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Desalination plant. (Getty Images)

New Findings May Lead to Sea Change in Desalination Technology

University of Connecticut scientists use electrospray to produce smooth reverse osmosis membranes with tunable thickness.

A view from the survey boats, while waiting for the tide to come in and allow travel to the next location, Gulf of Mottama. (Chris Elphick/UConn Photo)

Snapshot: Chris Elphick in Myanmar

Researcher Chris Elphick shares photos from Myanmar, where he helped survey species of waterbirds, including a critically endangered sandpiper.

Hartford Public High School student Jasmine Jara presents the prosecution’s case in a mock trial at UConn School of Law. In the background, from left, are fellow students, all members of the defense team, Frances Reyes, Dalice Gonzalez, Zam Khai, and Nick Simmonds, and a member of the teaching team, Alexandria McFarlane’18 JD.

High School Students Take Mock Trial Seriously

High school students learning how the legal system functions during UConn Law's Summer Mock Trial Program put the celebrity Kanye West 'on trial' in a fictional case.

A still-life photo of a New York Times editorial on the free press on Aug. 16, 2018. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

Newspapers Nationwide Send Message: A Free Press Needs You

More than 350 newspapers today joined together to offer a unified message on the importance of a free press. Journalism professor Mike Stanton discusses the significance of this step.

A gray tree frog calling. (Kurt Schwenk/UConn Photo)

Nature and Knowledge at Our Doorstep

Students exposed to nature, some for the first time, soon become fascinated and eager to learn more.

UConn Huskies Jamelle Elliott and Rebecca Lobo play against the Tennessee Lady Vols in 1995, the year UConn won its first national championship. After a 12-year hiatus, the UConn and Tennessee women's basketball programs will resume their historic series beginning in 2019-20. (Athletic Communications Photo)

The Rivalry Returns: UConn, Tennessee to Renew Series

After a 12-year hiatus, the UConn and Tennessee women's basketball programs will resume their historic series, beginning in 2019-20.

The changes in the bus routes – the first since 2011 – are designed to be more efficient for students and decrease the number of transfers needed. (UConn Transportation Services Photo)

New Bus Routes Reflect Campus Changes, Student Needs

The changes in the routes – the first since 2011 – are designed to be more efficient for students and decrease the number of transfers needed.

If you can understand pizza and poker, you can understand Bitcoin – and David Noble believes you should. (Illustration by Andrew Colin Beck for UConn)

Bitcoin Believers

If you can understand pizza and poker, you can understand Bitcoin – and here's why you should.

Synchrony Keeps the Beat

UConn neuroscientist Ed Large built a model of the brain that can predict the future. And then he taught it to dance.

Percentages of Connecticut's land surface in 2015. (Graphic by Maxine Marcy for UConn)

Preserving Green Spaces in Connecticut’s Changing Landscape

Smart land use management is critical in order to preserve open space, says extension educator Chester Arnold. 'It isn’t something we can go back and fix later on.'