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A New Way To Look At Data Privacy

Researchers create a privacy technique that protects sensitive data while maintaining a machine-learning model’s performance.

Debunking Alien Theories, New Study Tries To Explain UH-Discovered ʻOumuamua

Mysteries have swirled around the origin of interstellar object ʻOumuamua since astronomers on Haleakalā first discovered it in 2017 with the University of Hawaiʻi Pan-STARRS1 (Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System) telescope

Impact Of Sewage Pollution On Reefs Explored By UH Researchers

Pollution from on-site sewage disposal systems and injection wells is impacting coral reefs worldwide. Through onsite testing and reef surveys at Puakō, Hawaiʻi Island, researchers from the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo, UH Mānoa and other organizations found sewage pollution was moderate on the offshore reef from seeps, and that water motion mixed and diluted the pollutant.

Generative AI Imagines New Protein Structures

MIT researchers develop "FrameDiff," a computational tool that uses generative AI to craft new protein structures, with the aim of accelerating drug development and improving gene therapy.

The COVID-19 Pandemic Has Intensified Discrimination Against East Asians, South Asians, and Hispanics in the U.S., Says New Study

For close to two years, the COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc across the United States where we have witnessed untold deaths, experienced severe illness, and withstood economic uncertainties.

Astro Portraits: Pointing The Lens Toward Our Future

Evan Kramer’s latest foray into urban astrophotography puts the focus on his fellow researchers.

Project On Self-Deleting Genes Takes Aim At Mosquito-Borne Diseases

Texas A&M AgriLife researchers' work will aid mosquito control efforts.

Shrink-Wrapping Spacesuits

Spacesuits of the future may resemble a streamlined second skin.

Lung Maintains Long-Term Memory of COVID Infection

After infection with SARS-CoV-2, where does the immune system store the memory to provide long-term protection against reinfection?

Study: Black Americans, Women, Conservatives More Hesitant To Trust COVID-19 Vaccine

Thirty-one percent of respondents to a Texas A&M-led survey said they don’t intend to be vaccinated against COVID-19.

We’re Paying For Emissions We’ve Already Released

Global warming in excess of 2 degrees Celsius has already been set into motion by past emissions, says a team of researchers including a Texas A&M professor.

Tiny Wireless Device Sheds Light On Combating Obesity

Texas A&M researchers have designed a device that stimulates the endings of the vagus nerve, which is responsible for the regulation of food intake.

With A Little Twist, Researchers Delve Into A Quantum Physics Puzzle

The best known semiconductor—silicon—famously blurs the line between metal and insulator. Sometimes it conducts electricity, like copper, and other times it stops electrical currents, like a block of wood.

Building Connections

PhD student Will Sussman studies wireless networks while fostering community networks.

Texas A&M Research Explores How Melanoma Grows And Spreads

A study found that disrupting the metabolic pathway in the initiation, growth and progression of melanoma could lead to development of new treatments.

Indigenous Fijian Funerals Adapted To Balance Between Culture And Survival

Like others across the world, indigenous Fijians (known as iTaukei) in Fiji are facing increased pressure to honor their loved ones with a memorable funeral that can become costly.

Blubber May Yield Answer To Survival For Endangered Whales

To help in the future monitoring efforts of an endangered population of resident false killer whales in Hawaiian waters, where only 167 individuals are estimated to remain, researchers at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Health and Stranding Lab examined blubber samples of a false killer whale that died as bycatch in a fishery interaction, and published the findings in Frontiers.

Short-Term Vacation Rentals Driving Up Home Prices, Rents

If all short-term vacation rentals (STRs) were eliminated on Oʻahu, home prices could drop by as much as 6% and rents may fall by as much as 8%, according to a new blog by University of Hawaiʻi Economic Research Organization (UHERO) experts.

Immediate Carbon Cuts, Common Marine Heatwave Terminology Urged

Over the past 200 years, the ocean and atmosphere have been accumulating massive amounts of carbon dioxide as factories, automobiles, airplanes and more churn out the powerful greenhouse gas.

Coastal Species Found Living On High Seas Because Of Plastic Debris

The high seas have been colonized by a surprising number of coastal marine invertebrate species, which can now survive and reproduce in the open ocean, contributing strongly to the floating community composition.