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Violation of a burn ban is a misdemeanor punishable by law. More than 40 Kentucky counties have issued burn bans this month.

A multidisciplinary UK team will provide unique graduate educational opportunities in food, energy and water systems, thanks to a new grant.

A University of Kentucky doctoral student and chemistry professor have measured environmental variables during high-altitude, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) flights for the first time, reaching a better understanding of meteorological conditions to enable the next generation of weather forecasting models.

The paper, which published this summer in Journal of Geophysical Research, was featured in Scientific American this week.

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

The water quality project was part of Shoulder to Shoulder Global, a UK Global Health Initiative that has assisted over 20,000 patients during its past 11 years of service in Ecuador.

Lisa Vaillancourt recently received a $1.25 million grant from the Plant Biotic Interactions Program, a joint venture between the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the National Science Foundation, to further examine an anthracnose mutant unable to cause stalk rot disease in corn plants.

Could unmanned aircraft systems, otherwise known as drones, revolutionize weather forecasting?

Some interesting findings by UK entomologists looking at ways people living in urban areas can help in meaningful pollinator conservation.

Improvements to UK's Research and Education Center at Princeton will result in some upcoming schedule modifications for some of the facility's labs.