HKU Chemists Develop Organic Supramolecular Crystals with High Hydrogen Storage Performance Promising to Enhance the Efficiency of Fuel Cell Vehicles
Ancient Volcanic Emissions Reveal a Climate ‘Tipping Point’ for Ocean Deoxygenation
First Thickness-Dependent Transitions in 2-dimensional Magnetic Material
HKU Geologists Discover Hidden Magmatism at the Chang'e-6 Lunar Landing Site, Shedding Light on Solving Fundamental Scientific Questions Relating Early Evolution of the Moon
HKU Ecologists Firstly Put an Insect Group on a Century-old Map of Biodiversity
HKU Scientists Develop AI-Driven Method to Enhance Electron Microscopy Imaging Capabilities of Complex Biological Systems
HKU Researchers Sheds Light on Overcoming Cancer Drug Resistance Unlocking Potential to Expand Use of PARP Inhibitors Across Cancer Types
HKU Chemists Developed a Clickable Tryptophan Modification Strategy for Late-Stage Diversification of Native Peptides
HKU Ecologists Discover Rare Fiddler Crab Species on Hong Kong Coast Highlighting the Impact of Climate Change and Coastal Development
Evolutionary History of Groundwater System in the Pearl River Delta and its Adjacent Shelf Revealed by the Paleo-Hydrogeological Model
HKU Chemists Develop a Chameleon-like Molecular Chain with Dual Ion Binding Capability
How the Indo-Australian Archipelago became a biodiversity hotspot
Cyclodextrins, Setting the Stage to Explore the Mirror-Image World of the Century-Old Naturally Occurring Cyclodextrins
Global Study Reveals Patterns in Arthropod Biodiversity Using Advanced DNA Methods
Mars' Methane Mystery: Earth's Qaidam Basin Offers Clues
Cosmic Light Shows Decoded: HKU Space Scientists Unravel the Unified Framework for Diverse Aurorae Across Planets Unlocking Pathways for Better Space Weather Prediction
HKU Scientists Developed a Novel Approach to Interrogate Tissue-specific Protein-protein Interactions Paving Ways to Understand Organ Development and Disease Pathogenesis
HKU Astrophysicists Discover a Novel Method for Hunting the First Stars
HKU Geologists Reveal Mysterious and Diverse Volcanism in Lunar Apollo Basin, Chang'e-6 Landing Site
HKU Study Reveals Crucial Role of Invertebrates as Eco-Custodians in Global Forest Litter Decomposition
Mapping Plant Functional Diversity from Space: HKU Ecologists Revolutionise Ecosystem Monitoring with Novel Field-Satellite Integration
HKU Biologists Discover Propionate Supplementation as a Potential Treatment for Parkinson's Disease
HKU Scientists Unveil Significant Discovery with Potential Impact on Obesity and Osteoporosis Treatments
HKU Chemists Pave the Way for Sustainable Organic Synthesis with Innovative Heterogeneous Copper Photocatalysis, Enabling Efficient Production of Diverse Bioactive Compounds
Diverse Ancient Volcanoes on Mars Discovered by HKU Planetary Scientist May Hold Clues to Pre-plate Tectonic Activity on Earth
HKU Astrophysicists Crack the Case of the “Disappearing” Sulphur in Planetary Nebulae
Recovering Lossless Propagation: HKU Physicists Overcoming Optical Loss in Polariton System with Synthetic Complex Frequency Waves
Genomic Analysis of Seized Pangolin Scales Illuminates Pathways of Illegal Trade from Africa to Asia
New Geophysical Technique Enhances Imaging of Fluid-Filled Rocks Finding Connections with Microearthquakes
HKU Scientists Pioneer Dual Trojan Horse Approach to Combat Superbugs
New Enzyme Discovered by HKU Plant Biochemists Unlocks Potential for Health-Promoting Compounds in Sorghum
HKU Chemists Create the MicroSpine with Shape-Transforming Properties for Targeted Cargo Delivery at Microscale
Potentially Producing Carbon-Neutral Fuels: HKU Chemists Achieve Sustainable Solar Energy Conversion with Artificial Photocatalysis
Let the Sun Work its Magic: Revolutionary Sunlight-Powered Catalyst Transforms Methane into Valuable Chemicals
Physical Chemists Develop Photochromic Active Colloids Shedding Light on the Development of New Smart Active Materials
HKU Astrophysicists Reveal the Nature of Dark Matter through the Study of Crinkles in Spacetime
HKU Biologists Reveal a Molecular Scissor that Cuts Chromatin Bridge and Prevents DNA Damages and Autoimmunity
New Insights into Glucose Metabolism: Targeting ATP Synthase with Chromium (III) Nutritional Supplement for Improved Blood Sugar Control
HKU Biologists Determine the Evolutionary Age of Individual Cell Types Providing Critical Insights for Animal Development
HKU Marine Scientist contributes to research assessing the potential risks of ocean-based climate intervention technologies on deep-sea ecosystems
Targeting DNA bridges: HKU Biologists Uncover key to preserve genome integrity enhancing the understanding of cancer development
HKU Chemical Biologists decode a histone mark important for gene regulation program that go awry in cancer
