Predicting cloud cover focus of winning innovation project
Team Nimbus AI took first place and a $5,000 prize.
Bacteria direct Hawaiian squid to create more inviting home
Researchers found bacteria living symbiotically within the Hawaiian bobtail squid can direct the host squid to change its normal gene-expression program.
Polar climate affects tropical trade wind strength
The authors demonstrate the physical pathways via which polar climate variations can affect the trade winds in the tropics.
Researchers seek participants for COVID-19 community risk survey
The survey is conducted by UH 惭ā苍辞补’s Pacific Urban Resilience Lab and the National Disaster Preparedness Training Center.
UH collaboration preps students for engineering careers
The partnership has resulted in two industry-integrated courses and use of a metal 3D printer.
Nearly $1M to boost COVID-19 testing for Pacific Islander communities
The National Institutes of Health funding will help develop culturally resonant strategies to promote testing in Hawai?i and in Guam.
$5M award aids search for a ‘recipe’ for habitable worlds
Researchers will trace the volatile elements that form the atmospheres of planets, establishing a scientific foundation for detecting the signatures of life on other worlds.
Fish carcasses deliver toxic pollution to deepest ocean trenches
Researchers found sinking carcasses of fish from near-surface waters deliver toxic mercury pollution to the most remote and inaccessible parts of the world’s oceans.
New advanced care planning program for vulnerable Native Hawaiian kūpuna
“I kua naʻu, Let Me Carry Out Your Last Wishes” is aimed to enhance care through the use of video technology.
UH researcher solves mystery of glacial floods
Mystery floods that emerge suddenly from glaciers or ice caps were serendipitously solved by a team led by a UH Mānoa researcher.