Research Stories
VP(R)'s Picks: An Invention to Smile About
The creators of the award-winning NJ toothbrush drew inspiration from high-speed railways and deep knowledge and research on dental and gum diseases to create a flexible toothbrush that can improve oral health by reaching elusive “dead corners” that may be missed by conventional brushes.
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VP(R)'s Picks: Quantum Mechanics Speeds Up Discovery of Cause & Effect
The ability to identify cause-effect relations is an essential component of the scientific method. New research by Professor Giulio Chiribella greatly speeds up that process by using quantum strategies that open the path for applications ranging from the design of communication networks to the development of intelligent quantum machines.
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VP(R)'s Picks: Technocracy and the Crisis of the EU
The European Union (EU) has turned increasingly to rule by technocrats rather than politicians and to coercive enforcement rather than voluntary co-operation. This diminishes the quality of democracy and fuels the turn to populism, argues a new analysis co-authored by Dr Stefan Auer and Dr Nicole Scicluna.
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VP(R)'s Picks: Faster, Better Tool Advances Precision Medicine
Precision medicine offers hope of better diagnoses and treatments for patients. But to achieve that, doctors need to sift through the three billion characters in each person’s DNA. Groundbreaking research by Dr Luo Ruibang, published in Nature Communications, is making that task a lot easier.
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VP(R)'s Picks: Influenza B Vaccine and the Limits of ‘Herd’ Protection
Living in the same household as someone vaccinated against influenza B is weak protection against the virus. Best to get yourself vaccinated, too, finds an HKU-led study published in Nature Communications.
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