Can Li – Asian Scientist Magazine

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An undergraduate student has helped to identify the first vertebrate fossil from the Jurassic era to be discovered in Hong Kong.

Targeting the protein AtPAP2 to both the mitochondria and chloroplasts makes plants grow faster and produce 38 to 57 percent more seeds.

Vivian Yam, professor at the University of Hong Kong, has been elected as foreign member of Academia Europaea.

Researchers have developed a method to grow biocompatible cartilage from the patient's own bone marrow.

Evidence from a next generation sequencing study suggests that camels are a reservoir of the MERS virus and a significant source of human infections.

The internally powered novel surgical robotic system can successfully perform single-incision or natural orifice surgery.

China is fast becoming a dominant force in the higher education arena based on this year’s THE World University Rankings.

Scientists have developed a method to obtain high resolution, three-dimensional images of the human brain.

A research group in Japan has taken a synthetic biology approach to the development of steroid antibiotics.