Nobel Winner Seeks to Transform Medicine

When Professor Ferenc Krausz and his team became the first in the world to capture the motion of electrons in 2001 by producing attosecond pulses of light, he found himself at a crossroads. The discovery, which ultimately led to the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2023, had...

Powering Hong Kong’s Healthtech Ambitions

The field of biomedical engineering is developing rapidly thanks to recent advances in AI, advanced materials and personalised medicine. HKU has provided an undergraduate degree in biomedical engineering for more than two decades. Now, that commitment is being...

The Physical Toll of Antipsychotics

Patients with severe mental illnesses, such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, rely on long-term use of antipsychotic medications to control their condition. But concerns are growing that those same medications put patients at higher risk of other diseases....

Walking the Walk

The results of a large-scale study suggest the health benefits of walking are not just about how much you walk – how fast you walk matters too, underlining the importance of incorporating walking into comprehensive cancer-prevention strategies.“Our study provides new...

Fast Track to Pain Relief

Musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions can affect our muscles, bones and joints, causing persistent pain or stiffness, curved spines and other postural and developmental problems, and in severe cases impaired breathing. Pinpointing the location is important for deciding...