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CAER Project Seeks to Capture Carbon Directly From the Atmosphere

Oct 19, 2021, 7:35 AM

The Center for Applied Energy Research (CAER) received $1.3 million from the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory for development of new carbon capturing technology.

UK's Messer Studying Low-cost Water Treatment Options With NSF Award

Aug 5, 2021, 8:15 AM

A five-year project improving cost-effective wetland treatment systems for rural communities and low-income areas is the subject of a prestigious National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development award for Tiffany Messer.

Beverly May Receives 2021 UK-CARES Community Engagement Award

Jul 12, 2021, 7:48 AM

Beverly May, Dr.P.H., won this year’s UK-CARES award for her contributions to health care as a family nurse practitioner in Appalachian Kentucky.

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‘Great Teacher’ Wayne Sanderson Shares His Gift

Jul 6, 2021, 6:14 AM

Wayne Sanderson is one of this year’s Great Teacher Award recipients. Sanderson knew at a young age that he had a gift and that he wanted to be a mentor for the next generation.

Nina McCoy, left, and Ricki Draper, process water samples at the Martin County Extension office

UK research seeks to understand and reduce environmental exposures in Eastern Kentucky

Feb 3, 2021, 6:30 AM

UK researchers expect this study to give them new knowledge about DBP formation and exposure pathways while building local partnerships and capacity to reduce exposures at a local level.

CAER Program to Create High-performance Concrete for U.S. Military

Jan 22, 2021, 8:54 AM

The CAER project seeks to solve both of those issues through the development of new high-strength, high-bond cements and concretes that are simple to deploy and use. These products will require little or no surface preparation and eliminate the heavy precast reinforcement-laden structural elements that bog down repair and construction projects.

Researchers Ask Public for Help Finding Lingering Ash Trees

Dec 2, 2020, 8:38 AM

Crocker, Buland and representatives from the Kentucky Division of Forestry and the Office of Kentucky Nature Preserves toured the Tom Dorman State Nature Preserve in Garrard and Jessamine counties, where there is potential for lingering ash.

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UK Professor Leads Major Study on Climate Impact in East Africa

Oct 12, 2020, 8:33 AM

"Lake Tanganyika’s fish are a critically important resource for impoverished people from four nations (Tanzania, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi and Zambia) and resilience to environmental change in that region is quite low,” McGlue said.

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Wilmhoff, Perry Central High School Students Receive 2020 UK-CARES Community Engagement Award

Jun 2, 2020, 8:10 AM

The University of Kentucky Center for Appalachian Research in Environmental Sciences (UK-CARES), in partnership with the Center of Excellence in Rural Health (CERH), proudly announces the nominees and the winner of the 2020 Community Engagement Award i

UK Research Leads to Patent Designed to Reduce Vehicle Emissions

May 21, 2020, 8:45 AM

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.

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