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A puffin snacks on sand lance, a small fish that researchers say plays a vital role in the food web.

New Research on an Important Little Fish

At the base of the food chain, a small fish should command greater notice, researchers say.

Direct hit. A soft x-ray (white) hits a holmium atom (green). A photo-electron zooms off the holmium atom, which releases energy (purple) that jumps to the 80-carbon fullerene cage surrounding the holmium. The cage then also loses an electron. (Courtesy of Razib Obaid)

Radiation Damage Spreads Among Close Neighbors

An experiment has given researchers insight into how radiation may damage living tissue.

Portrait of Dorit Bar-On

UConn Researcher Receives NEH Fellowship for Book on Origins of Language

UConn philosopher Dorit Bar-On recently received a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities to work on a book about the origins of language.

A logo with a close-up coronavirus microbe.

Collaboration Underway For a COVID-19 Vaccine

A UConn researcher is collaborating with colleagues in an effort to develop a COVID-19 vaccine.

Kara Heilemann

Meet undergraduate student Kara Heilemann

Kara Heilemann came to UConn interested in becoming an infectious disease physician. As a dual major in pathobiology and nutritional sciences, she was able to study pathogens and learn the connections between nutrients and disease. Her interests took her beyond the College and into the Department of Chemistry as a 2019 University Scholar researching antimicrobial […]

Valeria Sarmiento sees science as a way to help people while learning about the world. (UConn Photo/Christie Wang)

Meet the Researcher: Valeria Sarmiento ’20, Molecular & Cell Biology

Valeria Sarmiento forged her own path at UConn to unite her twin passions for science and helping others.

Gingermania! UConn Now Home to Major Collection of Ginger Relatives

Gingermania is running at wild at UConn, thanks to an enormous donation of plant species by a Smithsonian scientist.

A close-up of a vampire bat.

Important Lessons from Social, Yet Sick, Bats

The treatment of sick bats by their healthy counterparts may mirror how human beings behave under similar circumstances.

A still from the student-made documentary showing the four students posing together on top of the car they drove to Yosemite National Park.

UConn Students Use Grant to Create Documentary About Yosemite

A group of students created a documentary film about a trip to Yosemite National Park, thanks to a UConn IDEA Grant.

An illustration of a coronavirus

With the Coronavirus Outbreak, It Matters How You Get Your News

The fragmented media environment of today presents special challenges when communicating about a disease like coronavirus.