HKU’s ultra-thin diamond fabrication technology – enabling large-scale, high-quality production of diamond membranes with implications for next-generation electronic and optical devices – has been selected as one of China’s Top 10 Scientific Advances of 2025.
Renowned mathematician and Fields Medallist Professor Ngô Bảo Châu believes that mathematics is an essential part of being human and joins HKU with a view to building up Asia into a new global nexus for the discipline.
HKU received 46 awards at the 51st International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva, as it continues to build its reputation for outstanding research and innovation excellence that makes a meaningful impact on society.
HKU researchers have developed an AI-powered innovation to overcome obstacles found in traditional ultrasound examinations when time is of the essence, bringing life-saving advancements in cardiology, pulmonary medicine, and emergency care.
Nobel Prize-winning physicist Professor Sir Andre Geim, the pioneering scientist behind the revolutionary creation of graphene, will join HKU this April as Chair Professor in the Faculty of Science.
HKU continues to attract the brightest minds from around the world, as Professor Ngô Bảo Châu, recipient of the 2010 Fields Medal, will be joining HKU as Chair Professor in the Department of Mathematics.
HKU Libraries opens a revitalised Special Collections and a new Open-View Conservation Laboratory to preserve cultural heritage and to support and advance academic research in Hong Kong and beyond.
The lights of the aurora are created when high-energy particles from space collide with Earth’s atmosphere. HKU and UCLA co-led planetary sciences research uncovers the source of energy that produces these dazzling spectacles.
HKU scientists have made a major breakthrough by using a natural magnetic material to achieve negative refraction, without the need for complicated artificial structures, opening the door to imaging, telecommunications, and countless other technologies.
The Minister of the National Health Commission of the People’s Republic of China led a delegation visit to the campus to learn more about the University’s latest activities and future direction.
