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The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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BU science community happily welcomes return to in-person labs, reflects on remote

Sophie Nye September 23, 2021
In-person labs are coming back this year as the University eliminates remote options.
A shortage in dry ice, which is necessary to transport medical solutions, poses an unforeseen problem as coronavirus vaccines undergo development and testing. COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

Shortage of dry ice hinders coronavirus vaccine development

Samuele Petruccelli September 9, 2020
As potential coronavirus vaccines undergo development and testing, a shortage of dry ice has created uncertainty over how the vaccines will be transported.
EDITORIAL: Laboratory sperm could help male infertility, but stay cautious

EDITORIAL: Laboratory sperm could help male infertility, but stay cautious

Editors February 26, 2016

Baby-making just moved from the bedroom to the laboratory. Chinese scientists have turned an embryonic stem cell into a primitive sperm, known as a spermatid, and used it to fertilize a mouse egg, the...

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