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New Moms Moving Towards The Bottle
Instead of directly breastfeeding babies, new moms are increasingly using expressed breast milk.
HKU Quantum Scientist Becomes Asia’s First CIFAR-Azrieli Global Scholar
Dr. Giulio Chiribella was selected under a new international initiative to identify potential world leaders in research.
Yellow Fever Vaccine Effective Even At Lower Dose
Lowering the dose of the yellow fever vaccine could help extend population coverage even if reduces the vaccine's efficacy, study says.
Mouse Model For Studying Zika Developed
Immunosuppressed mice that developed Zika had testicular inflammation that could be an important marker in humans infected with the virus.
Blood Cell-Sized Nanorobots Swim Towards The Light
This newly-developed light-guided nanobot can ‘dance’ and even spell out words at the researchers' whim.
Chemists Synthesize ‘Game-Changing’ Antibiotic Teixobactin
Chemists in Hong Kong have successfully synthesized the newly-discovered antibiotic drug, teixobactin.
New Alzheimer’s Target Identified
Researchers in Hong Kong have discovered a crucial part of the genetic machinery that ‘switches’ on the Neuroglobin gene.
HKU’s Ron Hui Named UK Royal Academy Of Engineering Fellow
Professor Hui was recognized for his research on environmentally-friendly technologies, energy saving features and reduction of electronic waste.
Easy As One, Two, Three? Kids Learn Quantifiers In Order, Despite Language
No matter what language they speak, children learn words of quantity such as ‘all’, ‘some’ or ‘none’ in the same order.
