[ad_1] University of Hawaiʻi AMS-02 is at the International Space Station (Photo credit: NASA) A university of Hawaii to the Mānoa project to advance knowledge of the universe and understanding of its origin and dark matter, received a great boost from the National Science Foundation. The three-year grant of $ …
Read More »The expedition finds a record number of fish in the abyssal depths
[ad_1] University of Hawaii Merciless eels on the top of the submarine mountain in CCZ; over 9,800 feet deep. (Photo credit: Drazen Lab / UH Mānoa; Deep CCZ Exp) The largest aggregation of fish ever recorded in the abyssal deep sea was discovered by a team of oceanographers from the …
Read More »Bacteria direct Hawaiian squid to create a more inviting home
[ad_1] University of Hawaii Squid’s light organ and symbiotes (green) inside the crypt where they reside. (Photo credit: Moriano-Gutierrez) Bacteria living symbiotically within the Hawaiian bobtail squid can direct the host squid to change its normal gene expression schedule to create a more inviting home, according to a study published …
Read More »A UH researcher solves the mystery of glacial floods
[ad_1] University of Hawaiʻi Aerial image of subsidence and crevasses on the Vatnajókull ice sheet on the western Skaftákatlar subglacial lake. (Photo credit: Benedikt Gunnar Ófeigsson, Icelandic Meteorological Office) A long-standing mystery involving floods or “jökulhlaup” emerging suddenly and unpredictably from glaciers or ice caps was fortuitously solved by a …
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