Writer

Kim Krieger

Kim Krieger has covered politics from Capitol Hill and energy commodities from the floor of the New York Mercantile Exchange. Her stories have exposed fraud in the California power markets and mathematical malfeasance in physics. And she knows what really goes on in the National Radio Quiet Zone. These days, Kim tells clear, compelling stories of the research at UConn. Her work connects Connecticut citizens and the press with the vast resources of their flagship public university. When not at UConn, she can be found kayaking among the beautiful Norwalk islands, digging in her garden, or occasionally enjoying the silence in the National Radio Quiet Zone.


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UConn Researcher Hopes to Stop COVID-19 in Its Tracks

A UConn researcher is investigating a way to stop the COVID-19 virus from spreading through the body.

3D rendered Illustration, visualisation of a anatomically correct Mitochondrion, a organelle of most eukaryotic and other cells

Researchers Explore Potential Treatment for Mitochondrial Diseases

Researchers studying severe illnesses like muscular dystrophy and Parkinson's disease are intrigued by a group of compounds that may work to protect the body's cells.

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The Reproducibility Crisis Might Be All in Your … Software

UConn researchers say that software may be partly the cause for many science experiments' inability to be repeated.

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Gestures Heard As Well As Seen

A group of UConn researchers has found that body movements can influence how our voices sound.

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Seeing is Conceiving

UConn researchers say that thinking about sensed experiences—seeing a sunset, hearing a violin, tasting a brownie— may be a little bit like experiencing it.

Abnormal Stem Cells Underlie COPD’s Persistence

COPD persists in people even after they quit smoking, and a team of researchers has learned why.

Medication in the Time of COVID-19: Listen to the Experts

A panel of UConn experts cut through misinformation and rumor about drug treatments for COVID-19.

Direct hit. A soft x-ray (white) hits a holmium atom (green). A photo-electron zooms off the holmium atom, which releases energy (purple) that jumps to the 80-carbon fullerene cage surrounding the holmium. The cage then also loses an electron. (Courtesy of Razib Obaid)

Radiation Damage Spreads Among Close Neighbors

An experiment has given researchers insight into how radiation may damage living tissue.

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Even Damaged Livers Can Handle Life-Saving Medicines

When you ingest a drug—whether over-the-counter Tylenol or medication prescribed by a doctor—your liver is your body’s first responder. And just like other first responders, sometimes the liver gets hurt.

Fluorescence images of mitotic cells with de novo centromeres from Drosophila melanogaster larval brains. The chromosomes are stained with DAPI (DNA, magenta) and CENP-C antibodies (kinetochore protein, green) and are shown within the outlines of fruit flies.

Fake Centromeres Make–and Break–a Chromosome

UConn researchers were able to make fake centromeres that fooled cells into rearranging their chromosomes.