Above: Volunteers Joel Paye and Tayeh Madjeska introduce VEX IQ robotics kits to elementary students at the first RISE robotics class on Nov. 13. Keaukaha’s first after-school robotics program has officially launched, giving local elementary students the chance to...
A recent report in Basalt.Today projects that basalt fiber manufacturing will become a $200 million industry worldwide by 2020. Could Hawaii stand to benefit in this niche industry? PISCES is working on an answer. With support from Rep. Mark Nakashima, the...
The first AstroDay West Hawaii science and astronomy event met with success in Kona on Saturday, Nov. 4. Sponsored by MKAOC (MaunaKea Astronomy Outreach Committee) and hosted by Kona Commons Shopping Center, the free community outreach event mirrored the successful...
Lawmakers from the Hawaii State Senate Ways and Means (WAM) committee took a look inside an authentic replica of the Space Shuttle Challenger at Kea’au High School on Saturday morning, Oct. 28. The refurbished shuttle cockpit and flight simulator was a...
Artist rendering of a binary neutron star merger and resulting explosion. Created by Robin Dienel, courtesy of the Carnegie Institution for Science. A team of University of Hawaiʻi (UH) astronomers played a major role in identifying the location of the first-ever...
