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HKUST researchers have overcome a critical commercialization bottleneck in perovskite solar cells. They have developed a novel crystal-solvate seeding strategy that reconstructs defect-prone buried interfaces, enabling the high efficiency, long-term stability, and large-area scalability required for next-gen photovoltaics.
The key takeaway from the "HKUST Industry Engagement Day – AI + Medicine: The Future of Intelligent Healthcare" was that AI and medical innovation will substantially reshape healthcare in the coming years, particularly through advances in data analysis and technology.
This Industry Engagement Day (IED) event, which attracted 150+ faculty members, students, alumni, and industry partners, took place on April 28 at the Kaisa Group Lecture Theater of the HKUST Jockey Club Institute for Advanced Study.
When news broke that Prof. Luk Kam Biu had been elected to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences (NAS), his reaction was understated.
“Knowing the high caliber of the NAS members, I was humbled by the news and am excited to join the club,” says Prof. Luk, who has been at the forefront of particle physics for decades.
But behind this quiet, unassuming nature lies a career defined by bold questions, meticulous experimentation, and discoveries that have reshaped our understanding of the subatomic world.
On April 26, Erhu Master GUO Gan presented the Guo Gan and His Friends International Concert, a world-class musical feast featuring an ensemble of nine renowned musicians from France, Belgium, Mongolia, Switzerland, and Tunisia.
While honoring the roots of Chinese heritage, Guo Gan bridged East and West, and tradition and modernity, as his erhu conversed seamlessly with an array of instruments, including the piano, violin, guitar, bass, bandoneon (button concertina), saz (long-necked lute), and morin khuur (horse-head fiddle).
We know that the bond between a teacher and a student can supercharge learning. But what if the “teacher” isn't human?
A recent study from HKUST, published in the neuroscience journal Neuron, suggests that a brief pre-class interaction with an AI can change how your brain prepares for learning.
Walking past a Computer Science classroom, you might expect rows of students focused on complex algorithms or code. But a lecture by Professor Andrew HORNER from the Department of Computer Science and Engineering is quite different.
There, the air crackles with the energy of what Prof. Horner calls a “Hogwarts magic class,” where students learn to cast visual and sound spells in music videos and trailers as audio designers, editors, and directors.
As a pioneer in interdisciplinary innovation through AI+ and Art Tech development, HKUST has once again gathered global creative forces to reimagine the future of cinematic storytelling.
Following the success of the first AI film festival in Greater China last year, HKUST proudly hosted its 2nd film festival (AIFF) from May 16 to 17.
Dissecting a rat is perhaps not everyone’s most relished activity in biology class, especially if you are a bit squeamish. But innovative teaching tools developed in the Division of Life Science (LIFS) offer a complementary approach to essential dissection activities and much more through this interactive, multimodal learning environment.
It’s a new platform that is creating highly engaging classes for young scientists-in-training at HKUST.