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Utilizing a gold-based catalytic system developed in the UK CAER Biofuels and Environmental Catalysis Laboratory, researchers have discovered a method to turn lignin into valuable aromatic compounds.

In a study published in the Journal of Controlled Release, University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center researchers used nanoparticles to deliver powerful chemotherapy drugs directly to lungs affected by metastatic disease while avoiding toxicity elsewhere in the body.

Last week, more than 200 faculty, staff, and trainees from across the nation attended the Gill Heart & Vascular Institute's Cardiovascular Research Day to share the latest research on cardiovascular health.

UK researchers are getting enhanced equipment to measure stream water quality thanks to the National Science Foundation.

The Kentucky Neuroscience Clinical-Translational Research Symposium will provide basic, translational and clinical neuroscience investigators an opportunity to discuss their work, share progress and develop collaborations.

The research building — funded half from the state of Kentucky and half from university resources, including private gifts — will house multidisciplinary research teams focusing on the Commonwealth’s most dire health disparities including cancer, diabetes and obesity, cardiovascular diseases and stroke and substance abuse.

Applications are being accepted through Friday, Oct. 5, for the University of Kentucky Office of Undergraduate Research's inaugural 5-Minute Fast Track Research Competition.

A research facility expressly devoted to addressing and eradicating the state’s most significant health disparities was opened September 21st by the University of Kentucky Board of Trustees, President Eli Capilouto and many of the Commonwealth’s leading policymakers.

The Sports Medicine Research Institute has been awarded a $4 million contract to study operational preparedness of military elite.

The $243,473 grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Sciences will allow KGS staff and student employees to organize and re-label thousands of core storage boxes, resulting in a collection that meets current archival standards.