Boston University

bostonu.bsky.social

18 August 2026 15:59

Boston University Announces New Convergent Research Programs New funding opportunities and a cluster hiring push are the first projects to emerge from Task Force on Convergent Research and Education’s recommendations.

Eddie Ruiz

ed2uiz.bsky.social

18 August 2026 15:49

Can databases scale scientific analyses beyond RAM? I’m excited to share dbverse, a composable database framework built to do just that. Across benchmarks, dbverse delivers ~1000x speedups and scales #spatialomics analyses to millions of cells. Preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 1/🧵

Boston University Arts & Sciences

bucas.bsky.social

30 May 2026 23:45

What do hotter summers mean for older Americans? Extreme heat across the United States has increased by every measure since 1960. And as we get older, we become less heat-tolerant, says Deborah Carr, A&S Distinguished Professor of Sociology. Read more: https://bit.ly/4v3ghWW

Ryan Senne (he/him)

ryguy.io

30 May 2026 23:45

Move over, GLM-HMM—there’s a new hidden Markov model in town. In our new preprint, we introduce the DDM-HMM: a model that jointly infers latent decision states from reaction times and choices. Using 24-hour behavioral data from rats, we found that evidence accumulation changes with time of day!

BEACON

beaconbio.bsky.social

30 May 2026 23:45

30 May 2026 – Bundibugyo virus disease outbreak: Kenyan court halts US Laikipia facility on opening day as Gavi pledges USD 50 million for vaccine surge financing https://beaconbio.org/en/report/?reportid=4a239f40-c3bd-4084-9ba8-1d810b23ffea&utm_source=bluesky