
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





HKU geologist’s discovery of early earth-like seafloor deposits on Mars could provide clues to life’s origins


The “Hong Kong population” of Chinese white dolphins re-defined: The latest HKU study clarifies how many dolphins there are in Hong Kong waters