Indigenous peoples pass on their knowledge of medicinal plants orally. If their languages go extinct, valuable medical knowledge will be lost. A study by the University of Zurich estimates that 75 percent of the world’s medicinal plant applications are only known in one language.
The method could be a route to quicker, less invasive cancer diagnoses.
Some four months ago, a devastating flood ravaged the Chamoli district in the Indian Himalayas, killing over 200 people. The flood was caused by a massive landslide, which also involved a glacier. Researchers at the University of Zurich, the WSL and ETH Zurich have now analyzed the causes, scope and impact of the disaster as part of an international collaboration.
In a wide-ranging paper, a UC San Diego physician-scientist explains why all chronic diseases are linked by the underlying failure of cells and the body to heal completely
A new control system, demonstrated using MIT’s robotic mini cheetah, enables four-legged robots to jump across uneven terrain in real-time.
First-of-its-kind Training Available on Coursera to Equip the Public with Foundational, Real-world Understanding of Value-based Care
Individuals who put strain on the power grid during peak times would pay more than those who relieve stress through the use of solar power or lower consumption.
As climate change brings greater threats to coastal ecosystems, new research can help planners leverage the wave-damping benefits of marsh plants.
Texas A&M research lays the groundwork toward building electrical stimulation implants.
UC Riverside-led study finds extreme tidal mass loss in dwarf galaxies formed in a simulation
UH Researcher Issues a Call for New Methods to Combat Stress and Social Isolation
A team of researchers from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and Northwestern University has developed a skin-mounted sticker for diagnosing cystic fibrosis, one of the most common life-shortening genetic disorders.
Obesity is one of the most serious public health issues of the 21st century. More than 600 million adults and 100 million children in 200 countries are considered obese.
Wastewater is a reliable indicator of the prevalence of COVID-19 in a community, according to new research by University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa’s College of Engineering.
A new species of Ehu, or deepwater snapper, was discovered and named “Etelis boweni” in recognition of the contributions of Brian Bowen, a researcher at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology (HIMB), who has spent more than three decades studying marine fishes.
Study Finds Flows in Softer Layer Under Tectonic Plates are Stronger, Faster
Formerly houseless Native Hawaiian and Micronesian families and their successful journey to obtain stable housing is the focus of a new pilot study by social work researchers at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.
Expanded restoration of Indigenous practices will more than compensate for projected losses of endangered waterbird habitat.
A new taxonomic class of oceanic phytoplankton, Rappephyceae, has been named in honor of Michael Rappé, a professor at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa’s Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology.
How many Native Hawaiians have a health condition called “metabolic syndrome,” a cluster of the most dangerous risk factors for having a heart attack or stroke?