Researchers hope to boost local breadfruit through citizen project
The ʻUlu Phenology project invites members of the community to “adopt” a local ʻulu tree and observe its lifecycle events.
UH Mānoa scientists part of a $6 million grant to investigate aquatic viruses
Oceanographers Grieg Steward and Kyle Edwards received a National Science Foundation grant to probe how viruses impact microbes critical to our lives—from producing oxygen to growing food.
Exploring the ocean’s deepest zone with $1.2M Keck Foundation grant
UH Mānoa is on track to build a Hadal Water Column Profiler which will enable high quality physical, chemical and biological sampling of the water column from the deepest zone in the ocean—the hadal zone.
Small asteroid or comet ‘visits’ from beyond the solar system
A small, recently discovered asteroid or comet appears to have originated from outside the solar system, if so it could be the first “interstellar object” to be observed and confirmed by astronomers.
Documenting the last permafrost in Hawaiʻi
Scientists and their students surveyed the change in the permafrost that was first documented in the 1970s in cinder cones on Maunakea.
Technology showcase highlights UH researchers
Potential game-changing research from three UH professors were highlighted at the UH Tech Showcase as part of the Hawaiʻi Innovation Initiative.
UH Hilo researchers designing sustainable wastewater systems for local industries
UH Hilo Hilo Professor Shihwu Sung is committed to doing his part to help Hawaiʻi Island industries utilize more renewable and sustainable energy sources.
UH part of astronomical discovery that changes understanding of universe
Institute for Astronomy researchers played a major role in one of the most significant astronomical discoveries in decades—the first observations of a binary neutron star merger and resulting kilonova explosion.
Soil holds potential to slow global warming
A UH Mānoa study finds that appropriate management of soil and its organic matter can significantly offset carbon emissions.
Heightened threat of destructive potential of cyclones increases with ocean warming
The study concluded that with warmer sea surface temperatures, tropical cyclones become not only stronger, with higher maximum wind speeds, but also larger, with gale-force winds covering a greater area.
