UK faculty members Chris Richards (chemistry) and James Pauly (pharmacy) will study the mechanism of nicotine addiction to identify targets for nicotine cessation therapeutics.
The Office of Technology Commercialization's Annual Report takes a look at the inventions disclosed, patents issued, new licenses and option executed, and the revenue generated by these technologies.
UK and EKU are teaming up in an effort to enhance technology commercialization in Kentucky. The terms of the agreement call for UK’s OTC to act as an independently contracted partner and service provider to EKU for intellectual property and commercialization services.
The UK Center for Applied Energy Research will use the $300,000 grant from the Shanxi Science and Technology Department to scale-up its hybrid technology for post-combustion CO2 capture in a coal-fired power plant.
Jeannette Sutton, director of the Risk and Disaster Communication Center at UK and newly appointed member of the National Construction Safety Team Advisory Committee, will discuss the National Science Foundation's RAPID Response Research.
UK Associate Professor of History Akiko Takenaka has been award a Fulbright U.S. Scholar grant to research and write her next book about the post-World War II activism for peace initiated by the women of Japan.