UH Hilo team ranks #2 in NASA robotic competition
Students Will Barden and Alec Goodson, led by physics lab coordinator Marc Roberts, competed among 15 national teams in the NASA Swarmathon’s Virtual Competition.
Listening for neutrinos at the bottom of the world
UH Mānoa’s Peter Gorham is searching for the elusive neutrino, a tiny particle capable of traveling at light speed, with a special instrument called ANITA.
Maunakea studied as a contemporary place of contrasting world views
UH Hilo’s Cosmos and Culture course delves into historical, intellectual, social and cultural context of astronomical discovery from a multitude of perspectives.
Birds of Paradise Lost: Evolution, Extinction and Conservation of Hawaiʻi’s Birds
Rob Fleischer will discuss his DNA methods to study the evolutionary relationships of Hawaiʻi birds.
Space station high-energy physics experiment results
The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, which includes UH Mānoa faculty members and students, presented their results from the first five years of experiments on the International Space Station.
Two UH Hilo students investigate “Mars”
The students—one a geologist and one an astrobiologist—are studying the habitability of volcanic terrains as analog environments for Mars.
Public invited to physics and astronomy open house on October 8
The open house will include a variety of live demonstrations that illustrate physics principles in mechanics, optics, and electricity and magnetism.
UH Hilo students to have access to Maunakea telescopes
In addition to allotting time with the telescopes, the agreement seeks to improve the integration of UH Hilo’s physics and astronomy department with the IfA Hilo branch.
In Memoriam: Physicist and inventor John Madey
The University of Hawaiʻi mourns the loss of John M.J. Madey, physics educator and inventor of the free electron laser.
Klaus Sattler publishes carbon nanomaterials sourcebook
UH Mānoa Professor Klaus Sattler edited Carbon Nanomaterials Sourcebook, the first reference book to cover the field of carbon nanomaterials in a comprehensive fashion.
