http://phys.org/ en-us Phys.org provides the latest news from University of Connecticut (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 them together, and the words, "I'll miss you." http://phys.org/news286180681.html Electronics Fri, 26 Apr 2013 08:00:03 EST news286180681 (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, although each has 13- and 17-year life cycles and each is found in eastern, middle, and western geographic regions, evolved independently and at different times from each other. http://phys.org/news282979323.html Biology Wed, 20 Mar 2013 06:40:01 EST news282979323 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 today's solar energy systems. http://phys.org/news281164493.html Nanotechnology Wed, 27 Feb 2013 05:15:03 EST news281164493 (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 energy systems. http://phys.org/news279267318.html Nanotechnology Tue, 05 Feb 2013 06:15:28 EST news279267318 (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 exploring a new frontier. http://phys.org/news275211591.html Chemistry Thu, 20 Dec 2012 07:40:10 EST news275211591 (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 rescues, to monitoring our natural habitats. http://phys.org/news268570436.html Technology Thu, 04 Oct 2012 11:54:03 EST news268570436 (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. http://phys.org/news264240231.html Biology Wed, 15 Aug 2012 09:04:56 EST news264240231 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 the naked eye rather than advanced scientific instrumentation. http://phys.org/news263100722.html Chemistry Thu, 02 Aug 2012 04:33:19 EST news263100722 (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, munching on bits of food, causing no harm or even creating benefits for their hosts. http://phys.org/news262422489.html Chemistry Wed, 25 Jul 2012 08:08:22 EST news262422489 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 consequences for entire marine food chains. http://phys.org/news262265326.html Space & Earth Mon, 23 Jul 2012 12:30:02 EST news262265326 (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 with high accuracy the presence of multiple proteins in the bloodstream indicating that a person has oral cancer. http://phys.org/news261906645.html Chemistry Thu, 19 Jul 2012 08:50:51 EST news261906645 (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 – information that may help answer fundamental questions about how the universe began. http://phys.org/news257152899.html Physics Fri, 25 May 2012 08:21:53 EST news257152899 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. http://phys.org/news253981177.html Biology Wed, 18 Apr 2012 17:00:07 EST news253981177 (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 in the next 10 years and possibly sooner. http://phys.org/news252046305.html Technology Tue, 27 Mar 2012 06:10:01 EST news252046305 The American public's growing skepticism in recent years about the existence of man-made global warming is rooted in apprehension about the troubled economy, a University of Connecticut study suggests. http://phys.org/news250855518.html Space & Earth Tue, 13 Mar 2012 11:09:47 EST news250855518