Study provides insight into making a mobile app to encourage routine HIV testing
Researchers asked potential users what features they look for in apps, and what aspects of an app would make them likely to use it.
La Ni?a-like ocean cooling patterns intensify tropical cyclones
An International Pacific Research Center study by Yuqing Wang, Jiuwei Zhao and Ruifen Zhan shows a strong connection between the Global Warming Hiatus phenomenon and changes in cyclone activity over the northwest Pacific Ocean.
UH doctor working to lower Hawai?i¡¯s high rate of maternal deaths
Scott Harvey chairs the Â鶹´«Ã½ Department of Health Maternal Mortality Review Committee, which is working to reduce the number of women dying in Â鶹´«Ã½ during childbirth.
Study says low-lying islands uninhabitable by mid-century
Researchers from the International Pacific Research Center say the combination of rising sea levels and wave-driven flooding will cause tremendous damage.
UH astronomers to uncover the secrets of stars and exoplanets with NASA‘s TESS satellite
Astronomers from the Institute for Astronomy will utilize data received by NASA¡¯s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, which will survey most of the sky over the next two years.
Two new species of fungi that kill ?¨hi?a trees get Hawaiian names
The two versions of the Ceratocystis fungi believed to be the cause of Rapid ʻŌhiʻa Death have never been seen before outside Â鶹´«Ã½.
3D scanners give new insight to body shape and health
The UH Cancer Center is studying how body shape information can improve health and lengthen lives by using 3D optical scanners and advanced statistical modeling.
Bringing multiple values to the table in Hawai?i land-use decisions
UH researchers developed a collaborative approach to assessing the multiple values that different ecosystems in Â鶹´«Ã½ provide and how collaboration with stakeholders can help evaluate and compare the potential future uses of pastureland.
UH Hilo-led algae research may produce energy with negative CO2 emissions
A conceptual model of Algae with Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage system would generate electricity while sequestering carbon dioxide.
Massive underreporting of deep-sea fish catch revealed in new study
The practice of towing giant fishing nets along the seafloor has caused the extraction of 25 million tons of fish, leading to the collapse of many fish populations.