Research & Discovery

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Choose Your Own Adventure: The Tagging of the Horseshoe Crab

Getting muddy to discover more about a species older than dinosaurs

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How School Leaders Learn

A new report sheds light on an understudied aspect of public school success

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The Story of the Study of Post-exercise Hypotension

Exercise's affect on blood pressure hasn't always been well understood, but one UConn researcher and her collaborators are continuing to shed light on this important topic

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New Materials: New Possibilities

From smartphones and computers to medical devices and clean energy technologies, the future depends on materials that are faster, smarter, and more efficient

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What’s in Your Soil? UConn Lab Has Answers

Processing over 14,000 samples a year, UConn's Soil Nutrient Analysis Lab helps residents and businesses learn about their soil with comprehensive, low-cost testing

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New Global Early Warning System Forecasts Biodiversity Exposure to Extreme Heat

'With El Niño expected to occur this summer, we expect another year of extreme threats to biodiversity'

Maternal-fetal medicine expert Dr. Andrea Shields is principal investigator for a clinical trial at UConn School of Medicine.

UConn Predicting Risk of Gestational Diabetes Early, Before it Strikes

Ten percent of pregnant women develop gestational diabetes by the third trimester.

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There May Be Three Times as Many Insect Species as Previously Thought

A new estimate of insect species globally finds that there may be 8 to 14 million more species than people thought

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From Detection to Measurement: NIH Funds UConn Research to Expand CRISPR’s Diagnostic Potential

Liu has received a prestigious grant to develop a next-generation diagnostic platform capable of accurately measuring cancer-related biomarkers in blood samples

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Tanning Bed Use is Down, But Gen Z Still Wants to Be Tan, So They’re Going Outside

Sherry Pagoto, a professor in the Department of Allied Health Sciences and Director of the UConn Center for mHealth and Social Media, is using a different approach to curb tanning among Gen Z