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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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First results from Muon g-2 experiment strengthen evidence of new physics

The first results from the Muon g-2 experiment at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory have revealed that fundamental particles called muons behave in a way that is not predicted by scientists’ best theory to date, the Standard Model of particle physics.
University Research | University of Washington

U of I System Receives FDA Authorization for covidSHIELD Test Process

The University of Illinois System has received emergency use authorization (EUA)  from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for covidSHIELD, its innovative saliva-based COVID-19 test that was used on the U of I campuses to hold the virus in check by utilizing widespread testing with rapid results.
Confronting COVID-19 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

AI tool can help spot Type 2 diabetes trends in the U.S.

A new University at Buffalo study reports on the advantages of using artificial intelligence to better understand Type 2 diabetes across the United States
University Research | University at Buffalo - The State University of New York

How does COVID-19 affect the heart?

Mariam Bonyadi Camacho, a student in the medical scholars program at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, co-wrote a recent report on the coronavirus’ cardiac effects, both short- and long-term
Confronting COVID-19 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Web-Based Program Could Decrease Pregnancy Risks for Black Women

BU researcher Leanne Yinusa-Nyahkoon is working on a digital health tool that provides healthcare support earlier—even before conception
Boston University | University Research