The University of Hong Kong Press Releases

• Published on December 20, 2022 - 07:39 GMT

  

  Study reveals old-growth trees show higher drought resistance than younger trees

  HONG KONG, December 20, 2022 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- Reforestation has been identified as a potential nature-based solution to mitigate climate change in the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) assessment report. In the 2022 United …

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• Published on December 20, 2022 - 07:36 GMT

  

  Catalysing ‘Net-Zero’ Green Hydrogen from the Sun

  HONG KONG, December 20, 2022 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- Hydrogen is a promising green energy carrier for a sustainable future. However, it is mostly locked in water. Energy is required to liberate it from water for practical use. Solar energy is abundantly …

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• Published on December 19, 2022 - 07:26 GMT

  

  HKU Engineering and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory researchers pioneer biocompatible all-water ‘Aquabots’

  HONG KONG, December 19, 2022 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- Soft robots have phenomenally advanced in recent years. Microscale soft robots designated to navigate difficult paths and perform biological functions in the human body could have profound potential …

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• Published on November 22, 2022 - 07:48 GMT

  

  iLab@HKU team wins ASCE Journal of Management in Engineering (JME) Best Paper Award 2022

  HONG KONG, November 22, 2022 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- Researchers at the iLab under the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Hong Kong (HKU) won the ASCE Journal of Management in Engineering (JME) Best Peer Reviewed Paper Award for 2022. Founded …

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• Published on November 22, 2022 - 07:47 GMT

  

  HKU Faculty of Arts Professor Giorgio Biancorosso stages the tech-cantata The Longest Days and the Shortest Days

  HONG KONG, November 22, 2022 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- Giorgio Biancorosso, Professor of Music in the Faculty of Arts at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) staged the tech-cantata The Longest Days and the Shortest Days at Lisbon's Gulbenkian Auditorium, …

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• Published on November 22, 2022 - 07:47 GMT

  

  HKU Study Finds Cumulative Impact of Recurring School Suspensions under the New Normal from 2020 to 2022

  HONG KONG, November 22, 2022 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- The first batch of findings from eCitizen Education 360 (2022) Project are released today (November 3, 2022). The project is led by Principal Investigator, Dr Cheng Yong Tan, and Co-Investigators, …

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• Published on November 22, 2022 - 07:39 GMT

  

  Thirty-eight HKU academics listed among the most highly cited researchers in 2022

  HONG KONG, November 22, 2022 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- The University of Hong Kong ranks 26th globally among all institutions this year with thirty-eight academics named on the list of “Highly Cited Researchers 2022” from Clarivate. A total of 6,938 …

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