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AAU universities conduct a majority of the federally funded university research that contributes to our economic competitiveness, health and well-being, and national security. AAU universities are growing our economy through invention and innovation while preparing the next generation of scientists and engineers for global leadership. By moving research into the marketplace AAU universities are helping to create jobs, and provide society with new medicines and technologies.

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Antipsychotics for Treating Adult Depression Linked with Higher Mortality

Physicians managing adults with depression should be aware of this potential for increased mortality, Rutgers study finds.
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UC Davis Establishes Research, Training in Cultivated Meat

A consortium of researchers at the University of California, Davis, aims to explore the long-term sustainability of cultivated meat, supported by a new grant of up to $3.55 million from the National Science Foundation Growing Convergence program
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Using wearable technology to prevent kidney stones

A new, $3 million award will fund the development of sipIT, a technology-based intervention to encourage people to drink more fluids.
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Greenland is on track to lose ice faster than in any century over the past 12,000 years, study finds

If human societies don’t sharply curb emissions of greenhouse gases, Greenland’s rate of ice loss this century is likely to greatly outpace that of any century over the past 12,000 years, a new study concludes.

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Ohio State Wexner Medical Center among first in U.S. to administer COVID-19 vaccinations

The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center made history Monday as one of the first places in the United States and the first in Ohio to administer the COVID-19 vaccine.
Confronting COVID-19 | The Ohio State University

MSU to test wastewater statewide for early COVID-19 detection

Michigan State University researchers have received $2.1 million in grant funding to test for the novel coronavirus in wastewater, which has the potential to be an early warning system for the presence of COVID-19.
Confronting COVID-19 | Michigan State University

Analysis Finds True Pandemic Death Toll Is Much Higher Than 200,000 in US

Researchers say number of pandemic-related deaths is actually 36 percent higher than reported; disadvantaged communities hit even harder than thought
Boston University | Confronting COVID-19 | University of Pennsylvania

Generating renewable hydrogen fuel from the sea

Researchers use membranes that remove salt from water to help 'split' sea water into fuel
University Research | The Pennsylvania State University

UC Davis Establishes Research, Training in Cultivated Meat

A consortium of researchers at the University of California, Davis, aims to explore the long-term sustainability of cultivated meat, supported by a new grant of up to $3.55 million from the National Science Foundation Growing Convergence program
University Research | University of California, Davis