Scientists use FAST to discover a new population of ‘dwarf’ pulses
Using the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST), a research team led by Prof. HAN Jinlin from the National Astronomical Observatories of the Chinese Academy...
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Rotman professors and Ph.D. students honored at academic conferences
August 17, 2023Credit: Jee-Eun Shin August 17, 2023 Rotman Professors and PhD Students Honoured at Academic Conferences Toronto – Faculty and doctoral students at the...
Exploring the relationship between klotho and telomere biology in high-stress caregivers
BUFFALO, NY- August 17, 2023 – A new research paper was published by Aging (listed by MEDLINE/PubMed as "Aging (Albany NY)" and "Aging-US" by Web...
Towards organ preservation: Animal resistance to cold reflected in stem cells
Researchers led by Genshiro Sunagawa at the RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR) in Japan have shown that an animal’s stem cells possess the...
Pollutants are important to biodiversity’s role in spread of wildlife diseases
Conventional wisdom among ecologists holds that the more species there are inhabiting an ecosystem, the less vulnerable any one species will be to a threat...
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 from 17 different countries to...
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 early reading comprehension. It attributes...
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 an energy-efficient and fast alternative...
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 cell receptor (BCR) repertoire(*1) has...
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 Kong (CityU) has generated human...
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 dynamics? Using geometric graphs and...
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 related to the AIDS-causing agent...
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 fossils of their kind.Credit: Dr...
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 scientists have developed an advanced...
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 how to manage in the...