HKU neuroscientists discover a novel neural mechanisms of secretin receptor in regulating water intake, providing new ideas for solving hydromineral imbalance symptoms
HKU biologists designed and developed novel anti-allergic drugs by targeting Mas-related G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) X2 (MRGPRX2)
Catching the wrongdoers in the act: HKU chemists develop a novel tool to decipher bacterial infections in real time
HKU Chemist and collaborators engineered an effective and stable singe-atom catalyst which is a hundred times more effective than the commercial catalyst
HKU Marine Scientists discovered the reward and punishment system in coral-algae relationship
HKU biologists and collaborators reveal how DNA unzipping machine works, shedding lights on cancer therapy
Physicists develop a new method that strengthens electron-triggered light emission with flat bands Shedding light to produce new sources of light and build quantum-based computational and communications systems
HKU biologists reveal the bioenergetics of pollen tube growth that sustain its rapid growth
HKU physicists deploy a new advanced computing system ‘Blackbody’ for solving the most challenging physics problems
Catalysing ‘Net-Zero’ Green Hydrogen from the Sun: HKU Chemists Discover a Fundamental Catalyst Protonation Process to Promote Solar-Driven Water-Splitting for Hydrogen Production without CO2 Emissions
Global assessment by HKU Marine Scientists found that oyster reef restoration rapidly increases marine biodiversity, but increased restoration effort is needed to eliminate historical damage
Understanding polar species’ behaviour to reduce risk of extinction: HKU Scientists discovered the southward migration of Arctic Ocean species during the Last Glacial Period for the first time
HKU-Harvard physicists predict the novel entangled states on programmable quantum simulators
HKU Initiates Global Ant Census, At Least Twenty Quadrillion Ants Dominate The Global Ecosystems
HKU geologist proposes the number of ancient Martian lakes might has been dramatically underestimated by scientists
Ecologists find evidence that pet and medicine trades bring tokay geckos from across Asia into Hong Kong, impacting resident gecko populations and highlighting local and global conservation needs
Discovery of the oldest visible planetary Nebula hosted by a 500 million year old Galactic cluster – a rare beauty with a hot blue heart
HKU marine scientists unveil sea urchin's secret to surviving marine heatwaves
HKU Laboratory for Space Research put a positive spin on the Buckyball ‘C60’: Its potential for high level ionisation and as the origin for some of the Mysterious Unidentified Infrared Emission Bands seen in the Universe
HKU physicists found signatures of highly entangled quantum matter
HKU Conservation Forensics Lab develops novel environmental DNA monitoring method for identifying rare and endangered fish species sold in Hong Kong wet markets
HKU Biologists Reveal a Novel Macrophages-mediated Mechanism that Promotes Peritoneal Metastasis of Ovarian Cancer, Providing Important Insights into Its Therapeutic Strategy
HKU Biologists Find a New Protective Factor against Excessive Lipid Accumulation in the Liver of Obese Mouse Providing a Potential Treatment for Fatty Liver Disease
New Uses of Old Drugs: Silver Nitrate with More Than 2,000 Years Antimicrobial History Can Re-sensitise the Last-line Antimicrobial Colistin in Combination Therapy against Superbugs
Rapid evolution fuels transcriptional plasticity in fish species to cope with ocean acidification
An HKU biologist-led team of international plant scientists reveals how guard cell chloroplasts obtain energy
HKU Earth Scientists simulated the future: restored forests in the tropics survive climate change, prioritisation and targeting is the key to success
HKU physicists make a stride closer in the quest for quantum materials through better measurement of quantum entanglement
HKU scientists reveal orally administrated bismuth drug together with N-acetyl cysteine As a potential broad-spectrum anti-coronavirus cocktail therapy
HKU scientists discover activation mechanisms in soybean for adaptation to saline soil in hope of improving agriculture productivity
HKU biologists reveal how obesity damages the skeletal muscle metabolism, a naturally occurring flavone is identified as a potential drug for obesity treatment
HKU Paleontologists discovered shallow-marine ecosystem collapse and recovery during a historical hyperthermal event
Muscular Wing-Body Junction Improved Pterosaur Flight Performance
HKU Biologists build a megabase-sized chromosome from scratch, further exploring the potential of worm artificial chromosomes to improve gene therapy
