Researchers at HKUST have modified bacteria to produce spider silk with new properties that could be useful in regenerative medicine and beyond
By combining high reflectivity with radiative cooling, a new ceramic material can reduce the need for air conditioning in buildings
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On 8 December at a ceremony at the Ritz-Carlton, Croucher Foundation Trustee Sophia Zhu Yibing presented awards to the latest cohort of Croucher Study Award recipients
Insights into how cells permanently change shape could transform our understanding of tissue dynamics, offering unprecedented clarity on processes from healing to cancer metastasis
World-renowned artist and art theorist Qiu Zhijie visited Hong Kong recently and found time to speak to Croucher News about his work, his attitudes towards science and the arts, and his map making
Using the latest advances in cryogenic-electron microscopy a team at HKUST reported the structure of cyanophage P-SCSP1u in its native form at near-atomic resolution leading to a new understanding of the mechanism of infection
Croucher News meets Dr Moriaki Yasuhara of the University of Hong Kong to find out more about his work and learn about time machine biology
Award ceremony and dinner took place on 8 December following a symposium held at M+ involving over one hundred of its scholars and other leading scientists from Hong Kong
Dr Richard Tse is a Todd-Croucher Junior Research Fellow at Christ’s College, Cambridge. Croucher News spoke to him recently to find out what it was like to be conducting research in Cambridge and being part of a college going back 500 years
Professor Ng is the first clinician-scientist in Hong Kong to win this award. She and her colleagues have also just published a study with profound implications for the role of gut microbiota modulation in improving symptoms in people with long COVID
Mangrove forests are highly valuable habitats, being important carbon sinks, sheltering coastlines from storms, and supporting over 1,500 species globally.
The Hong Kong Young Academy of Sciences hosted a symposium on 4 December to promote the work of young scientists in Hong Kong
She died, at the age of 22, in October of this year.
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