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Breakthrough For Sweat: Health Monitoring Device From UH Researchers

Sweat is more than just a sign of a good workout. It holds vital information about our health, providing clues to dehydration, fatigue, blood sugar levels and even serious conditions such as cystic fibrosis, diabetes and heart failure

Smart Algorithm Cleans Up Images By Searching For Clues Buried In Noise

Texas A&M researchers have developed a deep-learning algorithm that can denoise images to reveal otherwise invisible details.

Eye-opening Origin Story: Scientists Trace Key Innovation in Our Camera-like Vision to Bacteria

Discovery comes to light with evidence that vertebrates acquired a special protein from bacteria more than 500 million years ago

New Geographic Monitoring Technique Detects Early COVID-19 Cases

A Texas A&M geography professor is part of a research team that found efficient ways to track the virus and pinpoint spreading clusters.

Pacific Garbage Patch Gathering Place For Life Thanks To Currents

The North Pacific “Garbage Patch” aggregates an abundance of floating sea creatures, as well as the plastic waste it has become infamous for, according to a study published in PLOS Biology and co-authored by oceanographers in the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST).

Study On Rabbit Brain Reveals Genetic Markers Of Domestication

A team of researchers led by a Texas A&M professor found the genetic and evolutionary changes that led to rabbits' tolerance toward humans.

Young Native Hawaiians, Pacific Islanders Face Highest Cancer Death Rates

The National Cancer Institute has revealed for the first time that young Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders (NHPI) are the race group that experiences the highest rates of cancer death among people their age in the U.S.

Worker Safety Goes Beyond Human Error

Perceptions of safety procedure quality and utility are the best predictors of workers' likelihood to comply, Texas A&M researchers found.

Bringing High-Speed Internet To More Americans

Columbia Engineering professor Henning Schulzrinne unpacks President Biden’s $1 trillion infrastructure bill and its promise to expand broadband access for people in rural and low-income areas.

Researchers Grow Precise Arrays Of Nanoleds

A new technique produces perovskite nanocrystals right where they’re needed, so the exceedingly delicate materials can be integrated into nanoscale devices.

DNA Reveals Lineage Of Ancient Dire Wolves

A new study from a team including a Texas A&M archaeologist shows that the extinct species popularized by "Game of Thrones" was only a distant relative of today’s wolves.

New Study Flips the Script on Liver Cancer

UC San Diego scientists find protein associated with liver cancer may actually be key to protecting against it

MIT Scientists Build A System That Can Generate AI Models For Biology Research

BioAutoMATED, an open-source, automated machine-learning platform, aims to help democratize artificial intelligence for research labs.

Nearly 90% Of Hanauma Bay Usable Beach May Be Submerged By 2030

A five-year study into the impacts of sea-level rise on the Hanauma Bay Nature Preserve (HBNP) predicts 88% of the preserve’s usable beach will be underwater by 2030.

Coastal Species Found Living On High Seas Because Of Plastic Debris

The high seas have been colonized by a surprising number of coastal marine invertebrate species, which can now survive and reproduce in the open ocean, contributing strongly to the floating community composition.

Immediate Carbon Cuts, Common Marine Heatwave Terminology Urged

Over the past 200 years, the ocean and atmosphere have been accumulating massive amounts of carbon dioxide as factories, automobiles, airplanes and more churn out the powerful greenhouse gas.

Short-Term Vacation Rentals Driving Up Home Prices, Rents

If all short-term vacation rentals (STRs) were eliminated on Oʻahu, home prices could drop by as much as 6% and rents may fall by as much as 8%, according to a new blog by University of Hawaiʻi Economic Research Organization (UHERO) experts.

Blubber May Yield Answer To Survival For Endangered Whales

To help in the future monitoring efforts of an endangered population of resident false killer whales in Hawaiian waters, where only 167 individuals are estimated to remain, researchers at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Health and Stranding Lab examined blubber samples of a false killer whale that died as bycatch in a fishery interaction, and published the findings in Frontiers.

Indigenous Fijian Funerals Adapted To Balance Between Culture And Survival

Like others across the world, indigenous Fijians (known as iTaukei) in Fiji are facing increased pressure to honor their loved ones with a memorable funeral that can become costly.

Texas A&M Research Explores How Melanoma Grows And Spreads

A study found that disrupting the metabolic pathway in the initiation, growth and progression of melanoma could lead to development of new treatments.