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Engineers Devise A Way To Selectively Turn On RNA Therapies In Human Cells

A new RNA-based control switch could be used to trigger production of therapeutic proteins to treat cancer or other diseases.

High School Students Learn the Basics of Base Editing to Cure “GFP-itis”

Outreach program introduces local students to genome engineering and a career in science

Missing Role of Finance in Climate Mitigation Scenarios

Researchers at the University of Zurich show how climate mitigation scenarios can be improved by taking into account that the financial system can play both an enabling or a hampering role on the path to a sustainable economic system.

T Cells Can Activate Themselves to Fight Tumors

UC San Diego scientists find an auto-signaling mechanism driving the T cell anti-tumor response

Making Machine Learning More Useful To High-Stakes Decision Makers

A visual analytics tool helps child welfare specialists understand machine learning predictions that can assist them in screening cases.

Carbon Nanotube-Based Sensor Can Detect SARS-Cov-2 Proteins

The technology could be developed as a rapid diagnostic for Covid-19 or other emerging pathogens.

Researchers Track Endangered Nassau Grouper Eggs with Underwater Microscope

Scripps Oceanography researchers show fertilized eggs stayed local, but in some years drifted to nearby islands.

Young Orangutans Have Sex-Specific Role Models

Social learning in orangutans is shaped by their sex. Young males learn their foraging skills from immigrant individuals, while young females get their skills by observing their mothers and other residents in the area. These different sets of ecological knowledge help secure their survival.

Study Finds Childhood Diet Has Lifelong Impact

Effects of unhealthy food followed young mice into adulthood

Dragging Your Feet? Lack Of Sleep Affects Your Walk, New Study Finds

Periodically catching up on sleep can improve gait control for the chronically sleep-deprived.

New Metrics Could Reduce Gender Gap In STEM Fields

Hiring, promotion and tenure within universities are based on objective metrics of performance, something that is often evaluated using metrics that disproportionately favor men over women, such as citations and invited lectureships.

A Plant Gene May Help Crops Resist Heat Stress

As global warming threatens to decrease crop yields, a newly discovered gene may help plants resist heat stress, strengthening our agricultural response.

Sea-Level Rise Drives Wastewater Leakage To Coastal Waters In Honolulu

When people think of sea-level rise, they usually think of coastal erosion. However, recent computer modeling studies indicate that coastal wastewater infrastructure, which includes sewer lines and cesspools, is likely to flood with groundwater as sea-level rises.

Scientific Breakthrough: First Images Of Freshwater Plumes At Sea

The first imaging of substantial freshwater plumes west of Hawaiʻi Island may help water planners to optimize sustainable yields and aquifer storage calculations.

Rare Pygmy Killer Whales’ Deterioration Documented Using UH Drone Tech

Drone technology by the University of Hawaiʻi Marine Mammal Research Program (MMRP) was used to document rapid weight loss in a group of distressed pygmy killer whales off Maui in 2019.

Local Restaurants Offer Few Options For Healthy Kids’ Beverages

Children are particularly vulnerable to the negative health effects of sugary drinks, yet prior to a recent law aimed at improving healthy options for Hawaiʻi’s keiki, it was rare to find healthy beverages as a “default” option with kids’ meals in Hawaiʻi restaurants.

New 3D Mapping Technique Reveals Hidden Microbial Communities On Coral Reefs

Researchers have created 3D molecular maps of bacteria, viruses and biochemicals across coral colonies along with their interacting organisms such as algae and other competing corals.

Maunakea Telescope Helps Find Astronomical ‘Gold Mines’

Astronomers at the W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea are part of a team that came across a very rare find nestled billions of light years away that could help to quantify the universe.

Measuring Magma Viscosity Early Could Forecast Volcanic Eruptions

The 2018 Kīlauea eruption in Hawaiʻi provided scientists with an unprecedented opportunity to identify new factors that could help forecast the hazard potential of future eruptions.

Caffeinated Forests? Coffee Pulp Restores Tropical Forests In Costa Rica

Adding coffee pulp to forest floors dramatically restored deteriorating tropical forests in Costa Rica. That’s according to new research from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.