In just 40 years, China went from a predominantly rural society to a highly urbanised one. What happened? And what lessons can other urbanising regions around the globe draw from that experience?  University of Hong Kong Professor of landscape architecture Bin Chen…

Could satellites one day help us solve pressing socioeconomic problems like food insecurity? What if they could directly tell farmers when to fertilise their crops? Or how much water they should use to irrigate?   It sounds like science fiction, but…

In theory, diamonds are almost the perfect vehicles for the “fourth generation” of semiconductors. They are relatively easy to grow – all you need is hydrogen, methane, and electricity – strong, and can handle far higher wattages and more heat…

Now, however, the AI boom has helped fuel the rise of both unicorns and tech giants like FAANG (Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix, and Google). That tectonic shift has caught many companies off-guard, with CEOs and even consultants unsure of how…

HKU researcher Qi Zhao explores how quantum physics and machine learning combine to create a new form of intelligence that learns the way nature does.