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This New MIT Tech Gets Us A Step Closer To ‘Star Wars’-Style Holograms

The device has practical uses too, such as improving self-driving car sensors and brain scanners.

Tackling Crowd Management in Subways during Pandemics

Mass transit, and subways in particular, are essential to the economic viability and environmental sustainability of cities across the globe.

Bright Flash Detected in February Was a Black Hole Jet Pointed Straight at Earth

The jet is from the most distant tidal disruption event yet observed.

There's a Supermassive Black Hole Jet Pointing Straight at Earth

An extremely high-energy jet of matter shot out of a supermassive black hole billions of light-years away is pointed at Earth, astronomers have found.

Compostable Bioleather Offers Sustainable Solutions for the Clothing Industry and Beyond

The cattle industry is the single leading driver of deforestation, and the tanning of leather creates a great deal of chemical pollution.

The Brain Uses Calculus to Control Fast Movements

Researchers discover that to sharpen its control over precise maneuvers, the brain uses comparisons between control signals — not the signals themselves.

Can a Work of Art Reveal the Presence of a Neurodegenerative Disease?

An international research team is looking for systematic evidence of linkages between changes in art-making and disorders of the central nervous system.

Historical Trauma Impact On Native Hawaiian Youth Focus Of Study

The traumatic effects of colonization, particularly the forced disconnection from Hawaiʻi’s abundant ʻāina, which has led to complex, interconnected, health disparities seen today in Native Hawaiian communities and especially in the ʻōpio (youth), is the focus of new research from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Thompson School of Social Work & Public Health.

A Better Understanding of How HIV-1 Evades the Immune System

The expression of the viral protein Vpu is essential in allowing infected cells to evade the elimination mechanism known as ADCC, a new study shows.

New Chainsaw Drone Technology Deployed To Fight Rapid ʻŌhiʻa Death

A new aerial chainsaw device that could assist in the battle to save Hawaiʻi’s ʻōhiʻa trees from a deadly fungal pathogen is being put to the test by a University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo geographer.

Violence on TV: the effects can stretch from age 3 into the teens

An UdeM study suggests that exposure to violent screen content in the preschool years is associated with a heightened risk of psychological and academic difficulties in adolescence.

Disease Carried By Cats, Pigs Kills 2 Spinner Dolphins In Hawaiian Waters

Two spinner dolphins died from toxoplasmosis after becoming infected with the parasite Toxoplasma gondii, according to researchers at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Health and Stranding Lab.

Waikīkī Beach Studies Reveal Why Shoreline Is Chronically Eroding

Waikīkī Beach is at the center of Hawaiʻi’s tourism hub, with a valuation of $2.2 billion, according to a 2016 study.

5x More Rangers Needed To Manage Protected Areas Worldwide By 2030

A first study of its kind outlines an urgent need for larger numbers and better-supported protected area staff to ensure the health of life on Earth.

Scientists Dig into Sediments for Clues on Carbon Storage

From San Diego to the Galapagos Islands and beyond, Scripps Oceanography researchers are revealing the mysteries of carbon sequestration in aquatic ecosystems

Stemming the Tide of AMR in the Natural Environment

Like plastic waste, a reservoir of resistant bacteria has built up in our environment over decades, and antimicrobials are continually introduced. When we take a dip in the sea, we are swimming in water that contain resistant bacteria which we can, and probably will, ingest.

A New Self-Powered Ingestible Sensor Opens New Avenues for Gut Research

UC San Diego Researchers develop a self-powered ingestible sensor system designed to monitor metabolites in the small intestine over time

Enzyme Drives Cognitive Decline in Mice, Provides New Target for Alzheimer’s

UC San Diego study identifies PKCα as a potential therapeutic target in Alzheimer’s disease

500 Million Year-Old Fossils Reveal Answer to Evolutionary Riddle

An exceptionally well-preserved collection of fossils discovered in eastern Yunnan Province, China, has enabled scientists to solve a centuries-old riddle in the evolution of life on earth, revealing what the first animals to make skeletons looked like. The results have been published today in Proceedings of the Royal Society B.