Essays

Rising Pressure: The Impact of Academic and Social Competition on Chinese Teenagers’ Mental Health

Rising Pressure: The Impact of Academic and Social Competition on Chinese Teenagers’ Mental Health

As the development of time in China, the world view of people of successfulness has shifted from having a lot of offspring to having a lot of…

Papers

The Prevalence of White Guilt among American High School Students

After the election of the nation’s first African-American president, it has been asserted that America is evolving into a post-racial society and the younger generation has fewer…

Social Sciences

叶玉如:香港能在国家科技发展中扮演重要角色

叶玉如:香港能在国家科技发展中扮演重要角色 中国科学院院士、香港科技大学(科大)副校长叶玉如近日接受了中新社记者采访,并对香港科技创新力量投下信心一票。2004年,她获得“联合国教科文组织世界杰出女科学家成就奖”,成为首位夺得此奖的香港人,该奖项有“女性诺贝尔科学奖”之称。 这位世界级神经生物学家在香港出生,中学毕业后远赴美国修读化学和生物学,及后在美国哈佛大学医学院获得药理学博士学位,从此踏上科研之路。 1993年,科大成立不久,叶玉如受聘回港任教及从事科研工作,从4人的实验室开始,经过17年时间,终于在2010年建立起拥有数十位研究员的“分子神经科学国家重点实验室”。至今,她一直担任分子神经科学国家重点实验室主任,历年来获得许多重要奖项。叶玉如的成功充分证明香港并非“科研荒漠”,关键在于合作。…

Natural & Other Sciences

Dispersing Agents Prevent Negative Impact of Oil on Uptake of Zinc by Duckweed (Lemna minor)

Oil spills have had extremely negative effects on the environment. The oil directly coats both animal and plant species living in and around the water, rendering these…

Announcement

2020 Student Research Congress

Here are the selected finalists for 2020 Student Research Congress. Y. Suo J. Sung Y. Fu J.S. Lee N. Liu Q. Yang C. Lu M. Fang Thank…