Research – University of Hawaiʻi System News

UH astronomers to uncover the secrets of stars and exoplanets with NASA’s TESS satellite

April 18, 2018
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Astronomers from the Institute for Astronomy will utilize data received by NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, which will survey most of the sky over the next two years.

Two new species of fungi that kill ʻōhiʻa trees get Hawaiian names

April 16, 2018
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The two versions of the Ceratocystis fungi believed to be the cause of rapid ʻōhiʻa death have never been seen before outside Hawaiʻi.

3D scanners give new insight to body shape and health

April 16, 2018
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The UH Cancer Center is studying how body shape information can improve health and lengthen lives by using 3D optical scanners and advanced statistical modeling.

Bringing multiple values to the table in Hawaiʻi land-use decisions

April 12, 2018
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UH researchers developed a collaborative approach to assessing the multiple values that different ecosystems in Hawaiʻi provide and how collaboration with stakeholders can help evaluate and compare the potential future uses of pastureland.

UH Hilo-led algae research may produce energy with negative CO2 emissions

April 11, 2018
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A conceptual model of Algae with Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage system would generate electricity while sequestering carbon dioxide.

Massive underreporting of deep-sea fish catch revealed in new study

April 11, 2018
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The practice of towing giant fishing nets along the seafloor has caused the extraction of 25 million tons of fish, leading to the collapse of many fish populations.

Demand for new breadfruit vodka bodes well for UH’s Pacific Regional Breadfruit Initiative

April 10, 2018
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The Pacific Business Center Program's Pacific Regional Breadfruit Initiative is expanding awareness of the economic and health benefits of breadfruit.

Native Hawaiian newspapers of the past reveal destruction of 1871 hurricane

April 4, 2018
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Researchers Steven Businger and Thomas Shroeder partnered with Puakea Nogelmeier and his graduate students to produce the timeline.

UH Hilo team researches historic World War II battlefield

April 3, 2018
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A postdoctoral researcher and a graduate student from UH Hilo embark on an expedition in early April to study a remote World War II battlefield in the Western Pacific.

Community support, risk awareness may lower hypertension rates

March 29, 2018
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Research was led by Catherine Pirkle and Tetine Sentell in the Office of Public Health Studies at the Myron B. Thompson School of Social Work.