by admin | Jul 21, 2023 | Award - Teachers, News, Research
Brain is a complex and sophisticated organ that is responsible for our thoughts, emotions, and actions. One of the key functions of the brain is memory consolidation, which is the process by which memories are stored and retrieved. Thalamic spindle activities are a...
by admin | Feb 17, 2022 | News, Research
Nanodiamonds hosting nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers have emerged as a key element for quantum information processing, quantum computing, quantum optics, and quantum sensing. However, the fundamental and technological challenges associated with the placement of...
by admin | Sep 20, 2021 | Award - Teachers, News, Research
Scientists from the Faculty of Engineering and the Faculty of Dentistry of the University of Hong Kong (HKU) revealed for the first time the inhibitory effect on oral pathogenic biofilms by high-pressure high-temperature (HPHT) NDs. Dr. Chu Zhiqin, Assistant Professor...
by admin | Jul 24, 2020 | Award - Teachers, News, Research
The Research Grants Council (RGC) Theme-based Research Scheme (TRS) 2020/21 Funding Results was out. HKU got excellent results on a number of competitive peer-reviewed research funding schemes. From which, Profession Ron SY Hui’s research project on “Wireless Power...
by admin | Jun 23, 2020 | News, Research
A research group led by Professor Kenneth K.Y. Wong of the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the University of Hong Kong (HKU), in collaboration with Bielefeld University in Germany, has developed a compact fibre laser microscope that brought...
by admin | Apr 29, 2020 | News, Research
Scientists have been using fluorescence microscopy to study the inner workings of biological cells and organisms for decades. However, many of these platforms are often too slow to follow the biological action in 3D; and too damaging to the living biological specimens...