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On the fintech front, HKUST is co-leading the development of a Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) Toolkit with the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA). This initiative is designed to help banks address potential challenges that advances in quantum computing may pose to existing encryption technologies.

In electronic engineering, HKUST researchers are advancing satellite communications and 6G networks with novel acoustic chip technology and improving the efficiency and durability of perovskite tandem solar cells through molecular interface engineering.

Expanding frontiers in space and climate science, HKUST secured HKD 46 million in funding from Stellar Rise to develop bio-inspired robotic manipulation technologies for in-orbit operations. In addition, a new study found that urbanization in the Greater Bay Area has significantly increased the risks of extreme heat and heavy rainfall.

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.

We continue to cement our leadership in global research with the approval of two new InnoHK centers and the HKGAI Center’s recent showcase of generative AI breakthroughs. Complementing these institutional milestones , Prof.