Research

Six moments of a melting snowflake, captured with a lensless chip on a nanometer-scale.

Christmas in July: UConn Engineers Capture Gigapixel 3D Video of Snowflakes

Instead of treating movement over time as a limitation, the system uses those changes to show more detail than a conventional camera could, opening up new possibilities for studying cells, and (even in the summer) snowflakes

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New UConn Survey Finds 53% of Connecticut Parents Say Childcare is Too Expensive

Statewide survey conducted by UConn and the Connecticut Office of Early Childhood provides an updated benchmark for tracking childcare access and affordability

Students in the CVMDL testing ticks

I Love CT, But It’s the Season of the Ticks

Stick Season has nothing on Tick Season. UConn experts share insights about how this year is shaping up

3D illustration of a Molecule of mRNA

Sleeping Sickness Parasite Has a Newly Discovered Weak Spot

UConn researchers have found that a crucial enzyme could be the key to safer, more effective medicines

Two researchers examining a thin plastic tube in a laboratory

How Brain Chemistry Changes What We Taste

NIH R01 grant awarded to assistant professor Natale Sciolino to explore the neuroscience of taste

Smiling woman at baseball field

Collagen Peptides Support Bone Health for Female Runners

The study found that biomarkers associated with bone formation increased and inflammation decreased with collagen peptide supplements

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UConn, State Celebrate Recognition as a ‘Capital for Quantum’

Award of NSF Quantum Technologies Engine in Connecticut grant recognizes Connecticut as a force in quantum technology acceleration and competitiveness

An influencer presents a boxed product to her cell phone camera.

Marketing Professor, Colleagues Find New Way to Enhance Social Media Influencer Messaging

Influencers and followers together are more effective than influencers alone

Two researchers in lab clothes work on a project.

U.S. National Science Foundation Announces Transformational Award to Connecticut’s Quantum Tech Sector  

'NSF Engines investments in critical technologies and future industries will transform America’s innovation infrastructure for decades to come'

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‘We the People’ Holds a Mirror to the US at 250

Smith traveled around the country the last three years for his photographic essay “We the People: America in the 21st Century”