Public research university in Lexington, Kentucky, with programs in agriculture, public health, and the sciences.
University of Kentucky researchers found essential-oil cockroach sprays killed over 96% on direct contact, but most dried residues killed under 10%. The Scientific Reports study aged residues on ceramic tile and pine wood for up to a month.
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NASA sent 12 student-built heat-shield test capsules down with a trash-filled Cygnus XL cargo ship that breaks apart on its planned reentry. The capsules eject during the breakup, so Moon and Mars materials still in development get flight data without a launch of their own.
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University of Kentucky plant pathologists report that a fungus inside a wild forest grass keeps two alkaloid intermediates as its end products. The blend likely deters insects, and the team hopes the finding can guide breeding of safer pasture grasses.
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University of Kentucky engineers ran portable genomic sequencing on wildlife samples in Utqiaġvik, Alaska, where three major North American bird flyways converge. Strains that surface there tend to reach Kentucky within months, giving the state's poultry industry an early warning.
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A University of Kentucky team compared families in post-COVID National Survey of Children's Health data and found that among families reporting similar stress, those raising an autistic child scored higher on resilience.
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Athletic departments are spinning up commercial vehicles to chase spending levels only football and men's basketball actually fund. The structure they pick decides who owns the upside.
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CEPH is weighing removal of the competency requiring students to learn how structural bias and racism undermine health. The language will not be final until 2027; self-studies are being written now.
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