News & Stories

2021

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Sustainability Smart Campus, Sustainability, Global and Community Engagement, Innovation
Universities Can Be 'Living Labs' For Sustainability
President Prof. Wei SHYY discusses the role of universities in creating a sustainable future.
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A Decade of Victory by Robotics Team in MATE ROVC Regional
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Business Management, Scholarship, Personal Development
A Fighter’s Heart at 15%
From a terminal heart failure patient to a university student, mentor, and public speaker, HKUS
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Neuroscience, Biomedical Science, Alzheimer's
HKUST Scientists Develop Simple Blood Test for Early Detection of Alzheimer’s Disease
A research team led by HKUST's VPRD Prof. Nancy IP has developed a simple yet highly effective Alzheimer’s blood test from Chinese patient data for the first time.
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Donation, University Development, Research, Robotics
HKUST Receives HK$100 Million from Chow Tai Fook Charity Foundation
The gift will help us continue to break new ground and nurture the right talent to assist the economic and social development of Hong Kong and beyond.
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Quenching Endless Curiosity with Research
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Biomedical Science, Genetics, Life Science, Biomedical Engineering
HKUST-Beijing Tiantan Hospital Researchers Discover a New Cause for the Cerebral Cavernous Malformation
HKUST researchers have uncovered a new gene mutation responsible for a brain vascular disorder which inflicted about 10~30 million people in the world.
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Chemistry, Biochemistry
HKUST Scientists Discover How Antibiotics Target Bacterial RNAP to Inhibit Its Gene Transcription
A group of researchers at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) has uncovered the mechanism of how DNA is being melted to start bacterial gene transcription and how one class of antibiotics inhibits this process – an important way in killing bacteria.