ITHACA, New York, Oct. 23 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * Doctoral student's system eases patient-discharge process * Every day, millions of people are discharged after extended hospital stays, but matching these patients with appropriate care facilities can be arduous, often reliant on months-old, inaccurate data. Now, a text message-based, hybrid computer-human system that regularly updates both patients' and care facilities' availability statuses, developed by a C more PR

MANOA, Hawaii, Oct. 23 (TNSjou) -- The University of Hawaii Manoa campus issued the following news release: * * * VIDEO: UH engineers help sharpen our view of space A groundbreaking new instrument that lets astronomers see deeper into space than ever before using a single telescope was brought to life with help from a University of Hawaii at Manoa faculty member. Installed on the Subaru Telescope atop Maunakea, the first-of-its-kind device set a new benchmark for how scientists study distant  more PR

MANOA, Hawaii, Oct. 23 (TNSjou) -- The University of Hawaii Manoa campus issued the following news release: * * * UH study: 19-year life expectancy gap among Hawaii groups A new University of Hawaii study reveals a striking 19-year difference in life expectancy among Hawaii's major ethnic groups. The updated analysis, published in the Hawaii Journal of Health and Social Welfare, shows that while the state continues to rank among the nation's healthiest, Native Hawaiians and Other Pacific Isla more PR

MANOA, Hawaii, Oct. 22 -- The University of Hawaii Manoa campus issued the following news release: * * * $2.4M to bolster Wai'anae coast's climate resilience A University of Hawaii at Manoa project aimed at boosting climate resilience on Oahu's Waianae coast has been awarded a $2.4 million grant from the Department of Defense's Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation. Led by the Coastal Research Collaborative (CRC) in the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST), the "Bu more PR

MANOA, Hawaii, Oct. 23 (TNSjou) -- The University of Hawaii Manoa campus issued the following news release: * * * Climate whiplash effects due to rapidly intensifying El Nino cycles A powerful climate pattern that dictates weather worldwide is projected to undergo a dramatic transformation due to greenhouse warming, according to a new study led by researchers at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Published in Nature Communications, the international research team found that the El Nino-Southe more PR

MANOA, Hawaii, Oct. 24 -- The University of Hawaii Manoa campus issued the following news release: * * * Hawai'i Sea Grant fellows team up with local offices to strengthen resilience Four postgraduate fellows from the University of Hawai'i at Manoa were selected to work directly with Hawai'i-based organizations through the UH Sea Grant College Program (Hawai'i Sea Grant) E. Gordon Grau Coastal and Marine Resource Management and Policy Fellowship Program (Grau Fellowship). "We're thrilled to more PR

MANOA, Hawaii, Oct. 21 (TNSjou) -- The University of Hawaii Manoa campus issued the following news release: * * * Rare bumble bee's downfall began long before humans A rare North American bumble bee may have been on a path toward extinction long before modern human impacts, suggesting that its long-term genetic vulnerability made it especially fragile and less able to cope with both past and current environmental stresses. The findings of the new study were published in the Proceedings of the more PR