Press Releases and Stories

2014

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Discovery, Biology, Cell Biology, Research
HKUST-Scripps Scientists Discover Metamorphosed Protein-Building Enzymes as New Protein Therapeutics
A team led by scientists at the Hong Kong University of Science & Technology Jockey Club Institute for Advanced Study and The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) R&D Laboratory (IAS HKUST-Scripps R&D Laboratory) and aTyr Pharma has found that ancient enzymes, known for their fundamental
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Teaching and Learning
Where Dreams Start
Xinyue Wang Year 3, major in Accounting and Finance I'm Wang Xinyue, from Beijing. I'm currently a 3rd year student and graduating this June majoring in accounting and finance.
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Health, Technology
HKUST Develops Mini Pulsed Electric Field Device for Water Disinfection Environment Professor Elected as Fellow by American Industrial Hygiene Association
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) has invented a mini pulsed electric field device which could reduce more than 90 percent of bacteria in the running tap water in a few seconds.
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Boundless Learning in the World of MOOCs
In the fascinating, unfolding world of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), a whole new set of relationships between learners is being forged, according to Prof King L Chow, Professor in the Division of Life Science at HKUST, one of the institutions pioneering the way in Asia for these global cou
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Entrepreneurship
Great Minds and Entrepreneurial Spirit
Claire Chan Final Year Student, Dual Degree Program in Technology Management Founder of Sensbeat
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Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Research and Technology, Interdisciplinary
HKUST 2014 One Million Dollar Entrepreneurship Competition Fosters Entrepreneurial Spirit
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) held its annual HKUST One Million Dollar Entrepreneurship Competition to foster entrepreneurship and identify the best business prospects.
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Joint-University, Physics
HKUST Researchers Join a Top Particle Physics Experiment
A group of researchers from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) has become the member of a team of physicists from Hong Kong, who has now formally joined one of the most prestigious physics experiments in the world – a top particle physics experiment.
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Alzheimer's, Research, Discovery, Neuroscience
HKUST Discovers a Novel Molecular Target and Unveils New Therapeutic Strategy for Alzheimer’s Disease
A research team led by Prof Nancy Ip, Dean of Science, Director of the State Key Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience and The Morningside Professor of Life Science at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), has successfully