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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Keck School of Medicine of USC researchers conducted the first study that measured U.S. adolescents’ use of a new class of flavored, non-tobacco oral nicotine products.
Yale scientists have developed a novel Omicron-specific mRNA vaccine, called Omnivax, that offers superior immune protection against two viral subvariants than standard mRNA vaccines.
A new study from the University of Kansas found that students initially choose based on their social networks. That self-sorting, however, has the potential to push some students, most often women, from undergraduate programs.
To understand how queen ants live much longer than workers, researchers look at the role of insulin and an insulin-suppressing protein
A new USC study finds that 23% of people infected with COVID will end up having long COVID and identifies predictors of who is likely to develop the sometimes-debilitating symptoms that can last for months.