July 2025

Reading time: 2 minutes A researcher in the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa’s College of Engineering has developed a new method to improve the bonding strength of silicone-based materials, a breakthrough that could enhance the durability and performance of soft biomedical devices, wearable technology and soft robots. These materials are used in things such as […]

Reading time: 2 minutes Long ambulance response times, costly and unreliable non-emergency transportation, and insufficient insurance coverage for travel-related health care expenses are among the key findings of a new report released by the University of Hawaiʻi Rural Health Research and Policy Center (UH RHRPC). The Impacts of Transportation and Travel Access on Rural Health

Reading time: 3 minutes Across the globe, oceans are acidifying as they absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, threatening coral reefs and many other marine organisms. A new study, led by oceanographers at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, revealed that unprecedented levels of ocean acidification are expected around the main Hawaiian Islands within the

Reading time: 3 minutes A Maui Wildfire Exposure Study event in 2024. The University of Hawaiʻi received two privately funded grants totaling more than $1.5 million from The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust to tackle pressing health disparities across rural Hawaiʻi and the U.S.-Affiliated Pacific Islands. Through community-centered health care and policy

Reading time: 3 minutes A Waikīkī storm drain nearly full during a king tide. (Photo credit: Hawaiʻi Sea Grant King Tides Project) Existing sea level rise models for coastal cities often overlook the impacts of rainfall on infrastructure. Researchers at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa predicted that by 2050, large rain events combined with

Reading time: 2 minutes Jason Barnhill When retired U.S. Army Col. Jason Barnhill steps into the lab at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM), he brings more than 30 years of active duty experience and a mission to protect soldiers on the battlefield. Barnhill, now an associate professor

Reading time: 3 minutes Closeup visual of 3I/ATLAS A telescope operated by the University of Hawaiʻi has detected the third known interstellar (from outside our solar system) object to enter our solar system. Researchers say that it poses no danger to Earth. Full ATLAS image and a cutout of the discovery image The discovery was

Reading time: 3 minutes Coral reef from a lagoon reef in Moʻorea, French Polynesia (Photo credit: Nyssa Silbiger) Groundwater directly affects water chemistry in coral reefs and triggers a cascade of changes in the coastal ecosystem, according to a new study led by University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa oceanographers. The researchers describe the effect as