Pollutants
  • Article
  • Dec 6 2022

PFAS, known as “forever chemicals,” are the focus of a targeted investigation by UK Superfund Research Center scientists who are working collaboratively with community partners to protect Kentuckians.

  • Article
  • May 21 2020

Mark Crocker and CAER research scientist Yaying Ji have developed and patented a novel technology that addresses the problem of removing nitrogen oxides (NOx) from exhaust gas when a vehicle is first started and the gas is still cold.

  • Video
  • Jan 30 2020

UK research shows a high-fiber diet may reverse the adverse effects environmental toxins have on cardiovascular health.

  • Article
  • Nov 15 2019

Next week, the University of Kentucky Appalachian Center will host UK's annual Water Week, a student-led series of events designed to bring awareness to water-related issues in Eastern Kentucky and beyond.

  • Article
  • Aug 13 2019

Marcelo Guzman's NSF-funded project will focus on how gases, such as ozone, react with pollutants in the atmosphere. The research may help reduce air pollution levels and consequently, human cardiovascular diseases.

  • Article
  • Jan 4 2019

Xiaobo “Max” Dong, a doctoral student in the Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering at UK, has been awarded the American Membrane Technology Association Ian C. Watson Fellowship for Membrane Advancement.

  • Article
  • Jun 22 2018

As the UK Superfund Research Center continues its important work in helping to mitigate the environmental impacts on people resulting from hazardous waste sites, it is doing so on an international, as well as a national basis.

  • Podcast
  • Jan 22 2018

"UK at the Half" airs during halftime of each UK football and basketball game broadcast and features the people, programs, research, health care and service that combine to make UK the university for Kentucky.

  • Video
  • Oct 6 2016

Bhandari and Gutierrez are creating nanoparticles to remove PCBs.

  • Video
  • Oct 6 2016

Mike Petriello is studying the effect of nutrition on reducing the effect of toxic exposures.