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Mice with Frequent Flyer Miles Advance the Alzheimer's Cause

Jan 4, 2018, 8:27 AM

Scientists from four different institutions are working together to identify a biomarker for Alzheimer's Disease using mice that travel an 850-mile circuit to test the efficacy of special technology called Quest MRI.

UK CAER, Hazard Partnership Seeks to Improve Rural Power Generation

Jan 2, 2018, 8:50 AM

The UK Center for Applied Energy Research (CAER) has received a $1.6 million U.S. Department of Energy grant to develop an innovative partnership in Hazard, Kentucky, that could serve as a model for future energy projects in rural Eastern Kentucky communities.

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Clinical Trial for Stroke Innovates Patient Care and Research at UK

Dec 21, 2017, 8:10 AM

Led by a multidisciplinary team of clinicians and scientists, the studies aim to develop new treatments using existing therapies that protect brain tissue after a stroke, and to learn more about the physiology of the event.

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How is UK Moving Up Nationally in Research?

Dec 20, 2017, 8:57 AM

Federal research funding has been flat nationally, but you wouldn't know it by UK's funding numbers, which show three consecutive years of growth.

Combining Passions for Science and Policy

Dec 20, 2017, 8:50 AM

Science and policy may seem like two unrelated fields, but for Alex Helman, a doctoral candidate in the UK College of Medicine, the two are linked.

UK Researchers, Clinicians Tackling Drug Addiction Make Their Case to Federal Leaders

Dec 19, 2017, 8:40 AM

With UK researchers on the forefront of fighting the opioid crisis, their message to members of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate emphasized the need for continued federal funding of research addressing drug addiction and abuse.

UK Researchers Investigating How Public Libraries' Storytimes Support School Readiness

Dec 19, 2017, 8:27 AM

Maria Cahill, associate professor in the UK School of Information Science, has been awarded nearly $400,000 by the Institute of Museum and Library Services to investigate how public library storytime programs support school readiness of young children.

UK Professor Named a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors

Dec 19, 2017, 8:24 AM

Y.T. Cheng, a professor in the UK College of Engineering and College of Arts and Sciences, has received the highest professional accolade bestowed solely to academic inventors.

UK Neurosurgery Group Performs Chinese Hospital's First Deep Brain Stimulation Surgery

Dec 18, 2017, 8:36 AM

Last summer, a group from the UK Brain Restoration center, led by Dr. Craig van Horne, capped off a series of conferences held at a number of renowned Chinese university hospitals by performing the first-ever deep brain stimulation surgery for a Parkinson’s disease patient at The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University in Henan, China.

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Gutierrez Wins UK's Third Wetterhahn Memorial Award From Superfund Research Program

Dec 15, 2017, 8:48 AM

Angela Gutierrez is the third UK student to receive the Karen Wetterhahn Memorial Award. Bradley Newsome won in 2014 and Nicki Baker in 2012.

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