May 10, 2016
The local healthcare industry faces serious challenges of insufficient manpower, a continuously high utilisation rate of medical services, and surging demand for personalised nursing services due to an aging population.
Apr 19, 2016
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has brought glory to Hong Kong by winning a total of 14 prizes at the 44th International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva.
Apr 12, 2016
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has successfully developed perovskite-silicon tandem solar cells with the world's highest power conversion efficiency of 25.5% recently.
Apr 07, 2016
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has achieved the world's fastest optical communications speed for data centres by reaching 240 G bit/s over 2km, 24 times of the existing speed available in the market.
Mar 18, 2016
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has developed an intelligent system called "iWheelchair", integrating a series of advanced PolyU technologies from its Interdisciplinary Division of Biomedical Engineering (BME) and Institute of Textiles and...
Mar 14, 2016
The Department of Applied Physics (AP) and Interdisciplinary Division of Biomedical Engineering (BME) of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) have jointly developed a novel nano biosensor for rapid detection of flu and other viruses.
Mar 02, 2016
To minimize surgical trauma and improve the safety of current robotic surgery, an innovative project to develop a novel surgical robotic system (NSRS) with haptic (tactile) feedback and capable of single incision or natural orifice (incision-less)...
Dec 10, 2015
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) contributed to China’s successful launch of “20 satellites in one rocket” of “Long March 6” on 20 September 2015.
Dec 08, 2015
The Department of Civil and Environment Engineering of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has developed a novel intelligent transportation system, utilizing integrated algorithm for real-time journey time estimation.
Dec 02, 2015
The Sustainability Management Research Centre (SMRC) in the Department of Management and Marketing at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has compiled the Hong Kong Business Sustainability Index (HKBSI) with the support of the Hong Kong Council..