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Sense of mastery – being in control over life decisions, is essential for our #mentalhealth. Prof Gordon Brett HKU Sociology examined how mastery is influenced, across genders and ethnicities, by cognitive styles – deliberate or intuitive thinking. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…
💊Antibiotics developed by Xuechen Li and team at HKU Chemistry, HKU_Science to fight drug-resistant strains have been approved for Mainland China clinical trials. 📖Read and 🎧listen now at the #HKUBulletin👉 bulletin.hku.hk/research/new-h…
Dr Yisa Xiao & Prof Xuechen Li's team HKU Chemistry use late-stage catalyst-free C2-sulfenylation reaction using S-modified quinoline-containing thiosulfonate reagents to install functional groups onto tryptophan residues. Published in Science Advances. hku.hk/press/press-re…
Prof Peng Wang and Xinqu Zhang of HKU Sociology conducted an empirical study of the impact of Double First-Class Program and cengceng jiama (downward tiered pressure escalation) on the development of elite universities in China and on faculty staff. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…
Blending #Buddhism ethics and technology. Junxi Qian & Han Zhang HKU Geography in collaboration with Singapore Management University show how “scientific Buddhism” caters for #spiritual needs of local high-tech industry professionals in Haidian district in Beijing. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
What is behind negative view of having children? Based on data from 27 #OECD countries, Sinn Won Han @HKUSociology finds that societal expectation of women to be both devoted mothers and wage earners leads to negative perception of motherhood amongst women. doi.org/10.1111/padr.1…
👁️🩺#HKU's Department of Ophthalmology & Orbis are providing free glaucoma AI screenings for 3,000+ public housing tenants with cutting-edge technology by HKU Medicine. 📖Read and 🎧listen now at the #HKUBulletin👉 bulletin.hku.hk/knowledge-exch…
Cecilia Wang Xi & biologists HKU School of Biological Sciences Area of Ecology & Biodiversity discover that levels of genetic diversity & effective population sizes in flat-headed loach populations in Hong Kong are extremely low. The species faces high local extinction risk. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38961235/
Team led by Prof Haibo Jiang HKU Chemistry & Prof Xiaojuan Qi @ Dept of Electrical & Electronic Engineering developed diffusion model-based algorithms to enhance imaging capabilities of Electron Microscopy & 3D EM. Published in Nature Communications. hku.hk/press/press-re…
#COVID19 #pandemic was a test of resilience for businesspeople people around the world. Prof Ioana Sendroiu HKU Sociology interviewed American and Canadian businesspeople to see how they dealt with the COVID-19 crisis. <academic.oup.com/ser/advance-ar…>
More than one billion people in China use social media. Professor Yanhui Wu from HKU Business School studies the benefits and drawbacks to the country’s information landscape. 📖Read and 🎧listen now at the #HKUBulletin👉 bulletin.hku.hk/cover-story-th…
Runxi Wang & Prof Benoit Guenard HKU School of Biological Sciences identified 9 biogeographic realms of #ants. This first comparison between distributions of an insect taxon with that of vertebrates and plants shows that plants are more similar to ants than any vertebrate group. nature.com/articles/s4146…
#Seafood is traditionally sold live in #HongKong wet markets and Ben Iaquinto and Ben Alan Gerlofs @HKUGeography argue for the expansion of existing theorizations of the “lively commodity” to include animals purchased for dietary consumption. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…
To fight new COVID strains, HKU Medicine research shows that basing the 💉vaccine booster on the related but distinct 🦠SARS-CoV-1 virus may provide more effective protection. 📖Read and 🎧listen now at the #HKUBulletin👉 bulletin.hku.hk/research/takin…
Dr Michael Boyle, Dr Adam Sharp, Louise Ashton Timothy Bonebrake HKU School of Biological Sciences show reduced abundance of undescribed beetle species in logged Borneo rainforests. Unknown tropical insect biodiversity appears less resilient to human-induced environmental change. authors.elsevier.com/a/1jdIk3QW8S6F…