Professor Chan Chi-hou, Acting President (from left), Professor Chen Fu-rong, Chair Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Director of the Time-Resolved Aberration-Corrected Environmental EM Unit (TRACE) and Director of the Shenzhen Futian Research Institute; and Dr Hsueh Yu-chun, Research Fellow, TRACE.

Liu Xiaoyuan developed a series of novel meta-devices. 

A PhD student at CityU beat over 300 candidates and won the Top Ten Academic Youth Award for Metamaterial Postgraduate.

(From left) Professor Liu, Fan Chaoyang, PhD student, and Yang Yongting, Research Assistant of NS.

A major advance in treating spinal cord injuries by using genetically modified human neural stem cells (hNSCs) has been made by a team co-led by CityU).

An international research team led by Professor Zhang Hua has successfully developed a highly efficient electrocatalyst that can enhance hydrogen generation through electrocatalytic water splitting.

Professor Ren Yang (right), Professor Liu Qi of the Department of Physics and their team have achieved pivotal breakthrough in battery technology.

A pivotal breakthrough in battery technology that has profound implications for our energy future has been achieved by a team co-led by CityU.

(From left) Professor Dong Yining, Professor He Yukun, Professor Wang Shubo, Professor Wu Wei and Professor Zhu Zonglong.

Five young CityU academics were awarded the Excellent Young Scientists Fund (Hong Kong and Macau) by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) for 2023, with each awardee receiving funding worth RMB 2 million.

Professor Zhu Zonglong

A huge step forward in the evolution of perovskite solar cells recorded by CityU researchers will have significant implications for renewable energy development.

(From left) Lin Kaixin, Professor Edwin Tso Chi-yan, Chen Siru

A material known as cooling ceramic that achieves high-performance optical properties for energy-free and refrigerant-free cooling generation is under development at CityU.

(From left) Dr Eddie Ma Chi-him, Dr Vincent Ko Chi-chiu and Dr Au Ngan-pan

A small molecule identified by CityU researchers for the first time offers hope for patients with optic nerve damage such as glaucoma-related vision loss.

Named M1, the molecule can restore the visual function in the mammalian central nervous system (CNS).

Have you ever wondered why your dog is eating your beautifully cropped lawn or nibbling at the grass at the dog park?

Eating grass is a common behaviour in pet dogs. Some surveys show up to 80% of guardians notice their dog regularly snacking on the grass.