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The Daily Free Press

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The National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories at Boston University began researching the novel coronavirus in mid-March in order to develop a vaccine and analyze how the virus is spread. COURTESY WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

BU labs, researchers and students fight COVID-19

Ellie Yeo April 29, 2020
The BU research community have committed themselves to combating the coronavirus since the campus shutdown announced on March 17. Medical students, lab technicians and professors have joined an international movement of private institutions dedicating their resources and expertise to pandemic response.
The Sir Adam Hydroelectric Generating Stations in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker’s New England Clean Energy Connect hydropower project could possibly bring in power from Canada through Maine via a transmission line. COURTESY OF PETER ROOD/ FLICKR

Massachusetts clean energy plan considers hydropower from Canada

Mia Cathell November 25, 2018
Experts say the New England Clean Energy Connect hydropower project could provide clean energy to more than one million homes in the Commonwealth.
Alzheimer’s and dementia rates in Boston are steadily increasing. PHOTO BY MADDIE MALHOTRA/ DFP FILE PHOTO

Legislature looks into Alzheimer’s crisis in Massachusetts

Camila Beiner October 26, 2017

New research has found Alzheimer’s disease continues to be a growing problem both in Boston and for the future of health care. The Alzheimer’s Association Massachusetts is collaborating with the...

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