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 with the University of Texas at Austin have found that an aquifer on the island of Samar inundated with salt water by a storm surge could remain undrinkable for up to 10 years.
Rice bioscientists team with Houston Public Works for algaculture study.
Researchers from John Hopkins University study groundwater in South Dakota’s badlands to determine if low exposures to arsenic are harmful over the long haul.
Every time you make a memory, somewhere in your brain a tiny filament reaches out from one neuron and forms an electrochemical connection to a neighboring neuron. Biologists study how these connections are formed at the molecular and cellular level.
San Francisco-based startup Tule, created a sensor and monitoring system that is installed above crop canopies that can accurately tell growers how much water their plants are using and even when and how much to apply.