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A metal catalyst that gives distinct carbon-based molecular skeletons upon ligand change may unlock cost-effective, green synthetic routes.

Research reveals the genetic response to heat stress and highlights symbiotic algae’s role.

A new conceptual model for describing a fuel’s composition can accelerate and simplify combustion simulations.

A metal carbide within a hydrogel composite senses, stretches and heals like human skin for use in medicine and robotics.

Screening a tiny section of DNA could help East Asian patients avoid severe reactions to some medications.

Light-controlled reversible aggregation of microtubules mediated by paclitaxel-modified cyclodextrin.

The techniques that make industrial pearl culturing possible were developed over a century ago at the Misaki Marine Biological Station in Japan.

Researchers at Nagoya University have developed a composite material that, by adjusting its composition and exposing it to different types of light, can mimic animals’ changes in color.

Researchers show that female nipples are more diverse in size than male nipples – going against assumptions from evolutionary biology.

A large-scale analysis has suggested it’s easier for people to form and replace relationships in North America, Europe and Latin America, compared to Asia and the Middle East, what causes these differences, and how they may influence people’s thoughts and behavior.

Scientists demonstrated for the first time that horses integrate human facial expressions and voice tones to perceive human emotion, regardless of whether the person is familiar or not.

Transport of lipid-conjugated floxuridine by natural serum albumin for delivery to cancer cells.

HKBU scholars invent award-winning medical device for safe growth of neural stem cells using nanotechnology.

Targeting cells involved in blood vessel formation could prevent the growth of the most common type of brain tumour.

Thermally twistable, photobendable, elastically deformable, and self-healable soft crystal gives a multifunctional, all-in-one material.

Leading quantum computing experts from around the world have explored what the future holds for the field in a new special collection in the journal Quantum Science and Technology (QST).

Researchers more than doubled the ability of a material to convert heat into electricity, which could help reduce the amount of wasted heat, and thus wasted fossil fuel, in daily activities and industries.

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) today (14 June) kicked off the Jockey Club Smart City Tree Management Project, a large-scale pilot project in Hong Kong, to apply smart sensing technology and Geographic Information Systems for monitoring tree stability.

Researchers discover gold nanoparticles in natural plant tissues.

PolyU has developed a novel micro-embossing equipment for manufacturing precision glass lenses with high image quality and resolution and embossing ultra-precise optical microstructures in glass in a much environmentally friendly way than conventional machines, saving electric power by 60 times and reducing manufacturing cost by two-thirds.

A metabolic process that provides heart muscle with energy fails to mature in newborns with thickened heart walls, according to a Japan­–Canada research team.

A team of Japanese scientists led by Masahiro Kayama of Tohoku University’s Frontier Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Sciences, has discovered a mineral known as moganite in a lunar meteorite found in a hot desert in northwest Africa.

The field of solid-state ionics originated in Europe, but Takehiko Takahashi of Nagoya University in Japan was the first to coin the term ‘solid ionics’ in 1967.

The works of Japanese physicist Ukichiro Nakaya still remains a primary reference on crystal shapes.

Learning how boron evaporates will help to improve water desalination technologies.

Successful university-community partnerships should be integrated into the everyday activities. Students’ community engagement is important for their holistic personal and professional development. Empirical evidence suggests that university should remain committed and supportive towards this lifelong learning plan.

Nanoparticles avoid deactivation and convert biomass-derived gas into methane.

Light focused into nano-grooves in a gold film bonded to an atomically thin crystal flake produces a remarkable frequency doubling effect.

Direct nanoscale patterning of LED surfaces brings new possibilities for the control of light.

Innovative drone designs and software enables a team of drones to work together in a coordinated approach.