Elaina Hancock


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For MolQ Day, high school students explored concepts of quantum physics with hands-on activities in the lab. In one experiment they synthesized gold nanoparticles to demonstrate aspects of quantum confinement.

MolQ Days Draw High School Students From Around CT To Learn About Quantum Chemistry

Students visited UConn Storrs for two days to explore key concepts governing the fabric of the universe

UConn Researchers Develop Pioneering Monitoring Technique to Help Build Mangrove Resilience

Mangroves are like armor to protect us from climate change, but faced with sea level rise and extreme weather, will these important habitats survive?

Hurricane damage in New York

US Flood Governance Drives Social Inequity, and Maybe the Next Housing Market Crash

Florida is likely to be the canary in the coal mine, showing a drop in coastal home values starting now

Ecology compost supply - kitchen waste recycling in backyard composter. The man throws leftover vegetables from the cutting board.

UConn and Fort Hays State University Compete in Werth Innovation for Sustainability Challenge

Both teams presented compelling projects focused on compost solutions

UConn entryway sign during the fall season

Seeding Success: Internal Funding Has Ripple Effect in Research Innovation

Internal funds help pave the way for more funding for more UConn researchers

UConn Department of Earth Sciences and Department of Marine Sciences Professor Pieter Visscher researches stromatolites, which are fossilized biofilms where Earth's earliest life forms evolved.

Microbial Slime: The Ultimate System to Understand Our Planet

'These biofilms are just remarkable. They may be the ultimate system to study to understand our planet'

Matt Guthrie and PhD student Kelcey Davis pose next to the custom-built projector stand in the newly renovated Cynthia Wyeth Peterson Planetarium

UConn’s Planetarium Dedication Honors a Physics Pioneer

The newly renovated Cynthia Wyeth Peterson Planetarium will carry on Peterson’s legacy and help educate generations to come

The Early Occupation of Sicily project team is hoping to detail the island's earliest human inhabitants and their impacts on the island ecosystem. Here they are investigating Ice Age hyena coprolites (fossilized feces). From left to right: Iris Querenet Onfroy de Breville, Peyton Carroll, Christian Tryon, and Ilaria Patania.

How Long Have Humans Called Sicily Home?

UConn researchers are collaborating to help answer this surprisingly tricky question

Pacific salmon in the water

The Bright and Dark Sides of Pacific Salmon Biotransport

'We usually study them separately in the context of transport by animals, but nutrients and contaminants go hand-in-hand'

A beautiful picture of an healty coral reef

A Peculiar Algae with Significant Potential

Weird aspects of a big, cactus-shaped algae could be useful for things like coral reef conservation and regenerative biology while teaching us about how organisms coped with past climatic changes