November 2025

Reading time: < 1 minute UH Manoa celebrates the opening of the Taiwan Resource Center for Chinese Studies in Hamilton Library. The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa’s Hamilton Library joined a global network of leading research libraries with the opening of its Taiwan Resource Center for Chinese Studies (TRCCS) on November 17. As the 55th […]

Reading time: 2 minutes Kupuna playing ʻulu maika (traditional stone disc-rolling game). Engaging in cultural and social activities is strongly linked to better mental health for Native Hawaiian, American Indian & Alaska Native elders, according to a new study from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa published in American Indian & Alaska Native Mental Health Research.

Reading time: 2 minutes University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa researchers in the Department of Physics and Astronomy have wrapped up a six-week campaign at CERN (Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire or European Organization for Nuclear Research) in Geneva, Switzerland, to study how rare antimatter particles (particles with opposite charge to ordinary matter) are created.

Reading time: 2 minutes Coral, brittle star, molluscs and anemones at 1,400m. (Photo credit: NOAA, Oceaneering International, Inc.) Fifteen years after the devastating Deepwater Horizon oil spill poured an estimated 134 million gallons of oil into the marine environment, vital long-term monitoring work involving University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa oceanographers continues to chart the slow

Reading time: 3 minutes Snapshot of the direct-ink writing process A comprehensive review of the challenges in printing with paste-like materials and how understanding the underlying physics could improve manufacturing reliability has been co-authored by a University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa mechanical engineering researcher. The paper, published in the Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics, brings

Reading time: 2 minutes Robo-AO-2 at UH 2.2 meter telescope on Maunakea. A new chapter in automated astronomy has begun on Maunakea. The University of Hawaiʻi Institute for Astronomy (IfA) has launched initial science operations for Robo-AO-2, a robotic laser adaptive optics system now operating at the UH 2.2-meter telescope. The milestone marks a major

Reading time: 2 minutes Paepae o Heʻeia staff and volunteers work on methods to trap juvenile fish inside the pond.(Photo credit: Heʻeia NERR) Traditional Hawaiian fishponds (loko iʻa) are emerging as a model for climate resilience, according to a study from the University of Hawaiʻi at at Mānoa’s Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology (HIMB). The

Reading time: 2 minutes An aerial view of Hawaiʻi short-finned pilot whales at the surface. (Photo credit: HIMB Marine Mammal Research Program) For the first time, scientists have calculated a detailed “energetic budget” for Hawaiʻi‘s short-finned pilot whales, revealing what it takes to power their extreme, 800-meter (2,600-feet) dives for food. A new study led

Reading time: 2 minutes (Photo credit: Hawaiʻi Department of Land and Natural Resources) Two years after the 2023 Maui wildfires, many disabled residents remain far behind in rebuilding their homes, livelihoods, and health, according to a new report from the University of Hawaiʻi Economic Research Organization (UHERO). UHERO’s study, Recovery Through a Disability Lens: Impacts

Reading time: 2 minutes AI-generated image of red giant star orbiting a quiet black hole in the Gaia BH2 system. Astronomers from the University of Hawaiʻi Institute for Astronomy (IfA) have uncovered the turbulent past of a distant red giant by listening to its celestial “song.” Subtle variations in the star’s brightness suggest that it