Elaina Hancock
Author Archive
How Long Have Humans Called Sicily Home?
UConn researchers are collaborating to help answer this surprisingly tricky question
October 17, 2024 | Elaina Hancock
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'
October 9, 2024 | Elaina Hancock
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
October 9, 2024 | Elaina Hancock
A Second Year of Messing About in Boats at Avery Point
'There is nothing – absolutely nothing – half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats'
September 20, 2024 | Elaina Hancock
Moving As One: Discovering How Synchronous Movements Strengthen Social Bonds
'Synchrony is all around us, subtly shaping our connections and experiences'
September 18, 2024 | Elaina Hancock
Arctic Capillaries: An Eye-Opening Symptom in a Swiftly Changing Landscape
'We identified more than 1 billion individualized ice wedge polygons, and there are billions left to be mapped, but this is the first effort'
September 11, 2024 | Elaina Hancock
Fast-growing and Versatile: UConn Researcher is Working to Plant More Willows
Multifaceted species appears everywhere from CT to the Arctic, and has a wide variety of uses, from erosion control to pollination
September 5, 2024 | Elaina Hancock
UConn Storrs Will Soon Welcome a New Home-grown, and Home-built, Classroom with an Iconic View
Built by UConn faculty, students, and staff from UConn Forest wood, this classroom showcases the many benefits of its surroundings
August 27, 2024 | Elaina Hancock
Snapshot: A Voyage to the Only Marine National Monument in the U.S. Atlantic
'This begins the real focus on how communities of marine wildlife operate in the absence of significant direct human impacts'
August 15, 2024 | Elaina Hancock
UConn Researcher Confronts a Neglected Disease
'We are creating all the perfect conditions for the number of cases to grow'
July 16, 2024 | Elaina Hancock