Research & Discovery

Skeleton of Harry Eastlack (1933-1973), who had a rare disorder called fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva caused by a genetic mutation that transforms connective tissue, such as muscle, ligaments, and tendons, into bone, resulting in progressive fusion of all the joints in the skeletal system. (Memento Mütter Museum, under a Creative Commons License)

Bones in All the Wrong Places

UConn researchers have shown how a mutation causes certain cells in muscle tissue to develop into cartilage and bone at injury sites.

Carson Stifel '21 (SFA)/UConn Photo

Meet the Researcher: Bahram Javidi, UConn School of Engineering

Learn more about this innovator and find out about some of the research projects underway in his Multidimensional Optical Sensing & Imaging Systems Lab (MOSIS).

Bahram Javidi, Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor.

Meet the Researcher: Bahram Javidi, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Matchbox cars, fish tanks, mini soccer balls — looking around the Multidimensional Optical Sensing & Imaging Systems lab (MOSIS) in UConn’s School of Engineering, you might think you’re in a toy store. But the cutting-edge research conducted by Bahram Javidi, and his crew of student researchers is anything but child’s play. With these everyday items as […]

A family purchases produce from a farmers market vendor. (SNAP-Ed Photo Gallery, USDA)

SNAP Decisions: UConn Study Counters Food Stamp Misconceptions

A study by UConn Zwick Center researcher Shaheer Burney finds that, contrary to widespread beliefs, the SNAP program does not encourage poor eating habits.

Cadenza’s cell design combines the best properties from wound jelly rolls and large prismatic cells and allows for game-changing high energy density at low cost for EV, PHEV and grid markets. (Cadenza Innovations)

UConn, Cadenza launch battery-tech research partnership

A Wilton-based battery technology designer, Cadenza Innovation, has inked a $700,000 three-year partnership with UConn energy researchers.

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in the New York financial district on Wall Street. (Jeff Hutchens/Edit by Getty Images)

Disclosing Too Much Info Can Harm Company’s Competitive Edge, Study Says

'The results lend support to corporate concerns about competitive harm caused by extensive disclosure,' says Ying Zhou at UConn.

Asthma inhaler and a pressurised gas cannister refill. (Getty Image)

New Study Identifies Effective Treatments for Persistent Asthma

UConn-led study in the Journal of the American Medical Association finds using a single steroid-bronchodilator treatment for both persistent asthma control and rescue relief resulted in fewer asthma attacks.

Cover image for UConn Health Journal, The Brain Issue. (Getty Images)

The Most Complicated Object in the Universe

UConn Health Journal: UConn Health pioneers explore new frontiers to better understand one of humankind’s perpetual mysteries.

In this Olorgesailie Basin excavation site, red ocher pigments were found with Middle Stone Age artifacts. The light brown and gray layers provide evidence of ancient soils and of landscapes affected by earthquakes and other seismic activity, factors that rapidly altered the environment and resources on which human ancestors depended for survival. (Human Origins Program, Smithsonian)

Scientists Discover Evidence of Early Human Innovation, Pushing Back Evolutionary Timeline

A UConn anthropologist was part of a team that discovered evidence of relatively sophisticated human activities dated tens of thousands of years earlier than previous evidence in eastern Africa.

A brain-shaped printed circuit board. (Alfred Pasieka,/Science Photo Library via Getty Images)

Brain Awareness: Toward Growing an Artificial Mind

UConn Health/JAX researcher Min Tang-Schomer is experimenting with nerve cells and electrical signals in a dish to recreate the way neurons 'talk' to each other in the brain.