Research & Discovery

Hydrogen fuel cell, close up.

Collaboration to Commercialize Hydrogen Fuel Cells and Electrolyzers

Hydrogen fuel cells and electrolyzers could be the key to creating sustainable energy in the future, but there are still challenges to utilizing the technology. Researchers from UConn and the Colorado School of Mines are teaming up to accelerate the development of sustainable and zero-emission energy generation using these technologies.

Ph.D. candidate Ãnand Gupta wins 2019 IPEC Americas Foundation Award

Ãnand Gupta, a Ph.D. candidate in Dr. Diane Burgess’ laboratory, was recently awarded a 2019 International Pharmaceutical Excipients Council of the Americas Foundation (IPEC) award for graduate students. He was one of five Ph.D candidates nationally to receive the award. The award was presented during the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists conference in San Antonio on […]

A forest in Claifornia charred by wildfire, the risk of which increases with climate change

Nearly 40% of Plant Species are Very Rare and Vulnerable to Climate Change

Nearly 40 percent of all plant species on land are at risk for extinction because of climate change, according to a new report.

Radenka Maric, vice president for research, studies membrane samples with two grad students in white lab coats.

UConn Researcher Radenka Maric Named AAAS Fellow

Vice President for Research, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Radenka Maric has been named a 2019 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Woman making a flaky pastry dough to illustrate the story's metaphor about DNA being like a cookbook

Splicing factor to blame in triple negative breast cancer

Splicing factors, comparable to gene editors in our DNA, could hold the key to treating the worst type of breast cancer.

Dr. Riqiang Yan speaks with a student in front of a computer model of a human brain about his work researching Alzheimer's disease.

Meet the Researcher: Riqiang Yan, Neuroscience

Riqiang Yan initially started out researching in a different medical specialty altogether, but after turning his attention to Alzheimer's disease has become one of the world's preeminent experts on the illness.

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UConn Puts Seven On List Of World’s Most Highly-Cited Researchers

Six UConn faculty members were named to a list of researchers with significant influence in their fields.

Dr. Ketan Bulsara in hallway

Nature Features Brain Cancer Research From UConn Health, JAX

Two UConn medical students join UConn Health’s neurosurgery chief among a worldwide research collaborative reporting progress toward a better understanding of the behavior of certain brain tumor cells, and ultimately, better treatments and prognoses.

Mother and baby sheep in a field

Maternal Nutrition Across Generations of Livestock

UConn researchers will try to identify mechanisms that alter growth and efficiency across multiple generations of livestock, thanks to a new grant from the USDA.

Turning on Silenced Genes in Prader-Willi Research

A UConn Health research team has received nearly $3 million from the NIH to investigate the molecular underpinnings of Prader-Willi syndrome, a rare neurogenetic disorder.