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Research and Innovation |
HKUST Scientists Discover How Antibiotics Target Bacterial RNAP to Inhibit Its Gene Transcription
(This article was published on EurekAlert! on May 4, 2021)
A group of researchers at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology…

Research and Innovation |
HKUST Researchers Develop a Novel Raman Spectroscopy Platform to Characterize Intrinsically Disordered Proteins in Dilute Solution
(This article was published on EurekAlert! on April 28, 2021)
It is challenging to analyze proteins at low concentrations, especially…

Research and Innovation |
Active Liquid Crystal Systems Examined in Search of Autonomous Materials Systems
(This article was published on EurekAlert! on April 19, 2021)
Liquid Crystals (LC) are widely deployed in display technology and…

Student development & Bonding |
Breaking Misconceptions about Postgraduate Degrees
Being a world-class researcher has been a dream of Kevin LAU Shun-Fat. When Kevin completed his first degree in biochemistry and cell…

Research and Innovation |
HKUST Researchers Find Wearing Face Masks May Reduce Cancer Risks Associated with Airborne Carcinogens
Researchers from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) have recently proved that apart from protecting us from…

Research and Innovation |
HKUST Researchers Unlock the Micro-Molecular Physiochemical Mechanism of Dental Plaque Formation
An inter-disciplinary team of researchers led by Prof. Qian Peiyuan, Chair Professor at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology…

Research and Innovation |
HKUST Researchers Find Novel Way to Produce New Kind of Chiral Molecules Bringing New Hope for Drug Development
A research team from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) has discovered a method that would allow the production of…

Entrepreneurship |
Strengthen Your Brain with Chinese Herbs to Prevent Alzheimer’s
Seeing how Alzheimer’s disease has turned her beloved aunt from a sprightly 75-year-old to a confusing mind, Dr. Fanny IP Chui-Fun says the…

Announcements |
Discovering Science at HKUST (21 & 28 November 2020)
“Discovering Science at HKUST” is an annual event organized by the School of Science to provide an opportunity for senior secondary school…

Teaching and Learning |
HKUST Launches HK’s First Degree Programs with Extended Major
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) will introduce a novel academic framework “Major + X” as a new degree option for…

Research and Innovation |
HKUST Researchers Developed the World's First Sound-transmitting Glass Material
Glass is a sound-proof material, but researchers at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) have discovered a way which…

Student development & Bonding |
Helping Hand for the Needy during Crisis
Before the third wave of COVID-19 outbreak hit Hong Kong in mid-July, Ryan FUNG Kei-Ning, an HKUST Year 2 business student, along with…