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Wishing a Happy Lunar New Year to the incredible research community! From everyone at The Babak Lab, we hope this Year of the Snake brings you good fortune, prosperity, and exciting new discoveries.

#CNY #CityUHK
January 24, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Thanks for the sharing from my 🐈🐕 and Andy! Best for the amazing Babak Lab #PhD #academia #chemistry #CityuHK
Meet our PhD student Andy! He loves travel, music (Imagine Dragons!), and his pets, Potato the dog, and Oyster pancake the cat, who help him greatly on his journey towards self-love.

#PhD #academia #chemsky
January 20, 2025 at 8:29 AM
[𝐉𝐁𝐕𝐈 10𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐲] 𝐂𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐢𝐧 𝐉𝐁𝐕𝐈 (2014-2024): 𝐓𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐮𝐥𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞

New #openaccess article by Y. Chandra (@yantochandra.bsky.social, CityUHK) & Y. Luo (CityUHK, ZJU)

🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
April 8, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Buffalo besties: Feral female buffalo build friendships based on similar personality traits. [Lantau Island, Hong Kong]
Animal welfare experts at City University of Hong Kong find spatial proximity serves as an indicator of friendship. www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
Buffalo besties: Feral female buffalo build friendships based on similar personality traits
a new study by researchers at City University of Hong Kong (CityUHK) investigating a unique free-ranging feral population of water buffalo on Lantau Island in Hong Kong has discovered that close spati...
www.eurekalert.org
December 6, 2024 at 4:35 AM
What happened The technique is called piezosynthesis : it takes advantage of piezoelectric materials that generate electric charges when mechanically deformed, and directs those charges to drive redox chemical reactions directly on water and oxygen.
Scientists convert ocean wave vibrations into clean fuel without using electricity - Sinaptica
A team led by Professor Sai Kishore Ravi from the School of Energy and Environment at City University of Hong Kong (CityUHK) demonstrated that mechanical vibrat
sinapti.ca
July 21, 2026 at 12:20 PM
Upcoming Seminar
Reconsidering Authoritarian Nostalgia in Southeast Asia: Dynastic Elites, “Democratic” Legacies, and National Coalitions
by Prof. Mark R. Thompson, CityUHK

🗓️Oct 29, 1:15 pm–
📍Inamori Center 213, KyotoU
No reservations required. Join us!▶️ kyoto.cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/event/202...
October 1, 2026 at 4:05 AM
Times Higher Education Asia University Rankings, 2026
6 HKU
10 CUHK ↓1
12 HKUST
14 CityUHK ↑2
18 PolyU
37 EdUHK (new)
40 BaptistU ↑10
=84 LingnanU (new)

www.timeshighereducation.com/world-univer...
April 24, 2026 at 1:46 AM
CityUHK Scholars: "Reliability and precision of thermal imaging measurements to study animal behaviour and welfare" scholars.cityu.edu.hk/en/publicati... cc @debottam1991.bsky.social
Reliability and precision of thermal imaging measurements to study animal behaviour and welfare
scholars.cityu.edu.hk
January 8, 2026 at 3:55 AM
🆕 How China became the world’s factory: Trade, industrial policy, and growth

Today on VoxDev, Francesco Amodio (McGill University), Hanwei Huang (CityUHK), Yu-Hsiang Lei (HKUST) & Markus Poschke discuss China's export-led growth model: https://ow.ly/BcNX50YhvTJ
How China became the world’s factory: Trade, industrial policy, and growth
China’s rise was powered by an export-led growth model reinforced by trade liberalisation, place-based and industrial policies, massive infrastructure investment, and a governance system that strongly incentivised local growth.
ow.ly
February 18, 2026 at 12:31 PM
CityUHK scientists have discovered a vortex electric field in 2D materials, promising advances in electronics, quantum computing, and nanotechnology.
CityUHK Researchers Unveil Vortex Electric Fields in 2D Materials
CityUHK scientists have discovered a vortex electric field in 2D materials, promising advances in electronics, quantum computing, and nanotechnology.
www.science-tldr.com
December 10, 2024 at 9:10 PM
Huge congratulations to Prof. Maria Babak on winning the College of Science Teaching Excellence Award this year! 🎉 This recognition celebrates your outstanding contributions—thank you for inspiring excellence in education. We are proud to be your students! 👏

#CityUHK #Science #Education #chemsky
May 9, 2025 at 6:39 AM
It was super great to welcome Chun Kit Kwok, from CityUHK, for a 2-day visit in our lab. A very enjoyable time discussing science in general, with of course a deep dive into RNA and G-quadruplex #G4 RNA. Thank you for coming!
March 19, 2026 at 4:02 PM
“The US has traditionally contributed expertise, leadership in assessment chapters, and critical Earth‑system monitoring data. I am unsure how the IPCC can continue without the US,” said Benjamin Horton, dean of the school of energy and environment at CityUHK.

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Trump Expands US Climate Retreat With Exits From UN Bodies
President Donald Trump extended the US retreat from global cooperation on climate action by signaling a withdrawal from flagship international organizations, including the main United Nations and scie...
www.bloomberg.com
January 8, 2026 at 6:54 AM
CityUHK study finds female feral buffalo form friendships based on similar personality traits, impacting habitat use and welfare. Published in iScience, it highlights animal social behavior insights.
Feral female buffalo build friendships based on similar personality traits, study reveals
Similar social personalities strongly influence friendships in humans, yet we know relatively little about how animals choose their friends.
phys.org
December 5, 2024 at 8:32 PM
🆕 Mismeasuring learning: Beware of psychometric test scores

Today on VoxDev, Prof. James Heckman (Harris School of Public Policy) & Jin Zhou (CityUHK) challenge the practice of treating test scores as measures of the same underlying ability across levels: https://ow.ly/C5LN50YgXml
Mismeasuring learning: Beware of psychometric test scores
High-frequency data from a large early childhood intervention in China indicates that skills develop through the emergence of qualitatively new abilities and stochastic fluctuations, rather than as higher levels of a fixed trait, challenging the practice of treating test scores as comparable measures of the same underlying ability across levels.
ow.ly
February 17, 2026 at 10:59 AM
A new vortex electric field in twisted bilayer molybdenum disulfide could enhance quantum computing, spintronics, and nanotechnology, offering improved device stability and speed.
Vortex electric field discovery could impact quantum computing
A new vortex electric field with the potential to enhance future electronic, magnetic and optical devices has been observed by researchers from City University of Hong Kong (CityUHK) and local partners.
phys.org
December 8, 2024 at 6:02 AM