As part of a groundbreaking national initiative to create sustainable refrigerants, a University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa student is taking the lead on integrating cultural and a broader range of perspectives into climate change solutions.
The Department of Chemistry captivated the young visitors with exciting experiments such as the combustion of gummy bears and the generation of molten iron, and the effects of extreme cold on everyday objects. Read more at UH News!
A team from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa is tackling an important cause of human-made climate change—common refrigerants used for everything from cooling homes and businesses to freezing and preserving food and medicine. $26M grant fuels UH research on…
“Arrokoth provides crucial insights into the processes that influenced the formation of celestial bodies like the Kuiper Belt,” said Department of Chemistry Professor Ralf I. Kaiser.
Important nutrients for the first living organisms on Earth may have come from space, according to new research from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.
A new, simpler way to make important chemicals used in many medicines has been discovered by University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa scientists.
The new book by University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Department of Chemistry researchers Protein Folding, published by the American Chemical Society, is a comprehensive publication that delves into the intricate world of protein folding.
In a newly published paper, researchers in the Department of Chemistry have discovered how some crucial molecules can form in space, which could lead to significant developments about how life may have originated on Earth.
A critical molecule for the metabolism of living organisms has been synthesized for the first time by University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa researchers at low temperatures on ice coated nanoparticles mimicking conditions in deep space marking a “cool” step in…
It is with great sadness we report that Robert S. H. Liu, Fellow of the Inter-American Photochemical Society, a valuable member of our community passed away on January 20, 2024. Born in 1938, he received his…
Using technology in UH Mānoa’s W. M. Keck Research Laboratory in Astrochemistry, the team out of the Department of Chemistry led by Professor Ralf Kaiser recreated the environment found inside dense interstellar molecular clouds.