Waik¨©k¨© sea-level rise adaptation strategy earns Mayor¡¯s Choice Award
A UH Mānoa team won the Mayor¡¯s Choice Award from American Institute of Architects Honolulu on July 28 for “Beachfront Sea Level Rise Adaptation.”
‘Revolutionary’ deep-sea transition zone discovery could inform mining policy
The study challenges the long-held paradigm that biodiversity is limited by the harsher living conditions in deeper areas of the ocean.
White House selects UH ²Ñ¨¡²Ô´Ç²¹ professor for national panel on ocean policy
Kawika Winter has been appointed as a member of the Ocean Research Advisory Panel and will serve for three years.
How does our brain work? UH lab performing cutting-edge brain, behavior research
Jonas Vibell¡¯s team of approximately 10 students are currently working on several projects, including one that is investigating the effects of COVID-19 on the brain.
Neurodegenerative disease link to protein focus of $430K grant
The grant will investigate the role of selenoprotein I in neurodevelopment and neurodegenerative diseases.
Hawai?i¡¯s undersea volcano erupted 5 times in past 150 years
Kamaʻehuakanaloa (formerly Lōʻihi Seamount), a submarine volcano located about 20 miles off the south coast of Â鶹´«Ã½ Island, has erupted at least five times.
New platform helps undergraduate students connect with faculty mentors
UROP awards more than $500,000 annually to support faculty-mentored undergraduate student research and creative work projects.
‘Potentially hazardous’ asteroid identified through new algorithm
The roughly 600-foot-long asteroid, designated 2022 SF289, was discovered during a test drive of the algorithm with the ATLAS survey in Â鶹´«Ã½.
Sun ‘umbrella’ tethered to asteroid might help mitigate climate change
Engineering studies using this approach could start now to create a workable design that could mitigate climate change within decades.
Best practices, Indigenist ethics for Hawai?i-based research featured in new book
A new book looks closely at the role of colonization on the culture and values of higher education institutions.