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A tree down across power lines.

Predicting Power Outages With UConn’s Diego Cerrai

From winter storms to summer hurricanes, predicting weather's effect on the power grid is an ever-evolving challenge

Biophysics Core Facility Purchases New State-of-the-Art Instrument

Through a $190,000 S10 NIH Grant, the Biophysics Core Facility purchased a microscale thermophoresis instrument that will support research on drug discovery and understanding diseases.

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Inefficient California Ports Cost Farmers Billions

New research estimates port congestion cost CA farmers $2.1 billion in lost exports

The first-place entry, by Ph.D. student Shirley Huang.

Students Sweep Tech Park’s First Annual Microscopy Art Contest

Demonstrating how science can become art

UConn School of Medicine Associate Dean of Primary Care Bruce Gould, along with School of Medicine students Harrison Dieuveuil '25 and Samhita Gurrala '25 with Corsi-Rosenthal boxes.

UConn Health Rallying Community to Stop Spread of COVID-19

DIY air purifiers can be made in 30 minutes for $60 worth of supplies

Operation Community Impact: Still Helping Connecticut Residents in Need

Since April 2020, more than 220,000 pounds of dairy products have been delivered to Connecticut families in need

UConn Ph.D. candidate Ben Ahiadu didn't own a computer until his third year of college. He's working to change that for young students in his native Ghana (Adobe Stock).

Classrooms Without Computers: UConn Grad Student Seeking to Change that in Ghana

'These kids we are talking about are in resource-limited areas. They are at a disadvantage compared to children in bigger cities and towns'

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Bacterial Battle: How Protective Cultures Can Protect Us from Food-Borne Pathogens in Cheese

This is one of the first studies helping give cheese producers more tools to keep their products safe

While dangerous as a street drug, in clinical settings MDMA has shown to be effective in treating patients with PTSD.

Latest Trials Confirm the Benefits of MDMA – the Drug in Ecstasy – for Treating PTSD

The drug needs be used along with carefully crafted psychotherapy in a safe, controlled environment

Peter Setlow portrait in front of Department of Molecular Biology and Biophysics sign

Peter Setlow, at 50 Years and Counting: ‘I Really Like Doing Research’

What started in a trailer in 1971 would turn into a prolific scientific career spanning five decades. UConn Health’s longest-serving employee reflects on the institution’s evolution over his tenure and what’s driven him to stay. And he’s not getting fitted for a gold watch anytime soon either.