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A patient is being slowly moved into an MRI machine.

UConn Chemists Developing Safer, All-Natural Contrast Dye for Medical Imaging

'404 Inc. plans to replace these unsafe chemicals with safe contrast agents derived from a natural resource'

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Researchers Revolutionize RNA Detection

CARRD detects RNA at room temperature, making test simple, fast, and cost-effective

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Artists of the Sky: Benton Exhibition Showcases Beauty, Scientific Importance of Clouds

Climate scientists need to predict cloud formation with near perfection because being even slightly off could mean the difference between – well, life and death

A man and a woman researching zeolite structures in a laboratory.

UConn Engineering Researchers Reducing Wave Radiation

Beyond reducing the negative impact of EM wave radiation to the human population, this research may aid the Air Force by opening up research opportunities for lightweight radar-absorbing material for aircraft and naval vessels

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Five Years Later, Are Students Bouncing Back from the Pandemic?

UConn–Education Department partnership investigates and supports K-12 student recovery

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New Interactive Map of Connecticut Nonprofits Rolled Out to Help With Decision-Making

'Nonprofits have saved the State of Connecticut billions, not millions, of dollars. They took on some of the toughest public services'

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‘Grant Trails’ Shows How Research Funding Benefits Connecticut

A heat map worth a thousand words

A tree-lined river at sunrise with mist and hills in the background.

Place Matters. History Is the Result

History and 'deep history' answer the question: Why Concord?

People standing in two small boats hold a line laden with seaweed between them.

Startup ‘SeaSol’ Seeks to Convert Seaweed into Compostable Food Packaging, Replacing Plastic

The technology not only prevents exposure to microplastics for the consumer but also creates a biodegradable package

Golden hour looking out on the UConn Forest.

UConn Researchers Work to Enhance Forest Carbon Monitoring

A new modeling effort helps to quickly and accurately estimate forest biomass