Research

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Better Than Penicillin

Replacing the world's wonder drug with something bacteria can't resist

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‘Love Is Not a Plan’

UConn researcher talks about the different forms that caregiving can take, the result of absent social safety nets, and how ableism permeates the culture

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UConn Humanities Panel Explores the Future of AI and Work

Experts offered their responses to the question ‘Will AI Replace Us?’

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UConn Study of Warrant Reviews Exposes Need for Reform

The study by UConn Law Professor Miguel de Figueiredo – the largest quantitative analysis of warrants to date – is the focus of a panel discussion at 5 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 19, at UConn School of Law

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Researchers Launch Initiative to Improve Power Outage Predictions and Grid Resilience

Backed by a grant from the NSF, WISER was established in 2023 to apply the research and expertise at UAlbany and UConn to solve challenges related to energy systems

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Moving Beyond Implications Conference Grows in Third Year

The 3rd annual Moving Beyond Implications: Research into Policy conference sought to foster dialogue between researchers and state policymakers

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COVID Virus Declining in Northeast Animals

A group of Connecticut researchers now better understand the current coronaviral landscape of wild and domestic animals in the northeastern United States

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Colder than Ice: Developing an Improved Quantum Degenerate Cooling Method

Simone Colombo is developing a faster method for cooling gases with a host of quantum applications

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One World, One Language? UConn Professor on Personal Quest to Reclaim Endangered Languages

Even as thousands of languages are endangered, efforts to save them are underway

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More Than Disease: Art Major with Goal of Becoming MD Humanizes Patients on Canvas

‘People make this crazy distinction between art and science, but they’re really just two sides of the same coin to me’