Home /Research/Features/Research Highlights Research Highlights Faculty Strategic Research Areas Features Funding Projects and Centres Research Days Experts List Research Highlights Research Achievements Month January February March April May June July August September October November December Year 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 Date Research Highlight 24 Apr 2022 CUHK suggests that pterosaurs took off from water 150 million years ago like ducks do [Details] Prof. PITTMAN Michael David (School of Life Sciences) 17 Jan 2022 International astronomy team releases largest-ever collection of 3D maps of nearby galaxies [Details] Prof. YAN Renbin (Department of Physics) 11 Jan 2022 CUHK reveals the storage mechanism of seed proteins paving the way to develop plant-based vaccine technology [Details] Prof. WONG Kam Bo (School of Life Sciences) Prof. JIANG Liwen (School of Life Sciences) 28 Dec 2021 CUHK interdisciplinary study finds adoption of a less meat-intensive diet can reduce premature deaths related to air pollution in China [Details] Prof. TAI Pui Kuen Amos (Earth System Science Programme) Prof. LAM Hon Ming (School of Life Sciences) Prof. LEE Shing Yip Joe (School of Life Sciences and Earth System Science Programme) 27 Dec 2021 CUHK research predicts typhoons in Asia becoming stronger and longer-lasting with doubled destructive power by the end of century [Details] Prof. TAM Chi Yung Francis (Earth System Science Programme) 24 Dec 2021 CUHK scientists discover the key force in the evolution of tiny marine bacteria for a new understanding of its work efficiency in fixing carbon dioxide [Details] Prof. LUO Haiwei (School of Life Sciences) 4 Nov 2021 CUHK Researchers Discover a Novel Method to Adjust the Elasticity of Material for Achieving Smart Elastic Metamaterials [Details] Prof. XU Lei (Department of Physics) 1 Nov 2021 CUHK Breakthrough in Discovering the Mechanism of Plant COPII Vesicle Formation to Mitigate Abiotic Stresses Providing New Insights into Developing Stress-resistant Crops [Details] Prof. JIANG Liwen (School of Life Sciences) 21 Oct 2021 CUHK Researchers Unveil a Novel Competition Strategy that May Fuel Plant Cells for a Sustainable Development of Crops [Details] Prof. ZHUANG Xiaohong (School of Life Sciences) Prof. WONG Kam Bo (School of Life Sciences) Prof. JIANG Liwen (School of Life Sciences) Oct 2021 Predicting When Volcanoes Are Going to Blow The Axial underwater seamount acts as a real-time lab for Professor TAN Yen Joe [Details] Prof. TAN Yen Joe (Earth System Science Programme) < 1 2 3 4 … 9 10 11 12 >