News & Stories

2023

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A Year of Milestones
Looking back on the key achievements and developments of the University over 2021-22.
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Major Events (On Campus), Student Development and Bonding, Community
HKUST Co-hosts Unity Games to Promote Diversity and Inclusion
It was a two-day sports event co-hosted between HKUST and Gay Games 11 Hong Kong 2023.
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Marine Life, Ocean Science, Climate Change, Ecology and Environment
Fathoming the Hidden Heatwaves that Threaten Coral Reefs
    In April to May 2019, the coral reefs near the French Polynesian island of Moorea in the central South Pacific Ocean suffered severe and prolonged thermal bleaching. The catastrophe occurred despite the absence of El Niño conditions that year, intriguing ocean scientists around the world. 
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Biology, Life Science
Joint study reveals how DNA unzipping machine works, shedding lights on cancer therapy
Scientists from The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), The University of Hong Kong (HKU) and Institut Curie, France have jointly uncovered a new mechanism of the human MCM2-7 complex in regulating replication initiation, which can be used as a novel and effective anticancer strategy with the potential for selective killing of cancer cells. The findings were recently published in the Cell journal (link to publication).