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HKU AGI welcomes 18 influential fellows from belt and road initiative countries and beyond
The Asia Global Institute (AGI) at The University of Hong Kong (HKU) is delighted to welcome 18 exceptional global influencers...
Chung-Ang University study validates the simple view of reading for enhancing second and foreign language learners’ experience
The simple view of reading (SVR) is a widely accepted theory that attempts to define the skills that contribute to...
Universal linear processing of spatially incoherent light through diffractive optical networks
Information processing with light is a topic of ever-increasing interest among optics and photonics researchers. Apart from the quest for...
Assessment of immunological reaction to mRNA SARS CoV-2 vaccine after administration of Tixagevimab/Cilgavimab, using B cell receptor repertoire analysis
A new method to assess the status of immune responses to specific antigens in detail by analysis using the B...
HKUMed & CityU researchers jointly generate human neural stem cells with powerful therapeutic potential for the treatment of spinal cord injury, paving the way for new therapeutic opportunities
A joint research team from LKS Faculty of Medicine, the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed) and City University of Hong...
Accelerating discovery in artificial intelligence for science
What if artificial intelligence (AI) could be used to spur discovery in areas such as biotechnology, drug discovery and fluid...
Novel treatment based on gene editing safely and effectively removes HIV-like virus from genomes of non-human primates
(Philadelphia, PA) – A single injection of a novel CRISPR gene-editing treatment safely and efficiently removes SIV – a virus...
The modern sea spider had started to diversify by the Jurassic, study finds
An extremely rare collection of 160-million-year-old sea spider fossils from Southern France are closely related to living species, unlike older...
How old are you, really? AI can tell your true age by looking at your chest
Osaka, Japan - What if “looking your age” refers not to your face, but to your chest? Osaka Metropolitan University...
America as No. 3
A once-in-a-century change in the world’s economic order is underway. Yet few in the West grasp what that means or...
MD Anderson receives nearly $4.9 million in CPRIT funding for cancer prevention programs and recruitment
HOUSTON ― The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center was awarded four grants totaling nearly $4.9 million from the...
Platelets can replicate the benefits of exercise in the brain
Pre-clinical trials by University of Queensland researchers have found an injection of a specific blood factor can replicate the benefits...
Visualizing the microscopic phases of magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene
A Princeton University-led team of scientists has imaged the precise microscopic underpinnings responsible for many quantum phases observed in a...
CCNY scientists trap light inside a magnet
A new study led by Vinod M. Menon and his group at the City College of New York shows that...
Mosquito nets treated with multiple insecticides can control malaria when pyrethroid resistance leads normal nets to fail
Mosquito nets treated with multiple insecticides can control malaria when pyrethroid resistance leads normal nets to failCredit: naturegirl 78, Flickr,...
Neuropsychiatric behavioral symptoms are associated with the ending of marriages
Older adults with more severe behavioral symptoms, including agitation, aggression, and disinhibition, are more likely to become divorced than those...
Study uncovers impact of 1918 “Spanish flu” pandemic on infant health
In the wake of the 1918/1919 “Spanish flu” influenza pandemic, the probability of low birth weight and stillbirth increased among...
Good dogs: owners of recently-adopted shelter dogs tend to report high satisfaction with their new pet despite also reporting increases in problem behavior over time
Shelter dogs followed at their new homes for six months post-adoption were reported as showing more behaviors like stranger aggression...
Long-lived quantum state points the way to solving a mystery in radioactive nuclei
Long-lived quantum state points the way to solving a mystery in radioactive nucleiCredit: Gary Hollenhead, Toby King and Adam Malin/ORNL,...
For a new generation of antibiotics, scientists are bringing extinct molecules back to life – and discovering the hidden genetics of immunity along the way
“We need to think big in antibiotics research,” says Cesar de la Fuente. “Over one million people die every year...