A new method for predicting the response of ecosystems to marine heatwaves developed by international collaboration
HKU theoretical chemists develop a breakthrough quantum chemistry technique for illuminating new opportunities towards computational design and optimisation of organic photofunctional materials
HKU Physicists demystify the magic: A bona fide topological Mott insulator discovered in twisted bilayer graphene model
An explosive Cosmic Chinese Conundrum - a hot detective story from a very cold case: HKU astrophysicists solve a 900-year-old mystery giving an ancient Chinese guest star of AD 1181 a place to stay and rest
HKU and CityU made a breakthrough in vaccination development against lethal bacteria, providing new opportunity for treating resistant A. baumannii infection
HKU biologists identified bacterial proteins that promote neurodegeneration, shedding light on new ways to prevent or slow down neurodegenerative diseases
HKU environmental scientists solve key observational issues in new generation of satellites, transforming the way to track fine-scale changes of our planet from space
HKU Physicists and collaborators co-observe a higher-dimensional topological state with metamaterials
HKU Ecologists study the buffering effects of forests on climate change impacts on insect communities, revealing the importance of forest regeneration
HKU geologists discover that the NASA rover has been exploring surface sediments, not lake deposits for last eight years
HKU Ecologist applied a novel statistical method to analysing causal inference and revealed importance of climate change in controlling deep-sea biodiversity
Marine ecologists reveal mangroves might be threatened by low functional diversity of invertebrates
HKU Team Paves the Way for Learning what Ancient Birds Ate
HKU biologists identify and demonstrate a naturally abundant venom peptide from ants that activates a previously unknown pseudo allergic pathway, unravelling a novel immunomodulatory pathway of MRGPRX2
HKU Ecologists develop a novel forensic tool detecting laundering of critically endangered cockatoos
Songbirds like it sweet! A research co-developed by HKU Evolutionary Biologist found that Songbird ancestors evolved a new way to taste sugar
HKU scientists reveal silver-based antimicrobials can be utilised as antibiotic adjuvants to combat antibiotic resistant Staphylococcus aureus
HKU first-year physics PhD student obtained the Higgs mode via dimensional crossover in quantum magnets which reveals importance of dimensions in many-body systems
Developing a novel therapeutic molecule into an anti-hypertensive drug
A fiery past sheds new light on the future of global climate change, ice core samples reveal significant smoke aerosols in the pre-industrial Southern Hemisphere
International joint research reveals how fish adapt to ocean acidification by modifying gene expression
HKU researchers identify promising new biologics for obesity-related diseases
Research co-led by HKU and Lingnan ecologists reveals that wealth inequality is key driver of global wildlife trade
HKU physicists developed a new algorithm solving a long standing problem in constrained quantum material models
Seeing the unseen: HKU scientists develop a new chemical tool that sheds light on how proteins recognise and interact with each other
What do the Galapagos Islands have in common with ponds in Finland? They are both laboratories, where scientists like HKU’s Professor Juha Merila, can observe evolution in action
Research reveals that the sediment of Hong Kong’s Tolo Harbour contains Antibiotic Resistant Genes
Name an Ant initiative - HKU taxonomist brings attention to biodiversity loss by sharing with the public the excitement of discovering new life
Legal wildlife trade – ten times bigger than the illegal trade, and doing massive damage to biodiversity
HKU chemists resolve a long-standing challenging problem on Metal-Metal interaction, the first team to prove that strong M-M’ Pauli repulsion leads to repulsive metallophilicity
Faculty of Science receives funding of over HK$38 Million from Collaborative Research Fund (CRF) 2020/21 of University Grants Committee
HKU-led Physics research team receives funding of over HK$80 Million from Areas of Excellence Scheme, set to uncover emerging technologies of 2D materials to revolutionize electronics, optoelectronics and photonics
HKU Physicist participated in cross-institutional Areas of Excellence project on meta-materials and meta-devices
Research co-led by Professor Hongzhe SUN from Research Division for Chemistry awarded the Local Top Ten innovation and technology news in 2020
Four decades of research on Japanese Izu Islands finds rising lizard temperatures may change predator-prey relationship with snakes
