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Native Hawaiian Colorectal Cancer Patients Twice As Likely To Die From Sepsis

In Hawaiʻi, Native Hawaiian cancer patients have a two-fold increased risk of dying from sepsis, a life-threatening immune response to an infection, compared to other ethnicities, according to a new study co-authored by University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center researchers.

Planet Spiraling To Its Doom Discovered By UH Astronomers

For the first time, astronomers have spotted an exoplanet with a decaying orbit around a star that resembles a future version of our Sun.

Compounds That Suppress Immune Responses of Plants Discovered

Drugs that inhibit plant immune responses by blocking key signaling pathways could enable novel approaches to genome editing

A Viral Inhibitor of Cellular Stress Response Shows Therapeutic Potential

A virus-produced protein that blocks the activation of a cellular-stress response could be used to save neurons in some neurodegenerative disorders

New Rat Lungworm Disease Resource To Help Doctors With Diagnosis, Treatment

As climate change continues, human cases of rat lungworm disease are anticipated to become more widespread globally, especially in places where the parasite that causes the disease is not yet present.

UH Lab Produces Building Blocks To DNA And RNA In Deep Space

The synthetic production of a critical building block called methanediamine for the first time by researchers in University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa’s Department of Chemistry could lead to key insights into the origins of life.

Theoretical Model Explains How Dust Grains Can Grow into the Seeds of New Planets

By amassing in high-density regions, dust grains avoid drifting toward the star they are orbiting

Engineers Design Color-Changing Compression Bandage

Bandage is threaded with photonic fibers that change color to signal pressure level.

Quantum Optics Offers Topological Matter Even More Protection

Quantum light can help create longer lasting quantum states useful for information processing

A Faster Way To Teach A Robot

A new technique helps a nontechnical user understand why a robot failed, and then fine-tune it with minimal effort to perform a task effectively.

DNA Test Could Broaden Access to Cervical Cancer Screening

Rice engineers show low-cost, point-of-care platform is effective for HPV testing

El Niño ‘Flavors’ Help Unravel Past Variability, Future Response To Climate Change

As with many natural phenomena, scientists look to the climate of the past to understand what may lie ahead as Earth warms.

Missing Link in Late-Onset Alzheimer’s Disease

A hitherto unknown connection between a neuropeptide and an enzyme provides a more complete picture of why some people develop late-onset Alzheimer’s disease.

Thousands Suffer From Tabooed Disease. New Method Makes It Easier To Identify The Right Treatment

BILE ACID DIARRHOEA More than 10 urgent visits to the bathroom a day due to diarrhoea can make it virtually impossible to lead a normal life. But new research can help doctors diagnose bile acid diarrhoea and find the right treatment.

Order in Chaos: Atmosphere’s Antarctic Oscillation Has Natural Cycle

Researchers discover natural 150-day period in north-south oscillation of Southern Hemisphere’s westerlies

Visualizing the Internal Compartments of Living Plant Cells Using Fluorescent Naphthalimide Dyes

Specific components in plant cells can be easily imaged thanks to a series of new fluorescent dyes

Nonprofit Hospitals Use Proceeds to Boost Cash Reserves Rather Than Provide More Charity Care, New Report Shows

A recent survey found that 41% of adults in the U.S. have debt caused by medical or dental bills.

New Sensor Mimics Cell Membrane Functions

The device detects the same molecules that cell receptors do, and may enable routine early screening for cancers and other diseases.

Chaos Theory Provides Hints for Controlling the Weather

Under a project led by the RIKEN Center for Computational Science, researchers have used computer simulations to show that weather phenomena such as sudden downpours could potentially be modified by making small adjustments to certain variables in the weather system.

Ancient Viruses Discovered in Coral Symbionts’ Dna

Researchers surprised to find fragments of RNA viruses in coral partners’ genomes