University of Kentucky plant pathologists report that a fungus inside a wild forest grass keeps two alkaloid intermediates as its end products. The blend likely deters insects, and the team hopes the finding can guide breeding of safer pasture grasses.
Reality
- Evidence55
- Adoption
- Insufficient
- Hype gap+20
- Incentives
- Insufficient
- Confidence60
University of Kentucky engineers ran portable genomic sequencing on wildlife samples in Utqiaġvik, Alaska, where three major North American bird flyways converge. Strains that surface there tend to reach Kentucky within months, giving the state's poultry industry an early warning.
Reality
- Evidence35
- Adoption10
- Hype gap+30
- Incentives
- Insufficient
- Confidence40
A University of Kentucky team compared families in post-COVID National Survey of Children's Health data and found that among families reporting similar stress, those raising an autistic child scored higher on resilience.
Reality
- Evidence48
- Adoption
- Insufficient
- Hype gap+20
- Incentives62
- Confidence45
Athletic departments are spinning up commercial vehicles to chase spending levels only football and men's basketball actually fund. The structure they pick decides who owns the upside.
Reality
- Evidence44
- Adoption58
- Hype gap+26
- Incentives71
- Confidence45
CEPH is weighing removal of the competency requiring students to learn how structural bias and racism undermine health. The language will not be final until 2027; self-studies are being written now.
Reality
- Evidence58
- Adoption20
- Hype gap+18
- Incentives66
- Confidence55