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The closest star to Earth, Proxima Centauri, is a little over four light years away. That’s the same distance as circling the Earth over 963 million times.

Visit Western Kentucky University’s Agriculture Research & Education Center (more commonly referred to as the WKU farm) and you’re likely to see a variety of work happening.

What do hypertension, invasive plant species and elephants have in common?

When severe or “interesting” weather rolls into Bowling Green, you’ll likely find a group of students huddled in the College Heights Atmospheric Observatory for Students (CHAOS) lab. It’s a [...]

This is the Green River Preserve, which is owned and managed by Western Kentucky University. The land is undoubtedly beautiful, but its significance extends far beyond aesthetics.

Deep in the ground beneath south central Kentucky awaits one of nature’s marvels: the Mammoth Cave system, which, at more than 400 miles, is the world’s longest known cave system.

Examining public health concepts and their larger societal conventions, including aging, disease and genetics.

When Amy Brausch, Ph.D., tells people she researches suicide prevention in adolescents and college students, she’s often met with the same reaction. “I usually hear, ‘Isn’t that depressing?’” [...]

Led by Martha Bickford, Ph.D., professor, University of Louisville, and associate program director, Kentucky Biomedical Research Infrastructure Network (KBRIN), the electron microscopy core is [...]

From metabolism and biomechanics to immune function and the benefits of exercise on different populations, there’s an incredible variety of research happening at any given time in Western [...]