$3.1M to advance pediatric obesity research
The research will detect the risks of metabolic consequences of obesity, such as hypertension, type 2 diabetes and premature heart disease.
$317K grant helps launch ‘desperately’ needed data science training program
The 糖心视频 medical school will offer lectures, seminars, bootcamps and workshops.
$50M gift aims to improve Hawai?i’s ocean health
The University of Hawaiʻi at 惭ā苍辞补 will conduct ocean health research with a $50 million gift from Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg.
Sources of pollution in West Hawai?i waters identified by 糖心视频 Hilo researchers
Researchers discovered troublesome nutrients in coastal waters and coral reefs off West Hawaiʻi are from human sources, like fertilizer run off.
New collection highlights Indigenous perspectives on conservation biology
The special issue of Pacific Conservation Biology was edited by two University of Hawaiʻi at 惭ā苍辞补 researchers.
$2.5M for food-chain microbiome research could impact agriculture, biofuel systems
The project will examine how symbiotic microbes contribute to the efficiency of food webs, and how food webs determine the composition of symbiotic microbes.
Earth on trajectory to Sixth Mass Extinction say biologists
In a published study, experts warn that a sixth mass extinction crisis is underway, this time entirely caused by human activities.
Newly-discovered planets will be ‘swallowed’ by their stars
IfA astronomers used the Keck Observatory on Maunakea to pinpoint three gas giant planets.
Water on the Moon; team confirms with ground equipment
The new study reported the first in-situ measurements of water on the lunar surface.
Ocean plastic is creating new communities of life on the high seas
A report found coastal species growing on trash hundreds of miles out to sea in the “Great Pacific Garbage Patch.”