All University of Kansas articles
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NewsTrailblazing Young Scientists honored with $250,000 prizes at Blavatnik National Awards Gala
Three of America’s most promising young scientists were awarded top honors at the 2025 Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists, one of the country’s most significant prizes for early-career researchers. The Life Sciences Laureate was Philip J. Kranzusch, Harvard Medical School (Microbiology).
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NewsResearch suppresses coronavirus by targeting Mac1
A new study details the vulnerability of coronaviruses to inhibitors of a small protein domain called Mac1, or the “macrodomain,” found in all coronaviruses such as SARS-CoV-2 and MERS-CoV.
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NewsResearch points the way to lifesaving antiparasitic drugs while unlocking a scientific mystery
A breakthrough in understanding how a single-cell parasite makes ergosterol (its version of cholesterol) could lead to more effective drugs for human leishmaniasis, a parasitic disease that kills about 30,000 people around the world every year.
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NewsResearch shows feasting fungi could revolutionize carbon-fiber recycling
Researchers have developed a chemical procedure for breaking down and removing the matrix from carbon fiber reinforced polymers such that recovered carbon fiber plies exhibit mechanical properties comparable to those of virgin manufacturing substrates.
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NewsStudy of mosquito spit could lead to therapies for viruses like West Nile and yellow fever
Researchers are analyzing samples of noninfectious mosquito saliva in the fight against arboviruses — viruses spread by arthropods like mosquitoes.
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NewsWorld’s chocolate supply threatened by devastating virus
A rapidly spreading virus threatens the health of the cacao tree and the dried seeds from which chocolate is made, jeopardizing the global supply of the world’s most popular treat.
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NewsResearch addresses mystery of why diversity in plant species causes higher farming yield
A new study shows how a boost in agricultural yield comes from planting diverse crops rather than just one plant species - soil pathogens harmful to plants have a harder time thriving.
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NewsResearchers shed light on how one deadly pathogen makes its chemicals
Scientists have deciphered a previously unidentified cluster of genes responsible for producing sartorypyrones, a chemical made by the fungal pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus, whose family causes Aspergillosis in humans.
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NewsClimate change is increasing risk of high toxin concentrations in Northern US lakes
As climate change warms the Earth, higher-latitude regions will be at greater risk for toxins produced by algal blooms, with water temperatures of 20 to 25 degrees Celsius at greatest risk for developing dangerous levels of a common algae-produced toxin.
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NewsAttack on Mac1 Covid protein may lead to longer lasting live-attenuated vaccine
Research could hasten development of a new class of vaccines aimed at SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
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NewsFungi convert ocean plastic into ingredients for drug industry
Research on fungi underway at the University of Kansas has helped transform tough-to-recycle plastic waste from the Pacific Ocean into key components for making pharmaceuticals.