(Phys.org) —Two graduate-level researchers in the School of Engineering have grown some of the world's smallest metallic nanorods; a significant scientific breakthrough that their faculty advisor says is ...

Nanotechnology - Nanophysics

May 22, 2013 5 / 5 (3) 1 |

(Phys.org) —The young boy, Jack, shyly approaches his friend in a classroom at Whiting Lane Elementary School. This is the last time they'll see each other, and Jack has a gift for his playmate: a picture of the two of ...

Electronics - Robotics

Apr 26, 2013 2.3 / 5 (3) 0

(Phys.org) —A paper co-authored by ecology and evolutionary biology professor Chris Simon, two UConn research associates, and other colleagues, offers genetic proof that three common species of cicada, ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Mar 20, 2013 not rated yet 0 |

A novel fabrication technique developed by a University of Connecticut engineering professor could provide the breakthrough technology scientists have been looking for to vastly improve the efficiency of ...

Nanotechnology - Nanophysics

Feb 27, 2013 4.1 / 5 (9) 3 |

(Phys.org)—A novel fabrication technique developed by UConn engineering professor Brian Willis could provide the breakthrough technology scientists have been looking for to vastly improve today's solar ...

Nanotechnology - Nanophysics

Feb 05, 2013 4.6 / 5 (40) 18 |

(Phys.org)—Human beings have been using wild plants to cure their ills for thousands of years. While much of the focus has been on the medicinal properties of terrestrial plants, one UConn researcher is ...

Chemistry - Biochemistry

Dec 20, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

(Phys.org)—Chengyu Cao sees a day in the not-so-distant future when intelligent robots will be working alongside humans on a wide range of important tasks from advancing science, to performing deep sea ...

Technology - Engineering

Oct 04, 2012 5 / 5 (2) 1 |

(Phys.org) -- When tiny aquatic organisms reproduce in large amounts, algal blooms occur that take over portions of open water up to hundreds of miles in area.

Biology - Ecology

Aug 15, 2012 4.5 / 5 (2) 0

A chemical sensing system developed by engineers at the University of Connecticut is believed to be the first of its kind capable of detecting vapors from buried landmines and other explosive devices with ...

Chemistry - Analytical Chemistry

Aug 02, 2012 5 / 5 (3) 0 |

(Phys.org) -- The bacterium Escherichia coli, commonly known as E. coli, has a duplicitous reputation. Scientists tell us that most strains of the microbe live peacefully in our guts or the guts of other mammals, ...

Chemistry - Biochemistry

Jul 25, 2012 4.5 / 5 (2) 0 |

A University of Connecticut researcher and his team have discovered that a species of tiny aquatic organism prominent in harmful algal blooms sometimes called "red tide" is even deadlier than first thought, with potential ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Jul 23, 2012 5 / 5 (3) 0 |

(Phys.org) -- One of the hallmarks of cancer is that it often doesn’t show itself until it’s too late. But now Professor James Rusling of the chemistry department has developed a method that detects ...

Chemistry - Analytical Chemistry

Jul 19, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

(Phys.org) -- An international collaboration of scientists, including Thomas Blum, associate professor of physics, is reporting in landmark detail the decay process of a subatomic particle called a kaon – ...

Physics - General Physics

May 25, 2012 4.2 / 5 (34) 62 |

The enigmatic Tasmanian tiger, known also as the thylacine, was hunted to extinction in the wild at the turn of the 20th century, and the last one died in a Tasmanian zoo in 1936.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Apr 18, 2012 5 / 5 (6) 5 |

(PhysOrg.com) -- UConn’s Center for Clean Energy Engineering has developed a new manufacturing process for fuel cells that could make highly efficient, fuel cell-powered vehicles a viable commercial option ...

Technology - Energy & Green Tech

Mar 27, 2012 4.8 / 5 (8) 1 |