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Bizarre 66 million-year-old fossil from Madagascar provides clues on early mammals UofL professor helps identify Adalatherium as part of enigmatic Southern Hemisphere mammalian group that lived at the time of dinosaurs
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Several years ago, Guillermo Rougier, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Anatomical Sciences and Neurobiology at the University of Louisville, was...
UofL receives nearly $9 million in estate gifts
LOUISVILLE, Ky.—Long-promised support for the University of Louisville has come to fruition with the recent receipt of three planned gifts totaling nearly $9 million.
The...
Decontamination program begins at UofL to alleviate mask shortage for area health care workers No-charge program allows up to 20 uses of scarce N95 respirators for health care and community organizations
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Health care workers and first responders put their own health at risk every time they come face-to-face with someone who has...
UofL breakthrough technology shows promise fighting novel coronavirus
University of Louisville researchers have developed a technology that is believed to block the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 from infecting human cells.
The technology is based...
Why working remotely is nothing like business as usual Tune in via Facebook Live for a virtual Beer with a Scientist April 22 for help in coping with virtual work life
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – During the COVID-19 crisis, many of us have found ourselves suddenly working from home. This new remote work experience – new...
Asthma hospitalizations dropped after Louisville power plants retired coal or installed better emission controls Study published in Nature Energy involving researchers at UofL shows impact of reduction of coal emission on Louisville residents’ health
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – After four Louisville coal-fired power plants either retired coal as their energy source or installed stricter emissions controls, local residents’ asthma...
3D printed swabs developed at UofL to help fill gap in COVID-19 test kits
Innovation at the University of Louisville involving multiple departments at the university has led to a promising solution for the shortage of swabs in...
Can we be friends? Bacteria causing Legionnaire’s disease is just trying to find a home in human lungs UofL researchers find mechanism used by Legionella pneumophila allows coexistence in amoeba but results in pneumonia and inflammation in humans
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Microbiologists at the University of Louisville have found that Legionella pneumophila uses a “tool” that allows it to thrive in an...
UofL researchers publish theory that specific protein from adipose tissue promotes breast cancer development Proposal describes possible mechanism for link between obesity and breast cancer
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – It is widely accepted that higher levels of body fat increase the risk of developing breast cancer, as well as other...
UofL researchers seek new drugs to fight coronavirus using computers in schools across Kentucky Drug discovery work shifts from cancer to COVID-19 using DataseamGrid
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The novel coronavirus may have K-12 students in Kentucky’s school districts learning at home, but researchers at the University of Louisville...