Confirming simulated calculations with experiment results, new paradigm on quantum material research reveals topological KT phase of TMGO for the first time
Research reveals earliest record of flight-related moulting found in 150-million-year-old bird Archaeopteryx providing insights into the evolution of moulting strategies
New study finds seabird response to abrupt climate change 5,000 years ago transformed sub-Antarctic island ecosystems
Study reveals bat-winged dinosaurs had short-lived gliding abilities
HKU physicist joins international effort to unveil the behaviour of “strange metals”
Bird beak revealed by HKU-codeveloped laser imaging Informs early beak form, function, and development
A joint team of astronomers including a member of HKU’s Laboratory for Space Research, captured stellar winds in unprecedented detail
Member of HKU’s Laboratory for Space Research Co-discovers the first planet found around white dwarf star
Landmark HKU-led volume on past progress and new frontiers in the study of early birds and their close relative
Most close relatives of birds neared the potential for powered flight but few crossed its thresholds
“Breaking” news! A new idea on how Earth’s outer shell first broke into tectonic plates
Revisiting energy flow in photosynthetic plant cells
Quantum Material research connecting physicists in Hong Kong, Beijing and Shanghai Facilitates discovery of better materials that benefit our society
An unexpected heat shock to neurons: HKU scientists and collaborators uncovered a new mechanism for balancing protein stability during neuronal development
HKU marine ecologists reveal larvicidal oil for mosquito control threatens coastal marine life and pollutes sea environment
Metagenomics reveals distinct microbiotypes in the giant clams Tridacna maxima
HKU study unlocks the secret of corals’ tolerance to climate change: their diet
HKU marine biologist and international team unveil impacts of heatwave on reef fishes
HKU earth scientist redrew global map of land life, achieving a unique research quadruple by landing first/correspondence author papers in the frontline journals of four of the Burlington House's learned societies.
HKU scientists find high concentrations of toxic phenyltin compounds in local Chinese white dolphins and finless porpoises confirming their biomagnification through marine food chains
A team of international mangrove forest experts suggesting optimistic cause for global mangrove conservation
HKU marine ecologists and international team unveils the historical impacts of development on coral reef loss in the South China Sea, suggesting possible coral restoration in Hong Kong
HKU marine ecologist and international team identifies areas of top priority for deepsea monitoring and conservation through a survey of world’s leading deep-sea scientists
HKU scientists develop a deep learning approach to predict disease-associated mutations of the metal-binding sites
HKU astronomy research team unveils one origin of globular clusters around giant galaxies
What colour were fossil animals? HKU palaeontologists evaluate fossil colour reconstruction methods to propose new study framework
HKU earth scientists discovered century-scale deep-water circulation dynamics in the North Atlantic Ocean throughout the last 20,000 years
HKU biologists discover cell division requires a balanced level of non-coding RNA for chromosome stability
HKU chemists develop a new class of robust gold(III) complexes with promising device lifetimes and tunable emission colours for vacuum-deposited OLEDs
HKU study finds that ocean circulation in the North Atlantic is at its weakest since the past 1,500 years
HKU Chemists develop the first-in-class YEATS inhibitors that show promise for leukemia treatment
An HKU-led team of international plant scientists reveal how chloroplasts maintain energy efficiency
HKU paleontologists discover evolutions of tropical deep-water ecosystem and environment affected by high-latitude climate
International team discovers an inside-out nebula surrounds a ‘born-again’ star, shedding light on the late-stage evolution of the Sun
HKU Laboratory for Space Research involved in international collaboration facilitating the discovery of an isolated Millisecond Pulsar with FAST
HKU geologist’s discovery of early earth-like seafloor deposits on Mars could provide clues to life’s origins
HKU and Kyoto U reveal a new strategy to enhance the efficiency of cereal straw for biofuel production
The “Hong Kong population” of Chinese white dolphins re-defined: The latest HKU study clarifies how many dolphins there are in Hong Kong waters
Major breakthrough in knowledge of dinosaur appearance - HKU palaeontologist reconstructs feathered dinosaurs in the flesh with new technology