Demand for new breadfruit vodka bodes well for UH¡¯s Pacific Regional Breadfruit Initiative
The Pacific Business Center Program's Pacific Regional Breadfruit Initiative is expanding awareness of the economic and health benefits of breadfruit.
Native Hawaiian newspapers of the past reveal destruction of 1871 hurricane
Researchers Steven Businger and Thomas Shroeder partnered with Puakea Nogelmeier and his graduate students to produce the timeline.
UH Hilo team researches historic World War II battlefield
A postdoctoral researcher and a graduate student from UH Hilo embark on an expedition in early April to study a remote World War II battlefield in the Western Pacific.
Community support, risk awareness may lower hypertension rates
Research was led by Catherine Pirkle and Tetine Sentell in the Office of Public Health Studies at the Myron B. Thompson School of Social Work.
How submarine groundwater affects coral reef growth
UH ²Ñ¨¡²Ô´Ç²¹ researchers find that corals can thrive on submarine groundwater discharge impacted reefs if isolated from secondary stressors such as competition from seaweeds and sedimentation.
UH physicists help advance nuclear nonproliferation project
The first-ever detection device to remotely monitor nuclear reactors is being designed and built by universities and laboratories around the world including researchers from UH ²Ñ¨¡²Ô´Ç²¹.
New energy harvesting method is game changer for self-powered devices
UH ²Ñ¨¡²Ô´Ç²¹ engineering researchers have discovered a method to snowball any arbitrarily low level ambient energy to a useable level
Study says freshwater rinse is real laundry hero
Sangwoo Shin's research reveals that the true “hero” in the dynamic cleaning process may actually be a sudden surge of the freshwater rinse
HI-SEAS Mission VII recruiting crew
Researchers from UH ²Ñ¨¡²Ô´Ç²¹ are seeking crewmembers for a NASA-funded long-duration space exploration analog study.
Lower educational attainment and income, early trauma can increase health risks
The study by UH ²Ñ¨¡²Ô´Ç²¹'s Catherine Pirkle and Yan Yan Wu examined whether social and behavioral risk factors make certain groups more vulnerable to metabolic syndrome.