Elaina Hancock
Author Archive
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
Seaweed: The Superfood Frontier – Weighing the Many Benefits and Potential Risks
This overlooked food source has many benefits that can be fully realized with the help of safety regulations to reduce potential hazards
July 10, 2024 | Elaina Hancock
City Fern, Country Fern: Citizen Science is Helping to Study Why Some Plants Love the City Life
If you want to create a diverse urban ecosystem, you want to include a diverse array of species because an ecosystem builds from the ground up
July 8, 2024 | Elaina Hancock
Seeking Higher Critical Temperatures for Superconductors
A paper recently published in Physical Review Letters details a mechanism that may help scientists develop superconductors that can perform at higher temperatures.
June 24, 2024 | Elaina Hancock