Research & Discovery

Close up of woman pushing full shopping cart in grocery store. (Dan Dalton/Getty Images)

Food Decisions Can Reduce Greenhouse Emissions, Study Says

A new UConn study finds that if Americans direct their food purchases away from meats and other animal proteins, they can help reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Eight early-career researchers in math, science, and engineering received the selective grant this spring. Top row from left, Xu Chen, Kristina Wagstrom, Michael Hren, Mohammad Khan; bottom row from left, Liang Xiao, Ali Bazzi, Kelly Lombardo, Julian Norato.

Eight UConn Faculty Win NSF CAREER Awards

Eight early-career researchers in math, science, and engineering received the selective grant this spring.

The BioSupply facility is to some researchers what the UConn Bookstore is to undergraduates. (Carson Stifel/UConn Photo)

Core Research Facility Spotlight: BioSupply

For some researchers, UConn's BioSupply facility is as critical for their scientific projects as the UConn Bookstore is to undergraduates.

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Recovering from Trauma Together

UConn Health psychologist, Carolyn Greene, has received NIH funding to study how parents and children develop and recover from PTSD.

Advertising on the subway in New York in 2016 promotes the use of HIV testing, prophylactic drugs and condoms to combat the spread of AIDS and sexually transmitted infections. (Richard B. Levine/Getty Images)

African-Americans Still Disproportionately Affected by HIV

Ten years after a call for action, HIV diagnoses continue to rise in the African-American community, according to a new study led by UConn Health's Dr. Cato Laurencin.

Moriah Jefferson '16 (CLAS) during the national semi-final game against Oregon State, April 3, 2016. (Stephen Slade '89 (SFA) for UConn)

New Grant to Evaluate Muscle Extension Exercise in ACL Rehab

Assistant professor of kinesiology, Lindsey Lepley will use a novel rodent model of ACL injury to study the effectiveness of different exercise therapies to promote muscle and knee joint health.

George Bollas, assistant professor of chemical materials and biomolecular engineering at his lab at the UConn Center for Clean Energy Engineering on July 24, 2013. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

UConn Receives National Award to Improve Precision Manufacturing

UConn is one of ten projects selected by the Clean Energy Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute (CESMII) to advance smart manufacturing technologies in the United States.  The work is spearheaded by George Bollas, assistant professor of chemical materials and biomolecular engineering.

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For Anxiety, Single Intervention Is Not Enough

'We need a different model for mental health, one that includes regular checkups,' says UConn Health psychologist Golda Ginsburg.

A Columbia class submarine. A UConn research team has developed a new 2-D, nanostructured insulator material with highly improved electrical and thermal characteristics, moving the U.S. Navy closer to a shift in how submarines are powered. (Wikipedia Photo)

UConn Researchers Advance Submarine Power

The UConn team has developed a new 2-D, nanostructured insulator material with highly improved electrical and thermal characteristics, moving the U.S. Navy closer to a shift in how submarines are powered.

Control cultures from Min Tang-Schomer's lab where neurons are grown in vitro with electrode stimulation. (Min Tang-Schomer, UConn Health)

At UConn, Great Minds Discuss Brain Research

Some of UConn’s best minds took a long, hard look at the brain at the Institute for Brain and Cognitive Studies (IBACS) Meet & Speak event on May 8 and 9.