UH team finds glitch that could affect more than 100 scientific studies
The glitch was discovered when UH Mānoa graduate student, Yuheng Luo, was verifying chemistry data and found that a computer's operating system would present varied results.
Scientists reveal new pathway for carbon chemistry to evolve in space
Researchers produced a ringed, carbon-containing molecule by combining two highly reactive chemical species that are called free radicals because they contain unpaired electrons.
Key phosphorus-based molecule for life on Earth may have come from Space
A meteor could be the vessel to have brought a key ingredient to life on Earth, according to researchers at UH Mānoa.
National Cancer Institute boosts UH Cancer Center support to $8.4M
The National Cancer Institute increased its support of the University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center from $5.7 million to $8.4 million and extended its NCI designation to July 2022.
A scholarly focus on sustainability and stewardship
Three graduates from the Global Environmental Science program in the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology work toward a healthy Hawaiʻi.
Water formation on the Moon demonstrated by UH Mānoa scientists
The W.M. Keck Research Laboratory and the Hawaiʻi Institute of Geophysics and Planetology have collaborated on a project that for the first time has shown chemical, physical and material evidence for water formation on the Moon.
Work to make chemicals cheaper, more environmentally friendly, earns prestigious NSF grant
Matthew Cain, assistant professor of chemistry, received a $675,000 grant over a five-year term from the NSF Early Career Development program.
Scientists present new clues to cut through the mystery of Titan’s atmospheric haze
A team co-led by a UH researcher Ralf Kaiser homes in on a “missing link’ in Titan’s one-of-a-kind chemistry.
Kapiʻolani CC sustainability project generates fuel, fertilizer and more
Chemistry, culinary and economics students are involved in an award-winning sustainability project at Kapiʻolani Community College.
Did key building blocks for life come from deep space?
Phosphates, a key building block for life, was found to be generated in outer space and delivered to early Earth by meteorites or comets.
