San Andreas research earns earthquake modeler ARCS Scholar of the Year
Thirteen student scholars from the University of Hawaiʻiat Mānoa were recognized at the ARCSFoundation Honolulu Chapter's 2019 banquet.
Water formation on the Moon demonstrated by UH Mānoa scientists
The W.M. Keck Research Laboratory and the Hawaiʻi Institute of Geophysics and Planetology have collaborated on a project that for the first time has shown chemical, physical and material evidence for water formation on the Moon.
Spring 2019 commencement schedule
The University of Hawaiʻi celebrates at spring commencement ceremonies systemwide.
New eDNA technology used to quickly assess coral reefs
The project used “metabarcoding,” a technique in which all of the DNA in a water sample is analyzed in one step with DNA sequencing.
Giant Antarctic sea spiders weather warming by getting holey
UH researchers went to Antarctica to test the prevailing theory that animals living in extreme cold can grow to giant sizes because their metabolisms are very slow.
UH physics team seeks new phenomena through Japan particle collider
THE BEAST Time Projection Chambers, detectors of elementary particles designed by UH physicists, observed these first turns.
New species discovered in lava tubes by UH professor
Associate professor Megan Porter discovered a unique animal, called a “thread-legged bug,” in an underground lava tube on Hawaiʻi Island.
Beam signing marks halfway point of Life Sciences building project
UH Mānoa students, administrators and officials signed their names on the final beam of the building’s steel structure before it was lifted into place.
UH Mānoa researchers advance nuclear nonproliferation and education
As members of two new university consortia, scientists have been awarded $3.2 million from the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration.
UH Mānoa ranks internationally for subject area excellence
The university was highly rated in 2019 by the United Kingdom-based Quacquarelli Symonds (QS).
