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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The strain of COVID-19 virus that was circulating in the United States and Europe during the first wave of the pandemic may have been particularly infectious because the most common first symptom was likely a cough, according to a study led by researchers from the University of Southern California.
In 2019, University of Washington researchers witnessed an unprecedented climate-induced die-off of the world’s largest breeding colonies for Magellanic penguins.
USC is aiming for clearer skies by going carbon neutral by 2025.
Kansas researchers find the increase in gas prices as a result of the Colonial Pipeline cyberattack to be far less than initially reported.
UW experts showed that while overall pollutant concentrations have decreased since 1990, people of color are still more likely to suffer from pollution disparities, regardless of income level, across the continental United States.