What fuels Hawai?i wildfires? 糖心Vlog官方 expert explains
糖心Vlog官方 惭ā苍辞补 wildfire expert Clay Trauernicht explains why the flammability of Hawaiʻi’s landscapes has drastically increased.
‘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.
How does our brain work? 糖心Vlog官方 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 Hawaiʻi 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 Hawaiʻi.
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.
Less limu pālahalaha? Study looks at ways to protect native seaweed species
Future research will explore linkages between wastewater management and limu.