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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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Double strand of pearls tied in a knot over black background. Chromosomes look like long necklaces of DNA in the center of every cell in the body. Some parts of the necklace are open and loose, others are coiled tightly. New research shows that as we age, some sections of our chromosomes curl and close up, making it harder for cells to access genes critical to defense against disease. (Getty Images)

Aged DNA May Activate Genes Differently

New UConn Health/JAX GM research shows that as we age, some sections of our chromosomes curl and close up, making it harder for cells to access genes critical to defending against disease.

The Skype a Scientist program has grown in 8 months from one graduate student in one UConn lab to thousands of scientists across 12 time zones and all 50 states. (Illustration by Kailey Whitman)

Skype a Scientist

A program to engage schoolchildren in science has grown in 8 months from one graduate student in one UConn lab to thousands of scientists across 12 time zones and all 50 states.

Sockeye salmon swimming in a hatchery in Idaho. (Natalie Forbes/Getty Images)

Fishing for New Antibiotics

A UConn chemist discovers a new mode of action for antibiotics, using antibacterial peptides found in fish.

Researchers at UConn Health have just released a new version of the Virtual Cell that allows biologists without strong math or computer programming skills to more easily build models and simulate how a cell functions. (Getty Images)

Cell Modeling Tool Makes Complex Calculations User-Friendly

The Virtual Cell, or VCell as it’s known at UConn Health, is a software platform that offers the most comprehensive set of modeling and simulation capabilities for cell biology in the world.

Dr. Charan K. Singh, right, holds a 3-D printed model of arteries and a catheter while speaking with Dr. Clifford Yang at UConn Health. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

UConn Health’s New 3-D Printed Model Allows Brain Surgeons to Practice

A team of researchers at UConn Health converted MRI brain scans into something a 3-D printer could interpret, enabling them to print an inexpensive, true-to-life teaching model of the brain’s major arteries.

Page of a dictionary, with focus on the word 'atheism.' (Getty Images)

Why (We Think) Atheists are More Likely to be Serial Killers

There is a global moral prejudice against people who do not believe in a god or gods, according to a new study by UConn anthropologist Dmitris Xygalatas and colleagues.

Shrinking scandium fluoride. (Yesenia Carrero/UConn Image)

Thermal Funkiness: Explaining the Unexpected

After just one semester of college physics, undergraduate Connor Occhialini performed theoretical calculations that explain why scandium fluoride shrinks when it gets warm. His work has now been published in an elite physics journal.

Members of the Asian American Cultural Center performs at Lip Sync. (Ariel Dowski/UConn File Photo)

Don’t Trust Me? Let’s Dance

New research quantifying the effects of synchronized movement is designed to better understand how it can drive social behavior and attitudes.

The Hubble Telescope with Earth. (jamesbenet/Getty Images)

The Stars Align, and Astronomers Sharpen Hubble’s Gaze

By applying computational analysis to images from a gravitational lens, astronomers have been able to see clear pictures of the distant universe.

Woman in pink bra representing breast cancer awareness month. (Annette Bunch/Getty Images)

Genes Predict Cancer Patient’s Pain – or Lack of It

UConn researchers report genetic clues that point to those individuals likely to be most vulnerable to post-treatment pain.