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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Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University, the University of Toronto and University College London have found an imaging technique that enables them to reconstruct images in great detail.
A new study from the University of Colorado, Boulder shows why people who don't get enough sleep are at greater risk of stroke and heart attack.
A Boston University study reveals a natural pregnancy hormone could relax a locked-up joint
A University of Colorado, Boulder team may at least have partly explained how soil-dwelling bacterium quells stress-related disorders, and brings researchers one step closer to developing a microbe-based “stress vaccine.”
University of Oregon researchers have found a clue that points to the magnitude of an emerging megaquake.