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CityU team wins Gold Award at the Hong Kong Green Innovations Award for transforming manmade seawalls
The State Key Laboratory of Marine Pollution at CityU was awarded the prestigious Gold Award at the Hong Kong Green Innovations Award.
Critical breakthrough for enhancing battery capacity
A pivotal breakthrough in battery technology that has profound implications for our energy future has been achieved by a joint-research team led by CityU.
Two CityU research projects win major awards from Ministry of Education
State-of-the-art research into the precise delivery of cells using microrobots and the study of the medium-range structure of metallic glass developed at CityU have been honoured with two second-class awards in the Natural Science category at the Higher Education Outstanding Scientific Research Output Awards (Science and Technology) 2022 from the Ministry of Education.
CityU’s record-breaking showing at International Exhibition of Inventions Geneva
Researchers from CityU received 36 awards at the 48th International Exhibition of Inventions Geneva. This is the third year running that CityU has received the highest number of awards among local institutions.
Microplastic pollution
The inappropriate disposal of surgical masks could cause serious microplastic pollution, equivalent to seriously polluting more than 54,800 Olympic swimming pools of seawater annually, researchers from CityU have discovered.
UN-endorsed CityU project on monitoring global estuaries
The State Key Laboratory of Marine Pollution (SKLMP) at CityU has been endorsed by the United Nations (UN) to initiate a ten-year "Global Estuaries Monitoring (GEM)" Programme to collect and study environmental pollutants in the estuaries of major cities around the globe so as to formulate a long-term policy of promoting clean estuaries.
Trawl ban boosts marine biodiversity
The prohibition of trawling activities in the Hong Kong marine environment for two and a half years has significantly improved biodiversity, an inter-university study led by CityU has found.
Seawalls’ marine biodiversity enhanced by eco-engineered tiles: CityU study
A research team of marine ecologists led by CityU has generated promising results for enhancing marine biodiversity on seawalls in the western waters of Hong Kong via eco-engineered tiles.
New chips accelerate data transmission
A physicist from CityU has played a pivotal role in advancing data transmission speed on the internet to make it the fastest in the world.
Kondo cloud finally observed after half-century
A physicist from CityU plays a major role in the world’s first direct measurement of a Kondo cloud more than 50 years after the initial theory was first expounded.

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