專題故事

「循公共健康原則協力預防自殺」

由葉兆輝教授，羅亦華博士及程綺瑾博士共同帶領的香港賽馬會防止自殺研究中心，減少了大眾對自殺錯誤的觀念，促進了社區對精神健康的認識，亦使有關自殺新聞報導的質量有顯著改變，以避免出現模仿性自殺行為的效應。此項目獲頒2017年港大「卓越知識交流獎」。

香港是世界上其中一個最繁忙和最密集的高空發展城市，但香港亦是全球最適宜步行的城市之一，擁有由交通樞紐，市場，購物中心和住宅區連接的多重行人通道網絡。然而，隨著人口老齡化，而且新的基建項目和高樓層的建築擠入本已十分擁擠的城市空間，令到行人越來越難找到清晰直接的路線通往目的地。香港大學都市實驗室是香港大學建築學院的研究及知識交流單位，現正與思匯政策研究所及香港社會服務聯會合作，開展了一個名為 ‘Walking with Wheels’的項目，目的是為輪椅、嬰兒車和手推車使用者尋找最好的無障礙通道。

Biomarkers Detect Disease Before It Is Too Late

ImmunoDiagnostics Ltd was set up last year to facilitate the licensing and commercialisation of the biomarker discoveries of Professor Aimin Xu’s team.

Resources for Art Lovers

My bigger goal in building the online Hong Kong Art Archive was to write Hong Kong art into a larger narrative. And putting the lectures online is part of my effort to break down the walls, so places in the world that don’t have access to academic art history can get a comprehensive university lecture from me on modern art.

When it's hard to swallow

We hope that the KOTE app will help to enhance swallowing safety and communication between patients and their carers.

Animals Get Long-Overdue Protection

Ms Whitfort’s pioneering work to improve the legislative protection of animals is far from over.

A Light-Weight Achievement

It’s the same cost, same production line, but better performance. The goal is to develop lightweight automotive steel that has much better properties and is easy to use in industrial production.