It’s forty years since the first agreement between the two organisations was signed in Beijing.
The seven courses this year attracted over 200 young researchers from Hong Kong, other parts of China, and 21 countries in all from across Asia, Europe, and the Americas.
Launched in 2022, the BOCHK Science and Technology Innovation Prize rewards “outstanding scientists and research teams for their significant achievements in scientific and technological innovation and transformation in Hong Kong.”
This marks the first time the annual flagship event, organised by the Molecular Frontiers Foundation, will be held in China.
Dr Yi Yang from the University of Hong Kong is this year’s the sole winner from Hong Kong.
The Medal was first awarded in 1731 and past winners include Dorothy Hodgkin, Albert Einstein, and Charles Darwin.
The awards enable early-career researchers to engage in bold new work and contribute to the development of education and research in Hong Kong.
The twenty-six successful applications for scholarships and fellowships this year are in life sciences, physical sciences, engineering, mathematics, and computer science.
Research by scientists at the Chinese University of Hong Kong shows that faecal microbiota transplantation can alleviate symptoms of insomnia in long COVID patients, providing further understanding of the gut-brain axis and its impact on sleep health.
A simple crystal structure material exhibits ultra-low thermal conductivity at room temperature with opening prospects for advances in thermal insulation and thermoelectrics.
The ISSCR is the largest stem cell organisation in the world and next year’s meeting will give Hong Kong and Mainland scientists a great opportunity to meet scientists from other regions.
A Hong Kong-led research project successfully mimics the mechanism used by Venus fly traps to capture their prey and offers a fresh perspective on the natural intelligence of plants.
These short, high-level courses go into depth on cutting-edge topics and are aimed at early-career researchers who are already established in their field
A Hong Kong Polytechnic University study suggests that AI models can be improved by going beyond simply predicting the next word in a sequence
Croucher Science Week, which has been running since 2018, this year featured over 50 interactive events online, in schools and at the Hong Kong Science Museum
A research team at HKUST has uncovered a mechanism for short-distance vesicle transport within cells, driven by protein phase separation
Croucher News caught up with Ewina Pun who is currently pursuing her doctoral degree in biomedical engineering at Brown University
APS was founded in 1899 to advance and diffuse the knowledge of physics. Members of the Society are based in more than 100 countries
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
She died, at the age of 22, in October of this year.
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