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 have developed a new tool for analyzing fossil DNA that may help advance the study of human evolution.
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Stony Brook University researchers are using 3D printers to recreate playable replicas of ancient wind instruments, including flutes, ceramic ocarinas, and whistles of different shapes and sizes.
Tulane University researchers have developed a new drug that is effective against non-severe cases of malaria, according to results from a FDA-supervised clinical trial.
Two new studies from MIT and the University of Massachusetts Medical School shed more light on why mothers who experience an infection severe enough to require hospitalization during pregnancy are at higher risk of having a child with autism.
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Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have helped develop a new experimental vaccine against the second-deadliest parasite in the world, which has crept to within roughly 300 miles of the southern US border.