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Breaking Up is Hard to Do (for Electrons in High Temperature Superconductors)
A UConn physicist's findings about how electrons behave in copper oxide superconductors may help synthesize a better, high temperature superconductor. Potential applications include transmission lines and magnetic trains.
Common Steroid Could Soften Up Tumors for Chemo
A drug used to alleviate side effects of cancer treatment may also make the treatment more successful if given beforehand, researchers say.
Horseshoe Crabs – The Fortunate Ones?
The horseshoe crab has persisted, unchanged, for hundreds of millions of years. But now, its survival is threatened by the harvesting of its prized baby-blue blood. A team at UConn seeks to map its DNA and save it from extinction.
Study: More Pharma Money, More Gabapentin
Gabapentin manufacturers paid physicians – mostly pain doctors and general practitioners – $11.5 million between 2014 and 2016, according to UConn research.
Learning Diabetes Skills on the Inside Helps Ex-Inmates Stay Out – of Hospital
Training prisoners with diabetes how to manage their disease could prevent hospitalizations and diabetes-related medical crises after they are released, say researchers from UConn and the state Department of Corrections.
Sudden Death in Epilepsy and Breathing Troubles Linked to Bad Gene
UConn neuroscientists have found a gene mutation that causes abnormal breathing in mice with a severe form of epilepsy, mimicking the human sudden death in epilepsy syndrome.
A New Culprit for Multiple Sclerosis Relapses
A molecule that helps blood clot may also play a role in multiple sclerosis relapses, according to a new study by a team that included researchers from UConn Health
Missing Molecule Hobbles Cell Movement
A new UConn study finds that cells missing a certain protein on their surface can’t move normally, with implications for wound repair as well as the spread of cancer.
Geological Record Provides a Window to Past Flora and Fauna
A new study uses soil geochemistry to link the prevalence of grass-eating mammals in the late Miocene to climate change at that time.
Crystallizing Knowledge with a Learning Machine
UConn researchers working with Pfizer used machine learning to figure out the best way to coax a drug into solid form for the development of pharmaceuticals.