Physics
| 23 Apr 2025
Unlocking the Secrets of Superfluid: HKUST Scientists Unveil How Dipolar Interactions Shape Two-Dimensional Superfluid Behavior
Life Science
| 28 Mar 2025
HKUST Life Science Researchers Establish an Intracranial Optic Tract Injury Model to Reveal Mechanisms of Functional Circuit Reconstruction Following CNS Injury
Life Science
| 23 Feb 2025
HKUST Scientists Identify Alzheimer’s Disease-Protective Genetic Factors and Unravel Disease Mechanisms
Physics
| 24 Jan 2025
HKUST Researcher Unveiling the Uncharted Reaction Pathways of Carbon Dioxide in Supercritical Water
Physics
| 9 Jan 2025
HKUST-led Research Pioneers Simulation of Non-Hermitian Skin Effect in 2D with Ultracold Fermions
Topological defects in an active liquid crystal controlled by a light pattern.
Topological defects in an active liquid crystal controlled by a light pattern.
Physics
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HKUST and UChicago researchers find new ways of leveraging topological defects in liquid crystals to make “computer”

Researchers at the HKUST and the University of Chicago (UChicago) have shown for the first time how to design the basic elements needed…

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Fig. 1: Discordant proteomic and transcriptomic signatures reveal a potential translational control mechanism during the SC quiescence-to-activation transition.
Fig. 1: Discordant proteomic and transcriptomic signatures reveal a potential translational control mechanism during the SC quiescence-to-activation transition.
Life Science
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HKUST scientists reveal the mechanism of skeletal muscle stem cell activation in muscle regeneration

A research team led by LIFS Assoc. Prof. Tom CHEUNG has discovered the constructive role of a protein in driving the skeletal muscle…

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The crystal structure and emergent fractional corner charges of table salt
The crystal structure and emergent fractional corner charges of table salt
Physics
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HKUST Co-led Study Reveals Topology at the Corner of the Dining Table

A joint research team from the HKUST and the University of Tokyo discovered an unusual topological aspect of sodium chloride, commonly…

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A new study finds that quantum state evolution is direction dependent in the parameter space of dissipative spin-orbit coupled system. Credit: Dong Liu
A new study finds that quantum state evolution is direction dependent in the parameter space of dissipative spin-orbit coupled system. Credit: Dong Liu
Physics
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HKUST researchers find new way of gaining quantum control from loss

Researchers at the HKUST have demonstrated a new way to control the quantum state through the loss of particles...

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Prof. QIAN Peiyuan, Head and Chair Professor of HKUST’s Department of Ocean Science (second left) and Prof. QIU Jianwen, Professor of HKBU’s Department of Biology (second right), along with their team members Prof. WANG Yan (first left), Assistant Professor and Dr. XU Ting, Postdoctoral Fellow of HKUST’s Department of Ocean Science (first right).
Prof. QIAN Peiyuan, Head and Chair Professor of HKUST’s Department of Ocean Science (second left) and Prof. QIU Jianwen, Professor of HKBU’s Department of Biology (second right), along with their team members Prof. WANG Yan (first left), Assistant Professor and Dr. XU Ting, Postdoctoral Fellow of HKUST’s Department of Ocean Science (first right).
Ocean Science
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Research jointly led by HKUST and HKBU Unlock Biogeographical Secrets of Deep-sea Limpets Laying Foundation for Biodiversity Conservation and Environmental Management

Researchers from HKUST and HKBU have decoded for the first time the demographic history, genetic structure, and...

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Prof. GUO Yusong (third left) and his research team
Prof. GUO Yusong (third left) and his research team
Life Science
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HKUST and PolyU researchers develop an in-vitro vesicle formation assay to reveal mechanistic insights into the secretory pathway

Scientists from HKUST and PolyU have developed an in-vitro vesicle formation assay, shedding light on cargo clients and factors that…

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A research team led by Prof. Jonathan Eugene HALPERT, Assistant Professor from the Department of Chemistry at HKUST, develops an an inexpensive, lightweight, and lead-free photo-battery that has dual functions in harvesting solar energy and storing energy on a single device.
A research team led by Prof. Jonathan Eugene HALPERT, Assistant Professor from the Department of Chemistry at HKUST, develops an an inexpensive, lightweight, and lead-free photo-battery that has dual functions in harvesting solar energy and storing energy on a single device.
Chemistry
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HKUST researchers develop a photo-rechargeable lead-free perovskite lithium-ion battery that generates energy and stores battery on a single device

A team of researchers from HKUST has developed an inexpensive, lightweight, and non-toxic (lead-free) photo-battery...

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Ice nucleation on foreign surfaces can proceed via both one-step (magenta arrow) and two-step (orange arrows) pathways, facilitated by the balanced synergetic, entropic effects of hexagonal (green spheres) and rhombic (purple spheres) ice structures.
Ice nucleation on foreign surfaces can proceed via both one-step (magenta arrow) and two-step (orange arrows) pathways, facilitated by the balanced synergetic, entropic effects of hexagonal (green spheres) and rhombic (purple spheres) ice structures.
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…

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HKUST’s Vice-President for Research and Development, Prof. Nancy Ip (second right) and her research team members – including doctoral student and co-first author of this research paper, Ms. Stephanie DUAN Yangyang (first right) – used the confocal imaging system (pictured) to demonstrate how disruption of a familial Alzheimer’s disease mutation by genome editing strategy reduces disease pathology.
HKUST’s Vice-President for Research and Development, Prof. Nancy Ip (second right) and her research team members – including doctoral student and co-first author of this research paper, Ms. Stephanie DUAN Yangyang (first right) – used the confocal imaging system (pictured) to demonstrate how disruption of a familial Alzheimer’s disease mutation by genome editing strategy reduces disease pathology.
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…

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(Front Left) Prof. QIAN Peiyuan, Head and Chair Professor of HKUST’s Department of Ocean Science, (Front Right) Prof. QIU Jianwen, Professor of Hong Kong Baptist University’s Department of Biology and their research team.
(Front Left) Prof. QIAN Peiyuan, Head and Chair Professor of HKUST’s Department of Ocean Science, (Front Right) Prof. QIU Jianwen, Professor of Hong Kong Baptist University’s Department of Biology and their research team.
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…

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