UH Hilo space robotics team heading to NASA robotics competition at Kennedy Space Center
UH Hilo students will be designing and building a mining robot that can traverse the Martian terrain.
Researching island lava as an analog for the Red Planet
UH Hilo student Nicolette Thomas looks at organisms that first arrive on lava flows to set an upper limit on biomass expectations for scientists searching for life on Mars.
UH Hilo student Derek Hand conducting astronomy research on merging galaxies
UH Hilo astronomy and physics major Derek Hand and mentor Andreea Petric are advancing humanity’s knowledge about merging galaxies
Assistant professor wins CAREER award for research on cosmic rays
UH Mānoa Assistant Professor Philip von Doetinchem wins prestigious National Science Foundation CAREER award
UH ²Ñ¨¡²Ô´Ç²¹ Professor John Madey receives Willis E. Lamb Award
John Madey, professor in the physics and astronomy department at UH Mānoa receives prestigious Willis E. Lamb Award for Laser Science and Quantum Optics.
Nobel laureate Carl Wieman to speak on science education
The UH Mānoa Department of Physics and Astronomy welcomes recognized physicist and nobel laureate Carl Wieman for a talk on undergraduate science teaching.
UH Affiliate Professor Arthur McDonald wins 2015 Nobel Prize in Physics
UH Affiliate Professor Arthur McDonald receives the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physics for groundbreaking work on neutrinos.
UH ²Ñ¨¡²Ô´Ç²¹ physics emeritus professor awarded Panofsky Prize
Â鶹´«Ã½Mānoa professor emeritus Stephen Olsen receives Panofsky Prize for revolutionary work.
Ultralight foam among lightest material ever produced
Researchers at the UH Mānoa Physics Department have achieved the synthesis of an ultralight foam.
Hawai?i physicists help advance research into Earth¡¯s radioactivity and nonproliferation
A team of researchers, including UH Mānoa’s John Learned, published a new map on September 1 that characterizes the Earth’s radioactivity.