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Honaker Awarded $6 Million from Department of Energy for Rare Earth Element Recovery Pilot Plant

Aug 24, 2017, 8:59 AM

Rick Honaker, Professor of Mining Engineering, was awarded $6 Million by the Department of Energy to move on to a second phase of research in an effort to recover rare earth elements from coal and coal byproducts.

Researchers Attempt to Answer Fundamental Questions About Our Universe

Aug 24, 2017, 8:56 AM

The team hopes to observe violations of time reversal symmetry in outer space, which would indicate the laws of physics behave differently when the arrow of time runs “forward” versus “backward."

UK Senior Selected for MD/PhD Fellowship at Dartmouth

Aug 24, 2017, 8:53 AM

Angela Wei, an agricultural and medical biotechnology and mathematics senior from Lexington, was one of only five students across the country selected to participate in the 2017 Dartmouth MD/PhD Undergraduate Summer Fellowship Program.

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$3.3 Million Grant Goes to Segerstrom to Study Brain Health

Aug 23, 2017, 8:35 AM

A team of researchers, led by Professor Suzanne Segerstrom, extends its psychological and immunological health research to include brain health, supported by a $3.3 million grant from the National Institute on Aging.

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Discovery of Process to Harness Energy Could Affect Synthetic Biology, Fuel, Chemical Production

Aug 22, 2017, 8:33 AM

UK researchers participating in a DOE funded multi-institutional center (BETCy Energy Frontier Research Center) have discovered a groundbreaking process that allows them to harness energy from chemical reactions that previously dismissed as unusable.

Guillou Awarded National Science Foundation Grant

Aug 21, 2017, 8:48 AM

Assistant Professor Bert Guillou in the Department of Mathematics has been awarded a National Science Foundation grant for his research in homotopy theory. The grant is just shy of $140,000 and will be spread over three years.

Yinan Wei Receives National Science Foundation Award

Aug 18, 2017, 8:35 AM

Yinan Wei, associate professor of chemistry at the University of Kentucky, has received an award to study membrane protein oligomerizations in bilayers. The project also integrates an outreach program for girls aged 12-18 at the Hope Hill Youth Service, introducing science and science careers.

Graham Receives $750,000 CAREER Award

Aug 17, 2017, 8:47 AM

Kenneth Graham, assistant professor of chemistry, has received a $750,000 CAREER Award from the Department of Energy. This award supports the development of individual research programs of outstanding scientists early in their careers and stimulates research programs in the disciplines supported by the DOE Office of Science.

UKAccel Program Has First Graduating Class, Demo Day

Aug 10, 2017, 1:46 PM

UKAccel, a joint program of the Von Allmen Center for Entrepreneurship and the Office of Technology Commercialization at UK, educates UK researchers on turning their intellectual property into startup companies.

New Study Discovers "Killer Peptide" That Helps Eliminate Resistant Cancer Cells

Aug 4, 2017, 10:36 AM

A new study by University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center researchers shows that when therapy-sensitive cancer cells die, they release a "killer peptide" that can eliminate therapy-resistant cells.

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