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Energy – Anytime, Anywhere

Major breakthrough enhances performance stability and long-term reliability in an electricity generator which runs on humidity.

Health Research Takes a Carbon Toll

Scientific research is important for improving human health. Yet the studies themselves can have unmitigated environmental impacts that exacerbate health issues. Professor Chinmoy Sarkar of the Department of Urban Planning and Design is part of an international team raising the alarm on this problem.

The Physical Toll of Antipsychotics

Big data studies from HKUMed reveal how long-term use of antipsychotic drugs increases the risk of certain cancers and infections, flagging the need for more monitoring and preventive action.

Mind over Matter

By combining AI-inspired models with brain imaging, a series of recent studies has revealed how the brain generates emotional experiences in real-life situations and how novel treatments can reduce social anxiety.

Walking the Walk

Researchers have found that increasing walking speed could provide additional benefits in reducing cancer risk, by potentially improving immune and metabolic functions.

Teaching About the Future of Creativity

Two Common Core courses are encouraging students to engage in the debate on whether AI can be creative, one from an arts perspective, the other from engineering.

The Challenge to ‘Creative Cities’

Creative activities tend to cluster in places such as Hollywood and Silicon Valley, but could this change with AI?

Protecting Human Creativity from AI’s Grip

Professor Haochen Sun of the Faculty of Law has been looking at the threats to human creativity from AI, and possible legal and ethical remedies.

In the Picture

Virtual reality (VR) technology, now assisted by AI, is changing how stories are told and experienced. Professor Tim Gruenewald of the Faculty of Arts has been following VR’s development for over a decade and explains its significance.

Artists’ Dilemma

Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) can help artists quickly produce a good standard of work. But achieving creative excellence and uniqueness is another matter, as two HKU Business School studies show.

Beating the Bot

A groundbreaking study comparing creativity in humans and AI models finds their average scores are nearly identical. But closer inspection reveals that human diversity gives people a decisive edge.