSs

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.@BCIrishStudies will celebrate the life and work of the Nobel-winning poet Seamus Heaney with a conference that will include appearances by his wife, daughter, biographer, and numerous scholars who will speak to his legacy. https://t.co/ZuBfMbJtpk

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Works by renowned artists, donated by Trustee Associate Peter Lynch '65 to Boston College, are now on display. https://t.co/mCfQYheySJ

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.@BCLynchSchool Professor Scott Seider, an applied developmental psychologist, discusses the theory of multiple intelligences and its origin in @ReadersDigest.
https://t.co/IQCT7S4RaQ

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Happy to be part of this… another great work from Carsten Putzke and Philip Moll showing oxides as polarized transparent conductors! Thanks to @doescience for supporting our work done @BCResearchNews, @jennifer_fowlie #transparent #conductors
#oxides. https://t.co/W3TFL6I4UH

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Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Romer is joining the ranks of Carroll School faculty as the Seidner University Professor in the fall. The 2018 Nobel laureate will also launch the new Center for the Economics of Ideas housed at the Carroll School.

https://t.co/fhrSBszZoe

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Today we report @NatureChemistry a strategy for generating native polysaccharides from living polymerization of anhydrosugars - depolymerization is also possible - just up the temperature! #Glycotime #Polymer funded by @BeckmanFnd
https://t.co/2FjgMYIXgn
https://t.co/MEhR3bHGdG

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BC's Phil Landrigan and team lead sweeping report on hazards posed by plastics across entire life cycle.
https://t.co/8dzLa7KXMW

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Chemists @BostonCollege use light to converting abundant wood byproduct into a recyclable plastic, team reports @ACSCentSci https://t.co/dOSb6SX7Ap via @EurekAlert

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Zhang lab led by @PeterZhang_BC has demonstrated an unprecedented catalytic approach, team reports in @NatureChemistry https://t.co/YZz1RScK4u via @EurekAlert @BostonCollege

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@NicoleOliverio So gosh darn cute! Have fun!

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Anti-China #pandemic rhetoric fueled $7.4B revenue losses for Chinese restaurants - 18% more than other eateries - @BostonCollege @MichiganRoss @MSFTResearch researchers report in @NatureHumBehav https://t.co/36ZPDZpPeQ via @EurekAlert @BostonCollege

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Air pollution is responsible for premature deaths in every Massachusetts city and town @BostonCollege Phil Landrigan & @BostonChildrens David Bellinger write https://t.co/LM6IvXkvoP via @BostonGlobe

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In his new book, University Historian James O’Toole tells BC's story through a lens on the people who helped to shape the University. https://t.co/1kIM1bEU9t

A Q&A in BC Magazine: https://t.co/spltuDERoY

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Father Himes, popular Boston College theologian and author, dies at 75 https://t.co/jIeeEcGP6H

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In Memoriam: Rev. Michael J. Himes https://t.co/JM0YXMibDX