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Croucher launches 2024 advanced study institutes 6 June 2024

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

Teaching AI to "think" more like humans 30 May 2024

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 2024 inspires thousands of youngsters in Hong Kong 23 May 2024

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

HK researchers reveal vesicle transport mechanism 18 May 2024

A research team at HKUST has uncovered a mechanism for short-distance vesicle transport within cells, driven by protein phase separation.

Brain-computer interfaces for enhanced mobility 16 May 2024

Croucher News caught up with Ewina Pun who is currently pursuing her doctoral degree in biomedical engineering at Brown University

Professor Xun-li Wang elected to the American Physical Society 11 May 2024

APS was founded in 1899 to advance and diffuse the knowledge of physics. Members of the Society are based in more than 100 countries

Microrobots in the GBA 8 February 2024

In the first of a series of articles exploring the development of scientific collaboration across the Greater Bay Area, Croucher News met up with Professor Li Zhang from the Chinese University of Hong Kong  and Professor Xinyu Wu from Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology

Nature-inspired catalysis 10 January 2024

Scientists at the City University of Hong Kong have broken new ground in the field of hydrogen energy by creating a catalyst that draws inspiration from patterns found in nature

Croucher marks its Foundation Day with a celebration 15 December 2023

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

Professor Siew Ng selected as a New Cornerstone Investigator 13 December 2023

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

Athena Ng was a young scientist of huge potential 2 December 2023

She died, at the age of 22, in October of this year.

Professor Dennis Lo elected to CAS and wins the inaugural Tengchong Science Award 23 November 2023

Croucher Foundation is delighted to learn that Professor Dennis Lo has been elected to the Chinese Academy of Sciences and has won the inaugural Tengchong Science Award.

Croucher summer courses back with a bang in 2023 28 October 2023

After a break of three years we were delighted to see the courses return.

Croucher Science Week school programme extended 20 April 2022

Hands on activities and science shows available until 22 May.

Croucher Foundation Eighth Report 2016–2021 14 April 2022

Find out how Croucher Foundation performed over this six year period.

The 99 per cent 21 March 2022

Most of the DNA in the human body belongs to microorganisms. Using these for diagnostics and therapeutics, including in coronaviruses, is the mission of Professor Ng Siew Chien and her team at the Microbiota I-Center in Hong Kong.

Croucher Foundation’s Climate Change Survey highlights Hong Kong risks 18 February 2022

Croucher Foundation releases survey highlighting climate change risks for Hong Kong organisations.

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