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Chemistry
Chemistry
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HKUST Researchers Unveil a Non-classical Nucleation Process That Enhances Ice Formation on Surfaces

Scientists from HKUST have recently discovered a non-classical nucleation process that can greatly facilitate ice formation on foreign surfaces. This finding lays the foundation to predict and control crystallization processes...

Life Science
Life Science
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HKUST Scientists Develop Genome-editing Strategy for Potential Alzheimer’s Disease Therapy

An international research team led by scientists from HKUST has developed a novel strategy using brain-wide genome-editing technology...

Ocean Science
Ocean Science
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HKUST Researchers Unlock Genomic Secrets of Gutless Deep-sea Tubeworm

HKUST researchers decoded for the first time the chromosomal-level genome of a deep-sea gutless tubeworm and how the worm’s co-living bacterial partners...

Life Science
Life Science
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HKUST Scientists Develop Simple Blood Test for Early Detection of Alzheimer’s Disease

An international research team led by HKUST has developed a simple but robust blood test from Chinese patient data for early detection and screening of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) for the first...

Life Science
Life Science
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HKUST-Beijing Tiantan Hospital Researchers Discover a New Cause for the Cerebral Cavernous Malformation

Researchers from the HKUST and Beijing Tiantan Hospital have recently uncovered a new gene mutation responsible for the non-familial patients of cerebral cavernous malformation (CCM)...

Chemistry
Chemistry
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HKUST Scientists Discover How Antibiotics Target Bacterial RNAP to Inhibit Its Gene Transcription

A group of researchers at HKUST has uncovered the mechanism of how DNA is being melted to start bacterial gene transcription and how one class of antibiotics inhibits this process...

Chemistry
Chemistry
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HKUST Researchers Develop a Novel Raman Spectroscopy Platform to Characterize Intrinsically Disordered Proteins in Dilute Solution

It is challenging to analyze proteins at low concentrations, especially for those in a mixture of various conformations such as intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs)...

Physics
Physics
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Active Liquid Crystal Systems Examined in Search of Autonomous Materials Systems

Liquid Crystals (LC) are widely deployed in display technology and optical fibers. From smartphones in your pockets to large screen TVs, LCs are everywhere... 

Chemistry
Chemistry
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HKUST Researchers Find Wearing Face Masks May Reduce Cancer Risks Associated with Airborne Carcinogens

Researchers from HKUST have recently proved that apart from protecting us from inhaling respiratory droplets that contain pathogens, surgical masks are also effective in blocking...

Life Science
Life Science
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HKUST Researchers Unlock the Micro-Molecular Physiochemical Mechanism of Dental Plaque Formation

An inter-disciplinary team of researchers has unraveled how a novel microbial small molecule released by...