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A survey conducted by CityU has revealed that only 38% of citizens are willing to get inoculated. Young people (aged between 20 and 24) are the least enthusiastic, with less than 30% indicating a willingness to get the jab.
Researchers at CityU found that school closures are not as effective as social distancing in public facilities for controlling Covid-19 in New York City.
Big-data research led by a CityU researcher has found that although more than 80% of cats in Australia were desexed, only a fraction have had surgery before reaching puberty, thus creating a “pregnancy gap”. It is recommended that the age of desexing is before four months.
Research co-led by academics at CityU has discovered that the phenomenon of human self-organisation known as synchronisation forms spontaneously when the safety distance between pedestrians seems insufficient.
Some 20 archeologists, scholars, researchers and curators from the mainland, Hong Kong, Taiwan, South East Asia and Australia gathered at CityU, 24 and 25 June 2004, to exchange their findings on China's 12th to 15th century ceramics and maritime trade.
CityU's Wireless Communications Research Centre celebrated its 10th anniversary with the opening of the Near Field Antenna Measurement Chamber, 24 June. Jointly sponsored by the Research Grants Council (RGC), HKSAR, and CityU, the HK$5 million Chamber accurately monitors the performance of antennas for mobile communications, thus advancing innovative antenna R&D capacity in Hong Kong.
What are the desirable qualities of a 21st century leader? That was the question of the day at the opening session of the Student Leadership Conference (SLC), 7 -11 June, 2004. CityU invited more than 120 student leaders from several prominent universities in the region to exchange their views.
The launch of three Beidou satellites into orbit, two in 2000 and one in 2003, has opened a new chapter in China's satellite communications development. It spawned a new industry of navigation products for use with the Beidou Global Positioning System (BGPS) and CityU's wireless communications experts are making their mark in this industry.
The International Conference on Mathematics and Its Applications at City University 28-31 May, 2004, attracted numerous prominent academics of the mathematics world.