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HKU Paleontologists discovered shallow-marine ecosystem collapse and recovery during a historical hyperthermal event
Oct 29th 2021
Around 56 million years ago, Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM), one of the most famous historical ...
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HKU Biologists build a megabase-sized chromosome from scratch Further exploring the potential of worm artificial chromosomes to improve gene therapy
Oct 26th 2021
A research team led by Dr Karen Wing Yee YUEN, Associate Professor from the School of Biological Sciences at ...
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HKU Ecologists study the buffering effects of forests on climate change and biological invasions
Oct 25th 2021
The understanding of long-term responses of the fauna and flora in a world highly modified by deforestation, ...
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A new method for predicting the response of ecosystems to marine heatwaves developed by international collaboration
Oct 11th 2021
Marine heatwaves, driven by climate change, are becoming more frequent and intense worldwide. Although we ...
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Has Hong Kong lost its luster? HKU Ecologists reconstructed Hong Kong’s marine ecosystem over the last 100 years Worried that climate and metal pollution may have a negative impact on the biodiversity
Oct 05th 2021
The skyscrapers and urban development that have made Hong Kong the "Pearl" have also generated pollutants ...
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HKU biologists identified bacterial proteins that promote neurodegeneration, shedding light on new ways to prevent or slow down neurodegenerative diseases
Sep 09th 2021
Growing evidence indicates that gut microbiota plays a critical role in regulating the progression of ...
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HKU young scientists awarded China’s Excellent Young Scientists Fund 2021
Sep 06th 2021
Dr Zheng Chaogu and Dr Louise Amy Ashton have been awarded the prestigious fund under the National Natural ...
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HKU scientists solve key observational issues in new generation of satellites (CubeSats), transforming the way we track fine-scale changes of our planet from space.
Aug 18th 2021
Our Earth has experienced rapid environmental changes tightly tied to anthropogenic activities. Satellite ...
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