Home /Research/Features/Research Highlights Research Highlights Faculty Strategic Research Areas Features Funding Projects and Centres Research Days ICE3SCN Experts List Research Highlights Research Achievements Month January February March April May June July August September October November December Year 2026 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 Date Research Highlight 27 Jan 2026 CUHK research uncovers sophisticated aerodynamics utilised by multi-winged gliding dinosaurs [Details] Prof. PITTMAN Michael David (School of Life Sciences) 21 Jan 2026 CUHK research team uses AI to solve evolutionary puzzle Aerobic bacteria evolved oxygen respiration 2.7 billion years ago far earlier than the Great Oxidation Event [Details] Prof. LUO Haiwei (School of Life Sciences) 5 Jan 2026 CUHK develops novel enzyme technology to produce green nylon Innovation set to reduce industrial costs by over 80% and promote sustainable development [Details] Prof. CHAN Michael Kenneth (School of Life Sciences) 17 Nov 2025 CUHK study reveals importance of metabolic flexibility for the first time Study provides new direction for the delay of degeneration in A-T [Details] Prof. CHOW Hei Man Kim (School of Life Sciences) 11 Nov 2025 CUHK discovers plant-unique membrane-less compartment that helps resist heat stress [Details] Prof. ZHUANG Xiaohong (School of Life Sciences) 29 Oct 2025 CUHK leads TeV solar gamma ray research to reveal the Sun’s hidden magnetic fields [Details] Prof. NG Chun Yu (Department of Physics) 29 Sep 2025 CUHK cracks a mystery of the universe World’s first precise measurement of a black hole’s recoil [Details] Prof. CALDERON BUSTILLO Juan (Department of Physics) 18 Sep 2025 CUHK research team awarded over HKD 11 million to develop next-generation probiotics Helping coral combat climate change Hong Kong-led project receives first-ever G20 CORDAP funding [Details] Prof. LUO Haiwei (School of Life Sciences) 28 Jul 2025 CUHK unveils a new gene therapy targeting Parkinson’s disease [Details] Prof. CHAN Michael Kenneth (School of Life Sciences) 8 May 2025 CUHK scholar uncovers precursory signals lasting up to 11 months before a destructive induced earthquake [Details] Prof. YANG Hongfeng (Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences) 1 2 3 4 … 10 11 12 13 >