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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USC scientists and engineers have developed an on-the-spot, temperature-sensitive gel that could seal eye injuries on the battlefield.
David Kass, the Abraham and Virginia Weiss Professor of Cardiology at Johns Hopkins Medicine, explains The Grinch’s heart condition.
Ibrahima “Ibou” Bah, an assistant professor of Physics & Astronomy, explains Scrooge’s time-travel.
Steve Farber, principal investigator at the Carnegie Institution for Science and a Johns Hopkins biology professor explains Rudolph’s nose.
Johns Hopkins University researchers explain how unexplainable plot lines in holiday classics like Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, and A Christmas Carol just might be (almost) (possibly) possible.