New online series explores critical issues facing Hawai?i
The Hanauma Bay Education Program seminar series is offering special programming every Thursday from 2–3 p.m. in August.
Instagrammed betel nut practices hint at relevant cessation strategies
Instagram content featured the betel nut, betel palm tree or betel pepper leaves, as well as areca nut preparation practices.
Fish diversity reduced in world’s hottest coral reef
The study examined ‘cryptobenthic’ fishes at the base of coral reef food webs in the Arabian Gulf and Sea of Oman.
UH underwater vehicle charging station wins national competition
Hālona is a mobile wave-powered autonomous underwater vehicle docking station designed to collect oceanographic data.
UH scientists to search for ancient life with Mars 2020 rover
Perseverance, the most sophisticated rover NASA has ever sent to Mars, will launch on July 30.
New funding for UH vog research to sharpen statewide forecasts
The VMAP project received three years of new funding to improve its ability to provide statewide forecasts of vog.
UH, watercress farm conduct sustainability research
The study highlights that community relationships have enhanced Sumida Farm’s ability to adapt and innovate their practices.
UH research develops promising COVID-19 vaccine in early trials
Axel Lehrer with the John A. Burns School of Medicine is working with Soligenix, Inc.
Hawai?i youth have high rates of chronic disease
More than 25 percent of hospitalized youth had at least one chronic condition such as diabetes, chronic kidney disease or high blood pressure.
Significance of gene mutations in cancers highlighted
UH Cancer Center’s Michele Carbone says establishing early detection measures for those who carry the BAP1 gene will save their lives.