Showing 141 to 150 of 158 results
CityU has been awarded a grant of more than HK$8 million from the Research Grants Council to lead a research project that assesses the reliability of electronic systems in order to prevent breakdowns that can lead to inefficiency or, in worst-case scenarios, fatal disasters.
As part of the City University Distinguished Lecture Series, pioneering IBM scientist Dr Don Eigler provided an eye-opening insight into the continuing quest to develop increasingly smaller devices that are now operating on the atomic level.
CityU welcomed an array of international health experts at the One-Health International Workshop, which examines the links between animal and human health and the importance of building a quality veterinary infrastructure to prevent zoonoses.
Dr Jason Hu, Mayor of Taichung City, shared his leadership and communication skills in a lecture about the important role of humour in society, on 7 December at CityU.
CityU is co-hosting, with the Chinese Academy of Engineering, the academician conference “Engineering Science and Technology: Trends and Frontiers” on 14-15 December. It will bring together highly regarded scientists to discuss the possible frontiers of technological advancement.
A distinguished lecture was given by one of the world’s most original and prolific researchers in bio-organic chemistry, Professor Wong Chi-huey, President of the Academia Sinica, Taiwan on 11 November, looking at the significance of protein glycosylation in identifying new cancer biomarkers for diagnosis and drug discovery.
Physics Nobel laureate Professor Albert Fert delivered a lecture in the France-Hong Kong Distinguished Lecture Series on Spintronics, a new field of research with computing hard disk applications.
CityU is hosting an academician conference, “Where is Science Going in the 21st Century?”, featuring three Nobel laureates and 11 world-renowned academicians who talked about the future directions of scientific advancement.
Almost 100 CityU research projects have been awarded funding from the 2009-10 General Research Fund by the Research Grants Council
An academician conference featuring some of the best brains in the world was held at CityU today to unravel the secrets of how the brain learns and remembers.