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Mapping genetic influences on connections between neural networks could lead to a better understanding of brain organization and behavior.

HKBU's award-winning portable device can quickly and accurately detect lead contamination in water.

Protein analysis could lead to new advances in DNA sequencing technologies.

Research which aims to optimise steroid use in pregnancy is set to benefit millions of families worldwide who will have babies born prematurely.

A team at Hong Kong Baptist University has developed the world’s first iridium(III)-based probes for imaging dopamine receptors in living cells. The discovery has enhanced the understanding of dopamine receptors in carcinogenesis, and the findings can be potentially developed as a novel early cancer detection technology.

Advanced analysis of seismic data could lead the next wave in oil exploration.

Big data shows that large marine vertebrates move differently, but consistently, through coastal and ocean waters.

An optical communication system could revolutionize underwater exploration and discovery.

A fast and safe method to prepare a 3D porous material that mimics the shape of a honeycomb could have broad applications from catalysis to drug delivery or for filtering air to remove pollutants or viruses.

Researchers in Ireland have found a strong contender for a portable mercury sensor: individual gold nanorods.

An immune molecule in the body shows promise for the treatment of Alzheimer’s.

A team from RIEC has tested the human spatial ability to percieve our surroundings without actually seeing it.

Low rises on the ocean floor at a depth of 5,500 meters in the western North Pacific regulate surface flows and create sharp sea surface temperature (SST) fronts, which have tremendous effects on the climate and marine resources.

Color changes in the northern Red Sea indicate rising sea temperatures could significantly impact tropical marine ecosystems.

An electronic tag that stretches and flexes while it records location and environmental data can monitor marine animals in their natural habitat.

Custom-made gas-sensing material could lead to inexpensive devices for real-time air quality analysis.

Precise control of the atomic structure of gallium-oxide layers improves the development of high-power electronic devices.

Researchers at Nagoya University resolve the formation mechanism of “spherical carbonate concretions” and find they form much more rapidly than previously recognized.

Nagoya University-centered researchers develop novel system for in vivo real-time monitoring of metabolites in a living mouse brain.

New carbon-dioxide-adsorbing crystals could form the basis of future biomedical materials that rely on the shape-memory effect.

Obesity could enhance cancer development while aspirin might prevent it — a new insight into potential targets for cancer prevention.

In the longest running study of its kind, researchers found sea urchin populations were strongly affected by human-driven environmental changes.

Perovskite particles could improve the performance of solar cells and light-emitting diodes via a simple process to stabilize the nanocrystal surface.

Organic salts with high proton conductivity

Nanocellulose offers renewable, biodegradable, strong and lightweight components for electronic products.

An orchid-based skincare product could protect skin from the sun’s aging effects.

A specially designed spectacle lens developed by The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) was found to have slowed down myopia progress by 60% in participating children, and 21.5% of them had their myopic progression halted completely. This lens will be launched in summer this year.

A new malaria metabolic model may uncover better ways to treat a highly deadly disease.

A porous cerium-based coating boosts the durability of oxygen-forming catalysts while maintaining their inherent water-splitting activity.

An innovative chemical reactor for depositing semiconductors at very high temperatures draws on the strength of Saudi Arabia’s chemical industry.