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.
New research reveals key steps to fight flavored tobacco
Restrictions work best if public health experts form partnerships with tobacco retailers, run intensive media campaigns, and advocate for comprehensive bans.
$700K advances microchip technology research
Funding will be used to advance state-of-the-art detector tools for discoveries in fundamental particle and astroparticle physics.
Faint super-planet discovered by radio telescope
Observatories on Maunakea help decipher inaugural super-planet discovery spotted by radio telescope.
Hawaiian corals caught in the act of adaptation
Researchers used massive amounts of metagenomic sequencing data to understand some of the major drivers of adaptation and variation in corals.