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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More funding is needed to address the opioid epidemic that is projected to cost the U.S. economy $200 billion by 2020, says a University of Michigan researcher.
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As the opioid crisis deepens across the country, researchers at Indiana University have released a series of research-driven, potential solutions.
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Researchers are using 3-D printers to create dentures that release antifungal medications to prevent common infections in the mouth.
A new, first-of-its-kind study suggests that legal market cannabis strains may have a more powerful anti-inflammatory effect while intoxicating users less and having less potential for abuse.
USC Viterbi School of Engineering researchers are working to combat opioid addiction before it can begin by using machine learning.
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