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Pioneering Stem Cell Research Could Ease Global Sustainable Food Crisis

Scientists have made a pivotal breakthrough in the quest to ease the global sustainable food crisis through pioneering stem cell research.

Streetwise Bees Cut Corners to Find Food

Bumblebees waste no time enjoying the beauty of flowers – instead learning the bare minimum about where to land and find food, new research shows.

Newly Discovered Fish Songs Demonstrate Reef Restoration Success

Whoops, croaks, growls, raspberries and foghorns are among the sounds that demonstrate the success of a coral reef restoration project.

Playing Hide and Seek in the Centromere

Centromeres, the DNA sections often found at the center of the chromosomes, display enormous interspecies diversity, despite having the same vital role during cell division across almost the entire tree of life.

Big Data-Derived Tool Facilitates Closer Monitoring Of Recovery From Natural Disasters

Texas A&M researchers have mined location-based data to essential establishments during Hurricane Harvey to develop a framework for monitoring communities’ resilience.

Texas A&M Entomologist Wages War On Ticks

Adela Chavez's research focuses on preventing the negative health and economic impacts of tick-borne diseases.

New System For Tracking Macaws Emphasizes Species’ Conservation Needs

Researchers with Texas A&M's Macaw Society used satellite telemetry to track the movements of 10 birds over a period of 8 years.

Quieter Airplane Landings May Be Possible With Shape-Memory Alloys

Texas A&M researchers have shown that shape-memory metal fillers inserted into the front edge of airplane wings can reduce noise generated during landing.

Individual Privacy And Big Data Uses In Public Health

A study from the Texas A&M School of Public Health suggests that current U.S. data-protection laws do not reflect the public’s preferences.

3D Printable Phase-Changing Composites Can Regulate Temperatures Inside Buildings

The composites can be added to building materials or 3D printed as decorative assets.

How Otters’ Muscles Enable Their Cold, Aquatic Life

Texas A&M researchers found that the small mammals are internally warmed by thermogenic leak from their skeletal muscle, which elevates their metabolic rate.

Commuters Are Inhaling Unacceptably High Levels Of Carcinogens

Twenty minutes or longer in the car also raises risk of birth defects

Easing the Burden on Transgender and Nonbinary Graduate Students

Report Offers Suggestions to Relax a “Toxic” Atmosphere

Fibrous Feeds Prove Beneficial For Livestock Gut Health

Compared to the fattening up power of soybeans and corn, high-fiber animal feeds are often considered to be inefficient for optimal growth and production. But livestock producers may want to reconsider that stance.

Text Reminders Can Improve Vaccination Rates

Timely reminder messages via text can boost vaccination rates, according to a megastudy published in a top science journal, co-authored by University of Hawaiʻi–West Oʻahu’s Eli Tsukayama.

Star-Shaped Brain Cells May Be Linked To Stuttering

UC Riverside-led study examined the effects of the medication risperidone on brain metabolism in stuttering

Native Hawaiians’ Risk For Metabolic Syndrome Varies By Definition

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?

New Class Of Marine Phytoplankton Named For UH Professor

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.

Indigenous Practices Could Assist Endangered Waterbird Recovery

Expanded restoration of Indigenous practices will more than compensate for projected losses of endangered waterbird habitat.

What Helps Houseless Families Move To Stable Housing?

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.