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Western democracies are losing the technology competition and U.S. leadership is being challenged scientifically on the global stage, warns an editorial in Science, the journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The article, shared by Honolulu ARCS Scholar alumna and ScienceAdvisor newsletter editor Christie Wilson, cites Australian...

The John A. Burns School of Medicine honored Honolulu ARCS member Dr. Mariana Gerschenson for 12 years of remarkable service in the JABSOM dean's office. Mariana served as the inaugural associate dean after stints as director of research and director of graduate education for the University of Hawai‘i's medical school. She...

Honolulu ARCS Scholar Lindsay Young is vice president for research for the National Geographic Society's Pristine Seas Program. She heads an eight-member research team that works with conservationists, filmmakers, and communication and policy experts to help protect the world’s oceans. Young is also an affiliate graduate faculty member at the...

Congratulations to Dr. Joseph Keaweʻaimoku Kaholokula, chair of Native Hawaiian Health at the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa's John A. Burns School of Medicine, on being one of 100 new members inducted into the National Academy of Medicine in 2024. He is the fist Native Hawaiian physician to be so honored....

ARCS Honolulu for We are Stardust — the  2025 Heart of Gold Fundraiser Luncheon featuring special guest speaker Dr. David Blake and a stellar silent auction on Monday, February 10, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Outrigger Canoe Club, 2909 Kalakaua Ave.

Ames Research Center exobiologist David Blake has received...

In a salute to ARCS Honolulu Chapterʻs 50th anniversary, Honolulu Science Café will include two ARCS members and an ARCS Scientist of the Year in its fall schedule of monthly dinner speakers. Science Café brings together science enthusiasts from across O‘ahu for conversation and edification on the third Wednesday of the...

The University of Hawai‘i Cancer Center has received the maximum five-year renewal of its National Cancer Institute designation. The center received its best score in a decade and classification as an “outstanding” cancer center, placing it in the top 4 percent of all cancer centers in the country. Only 72 centers...

Growing up under a pristine night sky far from city lights, one scholar’s fascination with the cosmos began early. Surrounded by stars and the Milky Way, Nicholas Saunders was captivated by the sheer magnitude of the universe. But his interest in exoplanets—planets orbiting stars outside our solar system—was sparked by a...

Congratulations to the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa's Dr. Tomoaki Miura, inducted as an American Association for the Advancement of Sciences Fellow in September. Dr. Miura is professor and chair of Natural Resources and Environmental Management, one of five College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources departments supported with Honolulu ARCS...

Honolulu ARCS Scholar Katie C.Y. Lee has demonstrated the importance of an energy regulating enzyme in heart health. “We discovered that your heart can't really be healthy without PKM2,” she says.

Building on research that Pyruvate kinase M2 plays a key role in glucose metabolism and energy expenditure, Katie demonstrated that...