Research & Discovery

The Atlantic Silverside, Menidia menidia. (Photo courtesy of: Chris Pickerell, Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County, Seagrassli.org)

Evolving to Cope with Climate Change

A UConn marine sciences professor is measuring the potential of an important fish species to adapt to an increasingly acidic ocean.

Students Throw Away Less Food With New Healthier School Lunches

A UConn study shows that USDA's revised school meal standards helped students eat healthier and waste less.

Engineers took the ordinary QR code and transformed it into a high-end cybersecurity application that can protect the integrity of computer microchips.

QR Codes Engineered into Cybersecurity Protection

Engineers took the ordinary QR code and transformed it into a high-end cybersecurity application that can protect the integrity of computer microchips.

Raising Awareness About Cybersecurity

Given the fact that the most common passwords for computer users are not secure at all – “password” and “12345” – cybersecurity is an issue that should be a concern to even the personal user. That was the message recently conveyed by a panel of cybersecurity experts hosted by the Center of Excellence for Security […]

Lylah Deady holds a vial of fruit flies and pupae on Feb. 20, 2015. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

Abuzz Over Ovulation Similarities Between Two Very Different Species

UConn researchers say that during ovulation the same gene may govern both humans and flies, a finding that could lead to advances in treating human infertility, cancer metastasis and ovarian disease.

"Stroboscopic-Imaging-Jetting-Behavior" (Yang Guo, Ma Lab, IMS, 2014

Beauty in the Small and Unintended

Microscopic images reveal a tiny world filled with intense colors and unusual designs.

The Puzzle of Extreme Rituals

UConn anthropologist Dimitrios Xygalatas is exploring why people engage in highly painful, even dangerous, ritual behaviors.

For every drug that scientists develop against bacteria (a "move"), bacteria respond with mutations that confer resistance to the drug. In this paper, we show that these "moves" by bacteria can be predicted in silico ahead of time by the Osprey protein design algorithm. We used Osprey to prospectively predict in silico mutations in Staphylococcus aureus against a novel preclinical antibiotic, and validated their predictions in vitro and in resistance selection experiments. Image created for this paper by Lei Chen and Yan Liang. (Courtesy of Duke University).

Getting Ahead of Antibiotic-resistant Bacteria

A UConn medicinal chemist has developed software with a colleague at Duke that could help make more resilient antibiotics.

Arash Zaghi, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering, demonstrates a creativity experiment with several students at his office. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

Engineering Education Study Looks to Tap Strengths of ADHD Students

UConn researchers are seeking to keep potential pioneers in the field of engineering.

Dorit Bar-On, outside Manchester Hall on Oct. 29, 2014. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

Philosopher Focuses on Questions of Self-Knowledge, Truth

Dorit Bar-On is developing a 'humanities version' of a scientific lab, with collaborative research among a variety of scholars in the field of communication.