September 21, 2022 UH News CTAHR soil scientists Jonathan Deenik, Tai Maaz, and Nhu Nguyen To study the effect of fungal-bacterial interactions on nutrients such as carbon and nitrogen in soil, a three-year $3.4 million grant was awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy to an interdisciplinary team headed by University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa […]
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February 7, 2023 UH News The summer research program allows students to hone their STEM skills alongside their peers. A free program (covering food, lodging and travel) aims to provide students with tools to slow erosion, combat weeds and improve agriculture yields through data driven agriculture (DDA). This involves growing plants, recording and analyzing their […]
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September 17, 2021 UH News Maize nursery in Waimānalo. Improved, practical crop breeding tools are essential to meet the increasing global demands for sustainable and secure food production, made more urgent by the unpredictable stresses driven by a changing climate. To help meet this need, the National Science Foundation Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research […]
August 5, 2022 UH News A summer research program provided 11 Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander (NHPI) college students from across the Pacific a valuable opportunity to develop their scientific research skills while tackling challenges facing Pacific Island communities. The 10-week program, hosted by the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, culminated with student presentations […]
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August 3, 2021 UH News Tai Maaz Nitrogen is the unsung hero of food production—an essential nutrient for plant growth and health. Nitrogen is found in the chlorophyll needed for photosynthesis, the amino acids that form proteins, the adenosine triphosphate compounds that release energy, and the DNA that codes all plant life. Yet, because nitrogen […]