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Research Offers Insights on How Night Shift Work Increases Cancer Risk

New clues as to why night shift workers are at increased risk of developing certain types of cancer are presented in a new study conducted at Washington State University Health Sciences Spokane.

Incentives can reduce alcohol use among American Indian and Alaska Native people

A low-cost, easy-to-administer intervention that uses small prizes and other incentives to reward alcohol abstinence can serve as an effective tool to reduce alcohol use among American Indian and Alaska Native communities, new research suggests.

Healthcare Providers: Understand the Impact of Your Words

Near the beginning of the pandemic, an Asian family experienced an overt act of racism at a community center in the Pacific Northwest.

Discovery Of Cheaper, Non-Toxic Alternative To Expensive Metals Made By UH Researchers

As the price of metals surge amid fears of a supply disruption due to the Russia-Ukraine conflict, a University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa project that earned a $670,000 National Science Foundation grant in 2021 has published groundbreaking results related to bismuth, a cheaper and non-toxic alternative to costly metals, such as platinum and palladium.

Predatory Phytoplankton Key To Understanding Ocean Ecosystem

A team of researchers have spent years taming mysterious marine microbes from the open ocean to grow in a lab, to investigate their feeding habits.

Ocean Carbon Critical To Predict Climate Change Impacts, Study Named Outstanding Paper

As carbon dioxide emissions have increased in the atmosphere, the ocean has absorbed a greater amount of carbon according to a publication co-authored by University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa oceanography Professor Christopher Sabine and selected as a 2021 Outstanding Scientific Paper by NOAA’s Oceanic and Atmospheric Research.

Scientists Warn Too Many Unknowns For Deep-Sea Mining

For the first time, scientists have a comprehensive overview of the gaps in our knowledge about ocean areas targeted for deep-sea mining and how they could be impacted.

Hawaiian Corals Show Surprising Resilience To Warming Oceans

A long-term study of Hawaiian coral species provided a surprisingly optimistic view of how they might survive warmer and more acidic oceans resulting from climate change.

Spikes In Ala Wai Infectious Bacteria Influenced By Rainfall

In the Ala Wai Canal in Waikīkī, the abundance of Vibrio vulnificus, an infectious bacterium, is strongly influenced by the amount of rainfall in the surrounding areas, according to a published study by oceanographers at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and Hawaiʻi Pacific University (HPU).

Crystals Found In Salmon Noses Could Explain Animals’ Magnetic Sense

Scientists understand that animals such as salmon, butterflies and birds have an innate magnetic sense, allowing them to use Earth’s magnetic field for navigation to places to feed and breed.

A Healthy Sense of Disgust Can Prevent Sickness

You might want to pay attention to those bad, queasy feelings.

Seeing the Same GP Improves Treatment for People with Dementia, Study Finds

People with dementia who see the same GP each time have lower rates of health complications and fewer emergency hospital admissions, according to a new study.

Breastfeeding Mothers Produce Covid‑19 Antibodies

Breastfeeding women who have COVID-19 transfer milk-borne antibodies to their babies without passing along the SARS-CoV-2 virus, according to a new study.

New Study Maps The Development Of The 20 Most Common Psychiatric Disorders

PSYCHIATRY Nearly half of all psychiatric patients get a different diagnose within 10 years. New figures for diagnoses will help predict the course of psychiatric illnesses.

Goldenseal Use May Compromise Diabetics’ Glucose Control

Diabetic patients taking the natural product goldenseal while taking the prescription drug metformin may be unwittingly sabotaging their efforts to maintain healthy blood glucose levels.

Masks Level Playing Field for Hospitality Workers

While attractive hospitality workers typically earn higher customer service scores than their peers, wearing face masks – a practice widely adopted during the COVID-19 pandemic – levels the playing field, a new study says.

English Channel Stops New Rockpool Species Reaching UK

The English Channel prevents many rockpool species "making the jump" from Europe to the UK, new research shows.

Low-Income Parents Receiving Universal Payments Spent More on Kids

When given cash with no strings attached, low- and middle-income parents increased their spending on their children, according to Washington State University research.

Food Safety Crises at Smaller Restaurant Chains Can Hurt Giants

When it comes to a food safety crisis like an E.coli outbreak, little restaurant brands have an outsized influence.

The First Life In Our Solar System May Have Been On Mars

EVOLUTION When Mars was a young planet, it was bombarded by ice asteroids delivering water and organic molecules necessary for life to emerge. According to the professor behind a new study, this means that the first life in our solar system may have been on Mars.