One-third of hospitalized Hawai?i youth are obese
The new study focused on children, adolescents and young adults ages 5–29.
Advancing clean energy technology focus of SOEST student research
Undergraduate student Jacob Vasquez is working in a lab to improve air purification technology by analyzing the capacity for various materials to absorb gasses.
$670K boost to study proteins involved in obesity, skin cancer, tuberculosis, more
PLTs were created in nature to control biological activity and possibly to protect against the degradation of proteins within living organisms.
Hawai?i phones capture data in Tonga volcano blast
UH Mānoa monitoring systems that continuously listen for infrasound recorded the Tonga eruption on a network of smartphone sensors.
Hawai?i astronomy impacts felt from classrooms to outer Space
Doug Simons explained how Â鶹´«Ã½ is the world leader in astronomy, and UH¡¯s role in that 50-year legacy.
Never before told stories of Haleakal¨¡ available through UH-led project
The interviews are available to the public free of charge.
Dime-a-drink alcohol tax increase could cut alcohol consumption, raise $58M
The new white paper by the University of Â鶹´«Ã½ at ²Ñ¨¡²Ô´Ç²¹ finds that the state could save lives and increase tax revenue.
Reframing media coverage of pedestrian, bicycle fatalities can lead to solutions
Â鶹´«Ã½ media coverage often missed the opportunity to frame traffic fatalities involving people walking and bicycling as a public health problem that can be prevented.
UH-discovered Earth Trojan asteroid largest to date
Asteroid 2020 XL5 was spotted by the Pan-STARRS 1 telescope and is only the second-known object of its kind ever found.
How do diverse microbes co-exist with scarce resources?
Researchers found the coexistence of diverse microbes in the open ocean is made possible by staggering the timing of nutrient uptake.