$148K project to digitize thousands of rare, native plant specimens
The project will preserve and improve access worldwide to one of the oldest collections of Pacific plants.
Waimea Valley ‘bioblitz’ unlocks microbial, environmental understanding
A team of researchers conducted a monumental field expedition by sampling more than 3,000 microbes and microbiomes from Waimea Valley.
UH Cancer Center contributes to latest national sunscreen study
The study includes how sunscreen reduces skin cancer risk but recommends an ecological risk assessment on sunscreens.
Killer drones target fruit tree pests
The coconut rhinoceros beetle is a major invasive pest that feeds on coconut palms.
Over half of known human pathogenic diseases can be aggravated by greenhouse gas emissions
The researchers carried out a systemic search for empirical examples about the impacts of 10 climatic hazards sensitive to greenhouse gas emissions on each known human pathogenic disease.
Menthol in e-cigs could hurt lungs, UH research finds
E-cigarette use is on the rise among Â鶹´«Ã½¡¯s youth, according to a Youth Behavior Risk Survey by the UH ²Ñ¨¡²Ô´Ç²¹ College of Education.
UH dashboard provides public, officials with tap water data
The interactive dashboard allows the public to track water sample findings over time and provides visual maps and graphs used for screening analyses as well as downloadable data.
Study finds college vaccine mandates lowered COVID-19 deaths by 5%
Researchers took data from the first 13 weeks of the fall 2021 semester.
Kimchi benefits, smart honeybees, among summer undergraduate research projects
Zamani¡¯s and Caldwell¡¯s projects both received UROP project funding.
Maunakea telescopes help uncover source of puzzling gamma-ray bursts
This discovery suggests that short gamma-ray bursts may have been more common in the past than expected.