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Ateneo de Manila University and Science Communicators Philippines explored how scientific knowledge can be better shared, understood, and applied for the public good.

Study reveals a gap between willingness and actual use among people with poor health

Lingnan University held a flag-raising ceremony to celebrate the 76th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China.

Commuting time and living environment have been found to correlate with poor sleep health

- To discuss innovative directions in healthy brain aging and therapeutic strategies

Lingnan University was commissioned to conduct a Hong Kong School Children Happiness Annual Survey in 2012. In 2017/18 this annual study was augmented by including a survey on life education in schools. Since 2023, the Lingnan team was joined by the Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine of the University of Hong Kong, the Department of Paediatrics of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and the Hong Kong Paediatric Society. The 2024/2025 study began with an invitation sent to all Hong Kong’s subvented schools in March 2023. We enlisted a total of 10 primary schools and 8 secondary schools in this study, covering 1752 primary school students, 1982 secondary school students, and 116 teachers.

Lingnan University has achieved another remarkable milestone in the 2025 edition of the World’s Top 2% Scientists list, published by Stanford University. This year, a total of 43 Lingnan scholars were named in the list, representing an increase of about 50 per cent compared with last year’s 29. Among them, 19 scholars were ranked among the global top 100 in their respective disciplines, underscoring the international recognition of Lingnan’s research excellence and its rising global impact.

The risk of extreme water shortages due to climate change is predicted to affect almost 74% of drought-prone regions by 2100, according to new research in Nature Communications. In the first known published estimation of its kind, the authors report that hotspots of water scarcity will likely emerge across the Mediterranean, southern Africa, and parts of North America by the 2020s and 2030s.

DGIST Student Startups Won Top Excellence and Excellence Prizes at the 2025 R&D Special Zone Science Technology Startup Investment Competition

- Guest lecture by Director Sesin Kim of the Integrity Training Center, the Anti-Corruption & Civil Rights Commission to raise awareness about anti-corruption and strengthen integrity capacity - Engaged and resonated with employees with experiential programs, including plays and campaigns

- 6,182 applicants, a 23.4% increase from the previous year, for a competition rate of 27.85:1 - Achieved despite preference for medical schools, declining school-age population, and concentration in the Seoul metropolitan area

- KRW 27.9 billion in total for two research centers... Expected to become an interdisciplinary research hub connecting the region and the world

- To be held September 21-25 at DGIST and Daegu EXCO - About 800 participants from more than 50 countries expected

- Promote collaborative drug screening and identification research and exchanges across the drug development industry

Japanese scholars submit a nuanced view linking diverse disability experiences

The CREW Intelligent Wheelchair Control System, developed by the Humanitarian Technology team of the Lingnan Entrepreneurship Initiative (LEI) of Lingnan University, won the “Top 10 Technological Innovation Award” at the “Shenzhen International Intelligent Elderly Care Industry Expo ‘Industrial Bank Cup’ The First Shenzhen Health & Elderly Care Robotics Competition”.

Researchers in Vietnam, Thailand, India and the UK have been awarded more than £4 million by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) to identify and evaluate inclusive methods of healthcare provision.

Around 354 million people in North America and Europe are likely to have been affected by fine particulate matter pollution from the 2023 Canadian wildfire season, a new study suggests.

Cultivating top talent for the global high-tech industry through integrated education in engineering and management

- President Kunwoo Lee remarked, “We shall take a step forward as the innovative university that the country needs” - Demonstrate interdisciplinary education achievements, and lead future society with flagship research

Magnetic resonance imaging often yields inconsistent results when assessing the brain’s structural characteristics in children with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). To address this, scientists from Japan have used a harmonization method called traveling-subject (TS) to reduce measurement bias in brain imaging datasets from multiple sites. The TS harmonized datasets showed significant reductions in measurement bias and revealed apparent volumetric changes in specific brain regions, indicating promise for developing a more robust diagnosis for ADHD.

To encourage new students to explore and take part in all the different aspects of university life, Lingnan held a key orientation activity, its Campus Life Carnival, last night, 4 September. Over a thousand new students visited the 40 stands set up by student societies, university teams and units encouraged new students to join, gave advice, and explained Lingnan’s many extracurricular activities.

Tracking human behavioral patterns in cities can be used to determine urban delineations and urban land use, which has the potential to improve urban planning.

Taiwan Innotech Expo (TIE) 2025 will return from October 16–18 at Taipei World Trade Center, Hall 1, uniting government, academia, and industry under the theme “Cross-Domain AI Innovation: Driving the Future with Intelligence.” The event will feature 450 exhibitors presenting nearly 1,100 patented technologies, highlighting Taiwan’s role as a key driver of global innovation.

Harpswell will convene the in-person component of its 7th annual ASEAN Women’s Leadership Summit, bringing together 33 outstanding young women leaders from across all 10 ASEAN countries and Nepal. It is hosted in partnership with the Centre for Research on Women and Gender (KANITA) at Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM).

- Enhances creativity and problem-solving skills through hands-on programs, including an autonomous driving hackathon - Showcases an innovative talent development model through collaboration with local educational institutions

DGIST Opens the Convergence Talent Academy... Fully Starting to Develop Talented Individuals with Creativity and the Spirit of Challenge

- Seminar to be held 9:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m. on December 11th–12th and 15th–17th, 2025, at the Daegu R&D Special Zone Headquarters - Early registration is encouraged since strong demand is expected for lectures by leading domestic and international experts

Lingnan University held its 2025/26 academic year New Student Orientation (NSO) and Official Welcome on campus today, 25 August, welcoming over 1,400 new undergraduates from the Hong Kong SAR, the Mainland, and overseas, including students from Germany, Kazakhstan, Nepal, Russia, South Korea, and Vietnam into the Lingnan family.

- Experts from industry, academia, research institutes, and young scientists gather to share the latest achievements and explore the future direction of next-generation batteries. - Building a foundation for cooperation to innovate the domestic battery industry and foster future talent.