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HKU Paleontologists discovered shallow-marine ecosystem collapse and recovery during a historical hyperthermal event
Oct 29th 2021
Around 56 million years ago, Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM), one of the most famous historical ...
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Has Hong Kong lost its luster? HKU Ecologists reconstructed Hong Kong’s marine ecosystem over the last 100 years Worried that climate and metal pollution may have a negative impact on the biodiversity
Oct 05th 2021
The skyscrapers and urban development that have made Hong Kong the "Pearl" have also generated pollutants ...
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HKU biologists identified bacterial proteins that promote neurodegeneration, shedding light on new ways to prevent or slow down neurodegenerative diseases
Sep 09th 2021
Growing evidence indicates that gut microbiota plays a critical role in regulating the progression of ...
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HKU scientists solve key observational issues in new generation of satellites (CubeSats), transforming the way we track fine-scale changes of our planet from space.
Aug 18th 2021
Our Earth has experienced rapid environmental changes tightly tied to anthropogenic activities. Satellite ...
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HKU Ecologist applied a novel statistical method to analysing causal inference and revealed importance of climate change in controlling deep-sea biodiversity
Aug 03rd 2021
The research, published in Biology Letters, used long-term fossil records from sediment cores and recently ...
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Marine ecologists reveal mangroves might be threatened by low functional diversity of invertebrates
Aug 03rd 2021
Mangrove forests were once dominant in the tropics but have recently been disappearing at alarming rates ...
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HKU-led research reveals hidden sources of non-nutritive and low-calorie sweeteners in pre-packaged foods
Jul 14th 2021
A recent study led by Assistant Professor Dr Jimmy Chun Yu LOUIE, and BSc (Food and Nutritional Sciences ...
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HKU biologists identify and demonstrate a naturally abundant venom peptide from ants that activates a previously unknown pseudo allergic pathway, unravelling a novel immunomodulatory pathway of MRGPRX2
Jul 12th 2021
Ants are omnipresent, and we often get blisters after an ant bite. But do you know the molecular mechanism ...
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