Research & Discovery
Investigating the Inner Workings of Our Immune System
Leo Lefrançois is the Immunology Department’s new chairman at the UConn Health Center.
Evolution: A Very Complex System
The first McDonnell grant at UConn will fund research on how evolution works.
UConn Scientist Develops Sterile Variety of Invasive Plant
This breakthrough could help restore the popular shrub 'burning bush' to commercial prominence.
Improving Surgical Residents’ Communication Skills
A UConn study finds that training may improve surgical residents’ patient communication skills.
Cooling Down Global Warming
A UConn chemist has a patent for a new process to capture carbon, a hot topic in global warming.
New Book Explores Science Behind a Low Carbohydrate Diet
A UConn professor explains why low-carb living is superior to a low-fat, carbohydrate-laden diet.
Does Your Hearing Do the Job?
A UConn audiologist is looking at new ways to measure how well a worker needs to hear on the job.
The Universe in Your Skull
Pradeep Ramanathan studies how brain injuries affect memory—and how good we think our memory is.
Modeling Interactions between Climate and the Living System in West Africa
Two UConn-led studies may help shape climate prediction, food policy, and development investment.
Poised on the Bioscience Frontier
The director of the Stem Cell Institute discusses the state Bioscience initiative.