re: aTm / Mizzou fans - Explain to us the tangible benefits of the AAU

You act like there is some list of breakthroughs sorted by AAU University posted somewhere. To find a lot of the specific things accomplished you would either have to dig through each university website, run a patent search by university, or do a literature search for scientific articles published by university. As I mentioned before, I don't have time to do this for you.

Off the top of my head:

1. Texas A&M completed the first conversion of a nuclear research reactor from using highly enriched uranium fuel (70%) to utilizing low-enriched uranium (20%).

2. University of Minnesota successfully stripped a heart of cells and reconstructed it using stem cells, briefly getting it to pump. This was a major breakthrough for the field of tissue engineering.

3. University of Wisconsin was the first to reprogram adult skin cells into induced pluripotent stem cells, providing a non-embryonic source of stem cells. This is widely considered a major advancement for stem cell research.

Now, stop being a stubborn ahole.