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.

UMD geologists uncovered evidence of a section of seafloor that sank into the Earth's mantle when dinosaurs roamed the Earth; it's located off the west coast of South America in a zone known as the East Pacific Rise.

Novel research supported by NCI could lead to more specific predictive disease models

A new University of Kansas study reveals parents seeking health care information for their children trust AI more than health care professionals when the author is unknown, and parents rate AI generated text as credible, moral and trustworthy.

Hypertension and amyloid plaques can separately cause dementia. Having both increases a person’s odds of developing cognitive decline, a new study finds
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Joshua Barocas, a physician-scientist working at Boston University School of Medicine and Boston Medical Center (BMC) both researches the novel coronavirus in the lab and treats patients infected with it in the clinic.
Researchers combine power of wearable device and big data analytics to track spread and early signs of infection—including among healthcare workers
Scientists combine their diverse skills in collaborative effort to hobble COVID-19
UF researchers are working on a simple, paper-based system that would make it possible to test for the novel coronavirus in your own home.
An interdisciplinary team at Northwestern to assess how public thinks, feels and behaves during global pandemic