Research
Five UConn Student Teams Innovate Decarbonization This Summer Through Eversource-Supported Challenge
The winning team will receive additional funding to continue their work throughout the academic year
Increasing Contingency Management Incentives Will Help More Patients Recover from Addiction
JAMA Psychiatry study recommends nationwide Contingency Management care guardrails with data-driven, evidence-based reward amounts to ensure effective and better care outcomes
‘The Ability to Give and Receive Love’: Researchers Look at Effects of Acceptance, Rejection
'There’s no single experience in human life that's more important than the experience of being cared about by the people who are most important to you'
UConn Entrepreneur Aims to Revolutionize Men’s Health Care
Reza Amin’s Bastion Health creates virtual, confidential, progressive approach to medical screening to help save lives
Science in Seconds: Eating Away at Disease
UConn Health researchers are studying how phagocytes feel, taste, digest and respond to eating and clearing away debris or foreign particles inside the body
Making Electronic Devices Faster, More Powerful, and Better at Staying Cool
In a paper published as an Editor's Pick in Applied Physics Letters, College of Engineering's Georges Pavlidis outlines ways to manage heat in high-speed electronics
Nguyen’s Injectable Piezoelectric Gel Could Treat Osteoarthritis without Surgery
Backed by a $2.3M grant from the NIH and NIH/NIBIB, Thanh Nguyen will stimulate cartilage regeneration in large animal models
Eating Your Feelings? A New Study Offers Hope for Emotional Eaters
With a focus on weight gain prevention and appetite awareness, SATISFY study participants reported significantly lower emotional eating
It’s Not the Game, It’s the Group: Sports Fans Connect the Most Over Rituals
The study, by a UConn team of scientists, shows that levels of emotional connection and euphoria are on average higher during intense pre-game rituals than they are during the game itself
Why You Don’t Need Permission to Get Moving: UConn Experts Call for Sweeping Changes to Exercise Participation Guidelines
The researchers and clinicians emphasize the significant benefits of exercise for all people, including those deemed 'high risk' by current standards