Menthol in e-cigs could hurt lungs, UH research finds
E-cigarette use is on the rise among Hawaiʻi’s youth, according to a Youth Behavior Risk Survey by the UH Mānoa College of Education.
Next generation of Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander scientists shine
The students performed cutting-edge research in environmental biology within the watershed of Kailua in Windward Oʻahu.
Removing the nitrogen bottleneck in the world’s food supply
Researchers have developed a synthetic method to produce bioavailable forms of nitrogen.
UH botany expert earns national emerging leader award
Karolina Heyduk is the director of the Joseph F. Rock Herbarium, which is housed in the School of Life Sciences.
Materials science research at UH to benefit students, climate
UH experts delivered presentations at the Materials Research Society Spring Meeting and Exhibit on May 11, which drew approximately 4,000 people.
Reality ‘bytes’ the dust, UH Mānoa students conquer national hackathon
The winning project is a virtual reality application designed to support cyber operators in low-bandwidth environments.
$2.5M grant to monitor space weather, making space travel safer
The project will measure the most powerful particles emitted by the Sun.
Hawaiʻi’s COVID-19 models, responses, lessons learned
This is one of the first comprehensive pandemic response studies for the state.
UH’s first major design-build project honored for excellence
The $65 million, three-story facility is home to the College of Natural Sciences’ School of Life Sciences and the Pacific Biosciences Research Center.
UH research: Counties should control future pandemic rules, measures
Researchers wanted to figure out how a pandemic spreads on an island chain, something that is absent from current literature.
