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Positive Reinforcements Help Algorithm Forecast Underground Natural Reserves

Texas A&M researchers designed a new reinforcement-based system that automates the prediction of subsurface environments.

Ancient Skeletal Hand Could Reveal Evolutionary Secrets

A 4.4 million-year-old skeleton could show how early humans moved and began to walk upright, according to new research led by a Texas A&M anthropology professor.

JABSOM Researchers Build On Human Genome Project Advances

The Human Genome Project (HGP), the world’s largest collaborative biological project, was a 13-year effort led by the U.S. government with the goal of generating the first full sequence of the human genome

Diversifying Hawaiʻi’s Economy Post-Pandemic, UHERO Expert Provides Solutions

While Hawaiʻi’s economic reliance on tourism took a major hit during the COVID-19 pandemic, the industry has periodically been punctured by shocks. For example, the 1991 recession, 9/11, the 2001 recession and the Great Recession all led to sharp declines in tourist numbers and spending.

UH Hilo Biochemists Seek To Control Cancer Through Cell Division Research

Associate Professor of Biology Li Tao at the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo is doing research into the mechanisms of cell division to find clues for cancer treatment, and has published his most recent findings in Science Signaling.

High Canoe-Paddling Rates Among Native Hawaiians, Pacific Islanders Could Help Health Outcomes

A new study by researchers at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa found that 1 out of 5 (20%) Hawaiʻi residents have participated in the uniquely Hawaiian sport of outrigger paddling.

Vaccines To Treat Liver Cancer Part Of Project At UH Cancer Center

Liver cancer is the fourth deadliest cancer in Hawaiʻi, particularly affecting Native Hawaiian, Filipino and Japanese men.

Colorful Kuiper Belt Puzzle Solved By UH Researchers

The Kuiper Belt is a massive disk of icy bodies, including Pluto, that is located just outside of Neptune’s orbit in our solar system.

Hedging Bets To Restore Coral Reef Health

Resource managers and conservationists have been offered an innovative, new approach to selecting coral species for reef restoration

Study: Bahamas Were Settled Earlier Than Believed

It’s believed early settlers to the islands eventually changed the landscape of the Bahamas.

Urban Americans More Likely To Follow COVID-19 Guidelines Than Rural Residents

A Texas A&M study found key differences in the rates at which individuals in rural and urban areas wear face coverings in public and work from home.

A Step Toward “Living Biotherapeutics”

Chemical engineers created a coating for microbes that could make it easier to deploy the organisms to treat gastrointestinal disease.

Machine-Learning System Flags Remedies That Might Do More Harm Than Good

The system could help physicians select the least risky treatments in urgent situations, such as treating sepsis.

Urgent Need To Preserve Wetlands To Prevent Greenhouse Gas Emissions

The carbon balance in peatlands worldwide may shift from a sink (absorbing carbon) to a source (releasing carbon) this century primarily due to human impacts across the tropics, according to a paper published in Nature Climate Change by a multidisciplinary team of scientists, including Dave Beilman, associate professor of geography and environment in the College of Social Sciences.

Preventing Spread Of COVID-19 Earlier Saves Lives

Rates of mortality from COVID-19 are lower in areas where public health measures aimed at preventing the spread of the disease were implemented earlier in the outbreak, according to a study from University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa public health researchers. The findings are published in PLOS ONE.

Purple Pigments Discovered In Puhi Bay Sponge

Cosmetics, food supplements, pharmaceuticals and textile dyes are just a few of the many uses of natural pigments.

Fleet Of Robots Successfully Tracks, Monitors Marine Microbes

After years of development and testing, researchers from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution have successfully demonstrated that a fleet of autonomous robots can track and study a moving microbial community in an open-ocean eddy

Newly Discovered Threaded Protein Class Explained

A recently discovered protein structure that controls the protein’s function and influences human health has been explained by University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa researchers.

Planets Can Shrink? UH Astronomers Find New Evidence

From centuries of studying the planets within our solar system, astronomers have wondered how planets form and evolve to become the ones we observe today.