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.
A study by researchers at Duke University School of Medicine found that supplying healthy mitochrondra to damaged nerve cells can signifantly help millions managing pain from diabetic neuropathy and chemotherapy.
Researchers from the USF College of Marine Science are studying soft tissue samples from barnacles, oysters, and fish to better understand the state of contamination and its origins in Tampa Bay, Florida's largest estuary.
The advancement lays the groundwork for creating a library of sugar-recognizing proteins that may help detect and treat diverse illnesses.
The olfactory senses of ants help them hunt, detect outsiders, and know their role within a colony. In a new study, researchers have discovered how ants can switch one gene on out of hundreds to ensure their survival.
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A team of neuroscientists has now identified a class of neurons that are not responsive to sounds in general, but only respond when sounds violate expectations, thereby sending a message that a mistake has been made.
A team of computer scientists has created a neural network that can explain how it reaches its predictions.
UB neurosurgeon receives Young Investigator Grant to study reasons behind this phenomenon
Rosalind Lai, MD, assistant professor of neurosurgery in the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at
A new study has found little improvement over time to the plans put in place to reduce damages from natural disasters by the Federal Disaster Mitigation Act.
The world’s scientists rely on an elaborate network of technologies to help predict the weather and assess the global effects of climate change, But they are overlooking some of the most informative instruments of all: animals.