Helping Waim¨¡nalo families use aquaponics, improve health
Three researchers have won a national fellowship and will receive $350,000 funding over three years.
Scientists present new clues to cut through the mystery of Titan’s atmospheric haze
A team co-led by a UH researcher Ralf Kaiser homes in on a “missing link’ in Titan¡¯s one-of-a-kind chemistry.
UH Hilo to research high rate of HIV/AIDS in Native Hawaiians, Pacific Islanders
Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders are in the top three ethnicities with the highest rates of HIV diagnoses in the country.
Secondary forest research has big conservation policy implications
UH ²Ñ¨¡²Ô´Ç²¹ Lyon Arboretum Director Rakan Zahawi co-authored a study that shows secondary forests do not last long.
While seeking Planet X, astronomers find a distant solar system object
The new extremely distant object far beyond Pluto has an orbit that supports the presence of a larger unknown planet or “Planet X.”
Hybrid forest restoration benefits communities and increases resilience
UH ²Ñ¨¡²Ô´Ç²¹ researchers quantify social, ecological, and economic costs and benefits of alternative forest restoration strategies.
UHERO forecast: After pullback, construction prospects firm
Following two years of decline, the pace of building in Â鶹´«Ã½ has stabilized.
UH project designed to foster research collaboration across disciplines
The UH Manoa Biocultural Initiative of the Pacific is part of a $500,000 multi-university project that will explore how to make interdisciplinary research more effective and impactful.
New concept to cool boiling surface may prevent nuclear power plant accidents
The UH study found that boiling heat transfer was much more favorable with a new concept that involves coating the hot surface using nanoscale bimorphs.
Hawai?i land impacted by sea level rise may be double previous estimates
UH researchers Tiffany Anderson and Chip Fletcher say including the effects of waves and erosion expands vulnerable areas.