Research & Discovery

A prototype wear sensor at the UTC Research Center in East Hartford on June 18, 2018. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

‘Smart’ Machine Components Alert Users to Damage and Wear

UConn and UTRC scientists are using advanced additive manufacturing to create novel wear sensors that can be embedded into machine parts.

Nanoparticle circulation in an extraembryonic vein (larger vessel) and artery (smaller vessel) three hours after injection. (Gif supplied by Ramon Bahal)

Targeted Gene Editing Cures Blood Disorder in Fetal Mice

The technique offers a potential new approach for early treatment of genetic disorders.

A female deer and her fawn are captured on camera by UConn researchers, part of a project to gather abundance data on the state's deer population. (Jennifer Kilburn/UConn Photo)

Camera Traps, Citizen Science, Help Track State’s Animal Populations

In order to conserve the species that are here, we have to know more about what we have. UConn researchers are collecting data on animals and birds in the state.

Yusuf Khan, associate professor of orthopedic surgery at UConn Health. (UConn Health Photo)

Combination Therapy for Improved Bone Repair

A new NIH-funded project explores combining cell-laden hydrogels and ultrasound technology to improve bone defect repairs.

A new UConn study provides proof that tiny levels of antibiotics found in the environment can result in antibiotic-resistant bacteria. (Elizabeth Caron/UConn Photo)

Leeches Help Solve Antibiotic Mystery Spanning Two Continents

A new UConn study provides proof that tiny levels of antibiotics found in the environment can result in antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

Red lake reflection, Andean Flamingos birds in the Bolivian Andes. (Photo/Getty Images)

How Virtual Worlds Can Recreate the Geographic History of Life

Although our computer simulations were not designed to predict the future, they vividly reveal the dynamic power of climate change to shape life on Earth, write a UConn professor and former student.

South America, by Guillaume de l'Isle, Paris, 1700. Engraving. (Photo by DeAgostini/Getty Images)

From Cradle to Grave: Model Identifies Factors that Shaped Evolution

The study, published today in Science, brings us closer to knowing the complex interactions between topography and climate change, and how these factors influence the evolutionary histories.

A Hamilton Nimbus automated liquid handling machine at the Biotechnology-Bioservices Center on Nov. 16, 2011. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

PITCH Promising Award to Find Inhibitors of Cancer-Causing Cell

The UConn project aims to identify selective small molecule inhibitors of an enzyme implicated in many cancers.

Abstract illustration of the human eye. (Getty Images)

Insight into Cells that Convey Data from Eye to Brain

'This knowledge could help develop more effective therapeutics to treat optic neuropathies and glaucoma,' says Ephraim Trakhtenberg of UConn Health, who led the study with The Jackson Laboratory.

A "Tan for a Cause" celebrity mixer event hosted by Jackie Warner of Bravo's "Workout" held at Sunstyle Tanning in West Hollywood, California.

Tanning Beds: A Carcinogen at the Gym

'Indoor tanning is the same class of carcinogen as tobacco, radon, and arsenic,' says UConn psychologist Sherry Pagoto.