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Study: Mobility challenges start earlier in life for Native Hawaiian adults

Researchers at University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa’s Hā Kūpuna National Resource Center for Native Hawaiian Elders found that 28% of Native Hawaiian adults ages 55 and older reported mobility limitations compared with 17% to 19% of white, Filipino and Japanese adults.

Highest stress levels in past 1,000 years discovered at San Andreas Fault in California

The system is critically stressed, and that physics-based models such as this one give them a clearer picture of the range of scenarios for which to be prepared.

Blood test for highly aggressive form of breast cancer advanced by new research

A multi-university team — including University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center — developed a simpler way to find and track inflammatory breast cancer.

UH astronomer proposes space ‘umbrella’ to help mitigate effects of climate change

Scientists around the globe are working on myriad ways to reduce the effects of climate change, including István Szapudi, an astronomer at the University of Hawaiʻi Institute for Astronomy, who has devised a novel idea to lessen the amount of sunlight hitting our planet.

El Niño ‘flavors’ help unravel past variability, future response to climate change

The research enables more accurate projection of future changes and impacts from El Niño, the primary factor affecting variability in water temperature and trade wind strength in the Pacific.