News & Stories

2020

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Research and Technology, Innovation
Together, We Will Overcome
Watch our video which highlights our all-round measures to curtail COVID-19.
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Artificial Intelligence, Smart Cities, Big Data
HKUST Researchers Develop a Smart Fever Screening System Offering a More Efficient Solution to Safeguarding Public Health
Researchers from The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) have developed a novel Smart Fever Screening System (SFSS), which could help officials at the border points to easily identify and distinguish passengers with fever.
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Innovation, Research and Technology, Public Policy
Our Fight Against COVID-19 Pandemic
The collaborative efforts made by HKUST and its dedicated fellow allies to fight against COVID-19.
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Computer Science and Engineering, Entrepreneurship, Research and Technology, Innovation
HKUST Researchers Develop Smart Geo-fencing Technology for Home Quarantine amid COVID-19 Pandemic
Researchers of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) have developed a novel geo-fencing technology, offering a smart core solution that helps save the government’s manpower in monitoring those under compulsory home quarantine amid the novel pneumonia (COVID-19) outbreak.
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Research and Technology
HKUST Develops New Smart Anti-Microbial Coating in the Fight Against COVID-19
Researchers at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) have developed a Multilevel Antimicrobial Polymer (MAP-1) coating that is effective in killing viruses, bacteria and even hard-to-kill spores.  MAP-1 can inactivate* up to 99.9 per cent of highly-infectious viruses suc
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Data Analytics, Interdisciplinary, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Electronic and Computer Engineering, Scientific Computation
HKUST Scientists Shed Light on COVID-19 Vaccine Development
A team of scientists at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) has recently identified a set of potential vaccine targets which could be helpful for the development of a vaccine against the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus – the cause of a novel pneumonia (COVID-19) outbreak which has s
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Research and Technology
HKUST Research Team Invents World’s Fastest Coronavirus Detection Device Offering Diagnostic Results in 40 Minutes
Early detection of people infected of the novel Coronavirus has become an imminent challenge around the world as the epidemic continues to develop.  A team of researchers from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) recently invented the world’s fastest portable COVID-2019
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Research, Research and Technology
Riding the Waves of Innovation
From fundamental discoveries to knowledge transfer and application, you can find all the latest breakthroughs we have done in this issue of Research@HKUST.