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Reading time: 2 minutes Vertical farming is ideal for Hawaiʻi, where agricultural land is limited. In a state where land is expensive, and the tropical heat can be a hurdle for certain crops, researchers at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa’s College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resilience (CTAHR) are looking up. Kyle Marcelino, a […]

Reading time: 2 minutes Lava fountain at Halemaʻumaʻu crater of Kīlauea volcano (June 14, 2026) (USGS photo credit: T. Paladino) New research shows the Hawaiian mantle plume has gotten hotter by about 250°C (480°F) over the past 47 million years. Led by Earth scientists at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, the study published in

Reading time: 2 minutes (Photo credit: iStock) When disaster struck Venezuela on June 24, 2026, the Pacific Disaster Center (PDC)—a University of Hawaiʻi applied science center—was ready. Two massive earthquakes, measuring M7.2 and M7.5, devastated the region, triggering the largest international urban search and rescue (USAR) mobilization in the region’s history. As 67 international search

Reading time: 2 minutes (Photo credit: Hawaiʻi Sea Grant) The University of Hawaiʻi Sea Grant College Program (Hawaiʻi Sea Grant) has been awarded approximately $2.4 million in federal funding to advance island sustainability, protect unique marine ecosystems, support research, and develop a robust blue economy workforce. The funding is part of a continued, bipartisan investment

Reading time: 2 minutes Researchers at UH Mānoa study a droplet of oxygen-carrying liquid suspended in water to better understand how the lungs’ natural surfactant behaves. The research could help advance future liquid breathing technologies. For decades, scientists have studied whether oxygen-carrying liquids could help people breathe when their lungs are too damaged or underdeveloped

Reading time: 2 minutes The program is celebrating 10 years of forest education and conservation. Nine forest landowners from Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu officially graduated from the 10th annual Forest Stewards program on June 28, following an immersive three-day workshop in Pāhoa on Hawaiʻi Island. Housed in the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa’s College of

Reading time: 2 minutes UH Maui High Performance Computing Center. Reliable operation of data centers has become essential to nearly all sectors of modern society, including healthcare, education, government services, power grid operation, banking, defense and disaster relief. New research published in Scientific Reports and led by University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa atmospheric scientists revealed

Reading time: 2 minutes CTAHR research examines ‘bio-factory’ inside noni plants to naturally encourage them to produce more antioxidants and healing chemicals. For centuries, plants like māmaki and noni have been used to heal and restore. Now, a researcher at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa is using bioengineering to better understand how these plants

Reading time: 3 minutes Mother and calf spinner dolphins. (Photo credit: Fabien Vivier, and research was conducted under National Marine Fisheries Service permit number 21476.) Unexpectedly low calf numbers within the spinner dolphin population off Hawaiʻi Island were revealed in a study led by scientists with the Marine Mammal Research Program (MMRP) at the University

Reading time: 2 minutes UH Cancer Center At least $230 million was spent on cancer care delivered outside Hawaiʻi between 2021 and 2023, according to a new study led by researchers at the University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center. Geographic isolation requires many Hawaiʻi patients to seek advanced cancer therapeutics and clinical trials on the mainland.