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Dr. Melody Leung, Division of Life Science, tells us the differences between nasal spray and injectable vaccines. 

Prof. YANG Hai, Chair Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, clinched the 2021 Francis C. Turner Award by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).

It is challenging to analyze proteins at low concentrations, especially for those in a mixture of various conformations such as intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs). A research team led by Prof. HUANG Jinqing, Assistant Professor of Department of Chemistry at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), has developed optical tweezers-coupled Raman spectroscopy that can directly probe the structural features of alpha-synuclein, an IDP closely linked to Parkinson’s disease, at the physiological concentration by focusing on individual protein molecules. 

Ever since computer science pioneer, Alan Turing, first asked “can machines think?” back in the 1940s, humanity’s concerns about machines capable of acquiring the knowledge it needed to evolve have never faded. With potential applications for Artificial Intelligence (AI) now growing at a near exponential rate, how are we humans coping with the technology’s uncertainties?  A renowned expert in the field of ethical use of AI, Prof. Pascale FUNG here sheds some light on the technology’s many benefits and risks. Her biggest concern is people’s ignorance about AI means we may be doing a disservice to both ourselves and AI. AI creates rather than eliminates jobs

The HKUST and HKSI teams have found ways to enhance the Hong Kong Cycling Team's performances in the Tokyo Olympics.

Liquid Crystals (LC) are widely deployed in display technology and optical fibres. From smartphones in your pockets to large screen TVs, LCs are everywhere, as this special state of matter has been found in colorful soap bubbles as well as certain living tissues.

Prof. Ni will lead HKUST(GZ) in fulfilling the University's vision for the “Unified HKUST, Complementary Campuses” framework.

Master's and doctoral graduates can only be researchers? Not really!