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Infection and mortality rates for COVID-19 could be significantly reduced if high-income countries donated 46% of their COVID-19 vaccine stocks to low- and middle-income countries, according to a team led by researcher at CityU.
Correlation found between weather conditions and lower COVID-19 fatality rates: CityU research study
A correlation exists between the weather and humidity that patients are exposed to during different stages of COVID-19 infection and the probability of death, according to Dr Sean Yuan Hsiang-yu, Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical Sciences at CityU, and PhD student Liang Jing-bo.
A research team led by a CityU scholar and other researchers have discovered a first-of-its-kind super-elastic alloy that can retain its stiffness even after being heated to 1,000 K (about 727 ℃) or above, with nearly zero energy dissipation. The team believes that the alloy can be applied in manufacturing high-precision devices for space missions.
A research team at CityU estimated in mid-January, that if social mobility decreases by around 25% when compared to the level during the Christmas and New Year holidays, a fifth wave will cause around 250,000 infected cases, which is similar to the current pandemic trend in Hong Kong.
The Language Information Sciences Research Centre of CityU released the Annual Pan-Chinese Celebrity Rosters for 2006, which show that Mr Chen Sui-bian, President of Taiwan, has topped the list.
The Department of Management Sciences announced the findings of the CityU-Hong Kong Consumer Satisfaction Index 2006 on 21 December. The findings show that the CityU-HKCSI hit a record high of 70.1, up 1.2% from 2005.
CityU is hosting the first ever All China Economics International Conference in a bid to foster exchange among scholars and professionals on economic issues concerning China and members of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation.
CityU is hosting a series of talks this week on the empowerment of women living in Muslim contexts, part of a multi-million dollar research project led by Dr Vivienne Wee, Associate Director of the Southeast Asia Research Centre.
Five CityU telecommunication projects are on display at the ITU Telecom World 2006 at the AsiaWorld Expo from 4 to 8 December, showcasing CityU’s strengths in telecom-related research and attracting potential technology transfer to industry.