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Gene Changes Linked To Severe Repetitive Behaviors

Graybiel lab identifies genes linked to abnormal repetitive behaviors often seen in models of addiction and schizophrenia.

Design Could Enable Longer Lasting, More Powerful Lithium Batteries

Use of a novel electrolyte could allow advanced metal electrodes and higher voltages, boosting capacity and cycle life.

Stress During Pandemic Linked to Poor Sleep

Many people likely lost sleep over COVID‑19. A study of twins led by Washington State University researchers found that stress, anxiety and depression during the first few weeks of the pandemic were associated with less and lower quality sleep.

Target Protein Identified for Improving Heart Attack Treatment

A new study led by researchers at Washington State University has identified a protein that could be the key to improving treatment outcomes after a heart attack.

Seeds of Economic Health Disparities Found in Subsistence Society

No billionaires live among the Tsimane people of Bolivia, although some are a bit better off than others.

Women of Color, Rural Women Most Impacted by Missed Breast Cancer Screening During Pandemic

Breast cancer screening took a sizeable hit during the COVID-19 pandemic, suggests new research that showed that the number of screening mammograms completed in a large group of women living in Washington State plummeted by nearly half.

Workplace Pandemic Protocols Impact Employee Behavior Outside Work

Employer COVID‑19 safety measures influenced worker precautions even when they were not on the clock, according to a new study out of Washington State University.

Petting Therapy Dogs Enhances Thinking Skills of Stressed Students

For college students under pressure, a dog may be the best stress fighter around.

Stopping the Sickness: Protein May Be Key to Blocking a Nauseating Bacterium

Washington State University researchers have discovered a protein that could be key to blocking the most common bacterial cause of human food poisoning in the United States.

Inflammation-Fighting Protein Could Improve Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis

New research led by scientists at Washington State University has found that a protein known as GBP5 appears to play a key role in suppressing inflammation in rheumatoid arthritis, a potentially debilitating disease in which the immune system mistakenly attacks the body’s own joint tissues.

Pandemic Has Increased Pregnancy Stress for U.s. Women

COVID-19 has created new problems for pregnant women in the United States, a group that already faced the highest maternal mortality rate in the developed world even before the pandemic.

Doctor Communication Key to Pandemic Vaccine Adoption

People who talk with their doctors are more likely to get vaccinated during a pandemic, according to a study of evidence collected during the “swine flu,” the last pandemic to hit the U.S. before COVID-19.

Microbes Play Critical Role In Climate Change In New Report

Microbes may be small, but they are highly impactful to environmental and human health amid a changing climate.

Supercell Thunderstorms Caused Kauaʻi’s Record Rainfall In 2018

A record-setting rainstorm over Kauaʻi in April 2018 resulted in severe flash flooding and estimated damage of nearly $180 million

Bacteria Make A Beeline To Escape Tight Spaces

Bacteria alter their swimming patterns when they get into tight spaces—hurrying to escape from confinement, according to a published study by researchers at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.

Better Cancer Care Experiences With Clinical Research Professionals

A new study led by University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center researchers found that Hawaiʻi patients with cancer who were enrolled in therapeutic clinical trials had significantly more positive care coordination experiences.

Flesh-Eating Bacteria In Ala Wai Canal Could Increase Threefold By End Of Century

Vibrio vulnificus, a “flesh-eating” bacterium that lives naturally in the water of the Ala Wai Canal in Waikīkī is likely to increase substantially in coming decades, but infections are rare.

Delicate Balance Of Coral Reef Processes Creates Management Challenges

An international team of researchers, including several from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, has quantified five critical ecological processes on more than 500 coral reefs worldwide to understand how these processes relate to each other, what may distinguish the most functional reefs, and what that means for our management of reef functioning. They said this research drastically changes the way we need to approach coral reef restoration.

Antarctic Sea-Ice Expansion In A Warming Climate

Antarctic sea-ice has expanded over the period of continuous satellite monitoring, which seemingly contradicts ongoing global warming resulting from increasing concentrations of greenhouse gasses.

Mystery Solved: New ‘Menehune’ Wasp Discovered On UH Mānoa Campus

A new species of wasp was discovered on the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa campus. Mymarommatoidea—a group of miniscule but very beautiful wasps, around 0.5 mm in length—had been emerging from branches of a banyan tree on campus. Living individuals in their natural environment have never been recorded in scientific literature.