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…

Research team led by Prof Yang Lu @ HKU Dept of Mechanical Engineering & collaborators USTC propose “push-to-shear” strategy to achieve observation of in-plane shear deformation of single-layer 2D materials. Results published in Nature Communications. hku.hk/press/press-re…

💊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…

The final article in the series on innovative research is about Prof Lixin Dai. Her research rewrites our understanding of how the Universe works, but she says that in science, “collaboration and hard work” beat “being a genius in a white coat.” hkutechie.hku.hk/hkutechie/#hku…

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…

#HKU historian Prof James R Fichter's new book delves into what really happened at the Boston Tea Party and gives a novel interpretation of 🍵tea’s significance in the American Revolution. 📖Read and 🎧listen now at the #HKUBulletin👉 bulletin.hku.hk/books/storm-in…

Hong Kong is surrounded by the South China Sea and HKU’s Swire Institute of Marine Science (SWIMS) is dedicated to the study of the ocean. Diving is a key work skill for many of the SWIMS staff and students and it takes them to incredible locations, such as Sipadan in Malaysia.

#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…

#HKU Yuqi Qian, Prof Joseph Michalski & Prof Guochun Zhao @ Dept of Earth Sciences & collaborators, analysed multi-source remote sensing data from South Pole–Aitken (SPA) basin on the far-side of the #moon, finding evidence of intrusive magmatism.hku.hk/press/press-re…

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…