Research Stories
VP(R)'s Picks: Breakthrough in Understanding Quantum Metals
The “high-temperature” superconductivity of metals holds great promise for enabling highly efficient energy transportation, but it requires extremely cold temperatures that are currently too costly and energy-intensive to replicate. A better understanding of quantum critical metals themselves is needed. New research from Dr Meng Zi Yang in the Department of Physics and his collaborators takes us closer to overcoming this challenge.
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VP(R)'s Picks: Mathematician at the Frontier of Knowledge
Theoretical mathematics pushes the limits of human knowledge by probing patterns in the world around us. HKU’s Chair of Mathematics, Professor Ngaiming Mok, is renowned for his achievements in this pursuit.
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VP(R)'s Picks: Patterns of Tyranny
Renowned HKU Historian Professor Frank Dikӧtter examines some of the worst dictatorships of the 20th century to detect patterns of behaviour and insights on how they seized and retained power.
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VP(R)'s Picks: New Chromatin 'Road Sign' Discovered
Histones help to regulate gene expression as part of the chromatin, which sits at the centre of every cell. The discovery of a new histone mark, called H4K91glu, by Dr Xiang David Li and his team opens the way to a better understanding of human health and disease.
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VP(R)'s Picks: Libra's Challenge to the Global Financial System
Facebook’s cryptocurrency project, Libra, has the potential to be a gamechanger for the financial world – on a par with the end of the gold standard in the 1970s, according to Professor Douglas Arner and his colleagues. They have been assessing the regulatory implications.
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