Research & Discovery

SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO - SEPTEMBER 21: A damaged gas station the day after Hurricane Maria made landfall on September 21, 2017 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The majority of the island has lost power, in San Juan many are left without running water or cell phone service, and the Governor said Maria is the "most devastating storm to hit the island this century." (Photo by Alex Wroblewski/Getty Images)

UConn Survey: Local Hurricane Evacuees Need Basic Necessities

Housing issues and insufficient food are the most critical needs facing hurricane-displaced families from Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands that are now living in Connecticut, according to UConn's Charles R. Venator-Santiago.

Hurricane Irene slams the Connecticut coast. (CT DEEP)

$8 Million Grant to Increase Connecticut’s Coastal Resilience

UConn will lead development of a framework for resilience planning and preparation for Connecticut cities and towns.

Juliette Shellman, associate professor of nursing, speaks with seniors at the North End Senior Center in Hartford. (Peter Morenus/UConn File Photo)

Nursing Research Shows Teamwork Makes the Best Research

From bugs in the gut, to tissue recovery, to home visits for the elderly, here's a taste of the specialized work the School of Nursing does in uniting clinical nursing practice with lab research and teaching.

Very high magnification micrograph of B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small cell lymphoma. (Nephron/Wikimedia Commons)

PITCH Promising Project Award for Cancer Stem Cell Research

Xiuling Lu from UConn's School of Pharmacy has received a PITCH Promising Project award to continue the development of a new and potentially safer treatment for cancer.

Researchers looking into why seals don't experience damage to their lungs when they take a deep-sea dive found the answer in their blood serum. (Neil Smith Illustration, reproduced with permission from Journal of Experimental Biology doi:10.1242/jeb.178491)

Seal Serum Offers Protection from Inflammation

A new study explains why seals don't experience damage to their lungs when they take a deep-sea dive.

A koala in the DNA lab at the Australian Museum Research Institute. (Stuart Humphreys/Australian Museum Photo)

Scientists Crack Koala’s Genetic Code

UConn is part of an international team that has sequenced the first full koala genome, helping to explain how it digests toxic eucalyptus leaves and why it is susceptible to chlamydia.

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Ocean Currents, Atmospheric CO2, and Deglaciation

UConn marine scientist, David Lund, has received $379,000 from the NSF to study the role of the Atlantic Ocean circulation in storing and releasing carbon, addressing a significant knowledge gap.

Fireflies: Illuminating Research

UConn neurobiologist Andrew Moiseff is delving into the life cycle of the firefly outside of the three to six weeks when the adults light up summer evenings.

Wizdom Powell is director of the Health Disparities Institute and associate professor of psychiatry at UConn Health.

Meet the Researcher: Wizdom Powell, Health Disparities

In a recent conversation over coffee with Wizdom Powell, PhD, director of UConn’s Health Disparities Institute (HDI), two words kept popping up: commitment and passion. Powell leaves no doubt that she is both committed and passionate when it comes to her work, the communities she serves, and improving health outcomes for underrepresented populations. Powell, who […]

Human hand taking mineral water from shelf in supermarket. (Getty Images)

Misleading Marketing Fuels Bottled Water Consumption

A UConn study shows people form their ideas largely based on marketing messages that tout the health benefits of drinking bottled water over tap water.