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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MIT researchers have demonstrated a new wireless receiver architecture that can handle stronger spatial interference than previous designs.
Researchers from the University of Utah have highlighted the importance of maintaining regular sleep and eating schedules for better health, emphasizing the role of the body's circadian clock.
Researchers from the University of Utah have unveiled Lokiceratops rangiformis, a newly discovered species of horned dinosaur, at the Natural History Museum of Utah.
Researchers at Tufts University have identified the immune cells responsible for cardiac inflammation in cancer patients taking the chemotherapy drug doxorubicin.
Researchers at the University of Chicago demonstrates that a combination of a bacterial species and the prebiotic lactulose can increase butyrate production in the intestines, significantly reducing allergic responses to cow's milk in mice.