HONOLULU, Hawaii, Dec. 22 (TNSRes) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: A research project intended to study new materials with possible uses in advanced electronics and carbon capture led by Chad Junkermeier, materials computation laboratory instructor of University of Hawaii Maui College, has received a $200,000 National Science Foundation award. One of the goals of "Theoretical Analysis of N-carbophenes: a novel class of 2D hydrocarbons" is to contribute to better d more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Dec. 20 (TNSRes) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: After NASA launches the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) on a historic mission this December, scientists anticipate their first glimpses the most distant objects ever seen in the universe. Technology developed and tested at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy (IfA) and on Maunakea are behind JWST's ability to gaze deeper into space than ever before. Sixteen near-infrared (NIR) senso more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Dec. 23 (TNSOps) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release on Dec. 22, 2021: KAI Hawaii Inc., a Honolulu-based structural and forensic engineering firm, has given $250,000 to the University of Hawaii at Manoa College of Engineering to endow a new vertically integrated project (VIP) related to sustainability and resilience. VIP programs seek to foster long-term, in-depth, project-based learning to engage students and better prepare them for future careers.  more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Dec. 24 (TNSRep) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: Ka palupalu o Kanaloa (Kanaloa kahoolawensis) is one of 10 most critically endangered plants and animals in the world to be impacted by climate change, according to a December 2021 report by the Endangered Species Coalition. The species was declared extinct in the wild in 2015. Over the past several years, experts at the University of Hawaii at Manoa have brought the Ka palupalu o Kanaloa back from more PR

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Dec. 23 (TNSRes) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release: Indigenous coastal communities have depended on ocean resources over millennia, but climate change is creating a more unpredictable ocean by influencing waves, sea level, temperature and other factors, profoundly impacting remote coastal communities. The Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS) within the University of Hawaii at Manoa's School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOE more PR