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Date	Research Highlight
28 Jul 2026	CUHK-led breakthrough rewrites evolutionary biology to pave way for pollution-neutral agriculture Discovery published in PNAS reveals free-living soil bacteria’s nitrogen-fixing mechanism, offering eco-friendly biofertiliser alternative for global staple crops to reduce chemical fertiliser pollution [Details] Prof. LUO Haiwei (School of Life Sciences)
8 Jun 2026	CUHK-led study first reveals irrigation helps slow China’s warming Findings advance climate-smart water management [Details] Prof. TAI Pui Kuen Amos (Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences)
6 May 2026	CUHK study finds mangroves provide “blue nitrogen” ecosystem service worth more than US$8.5 billion annually Efficiently purifying 870,000 tonnes of nitrogen pollution [Details] Prof. THIBODEAU Benoit (Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences)
27 Apr 2026	CUHK joint study reveals Moon volcanoes continue to exhale for years after erupting Discovery offers new pathways to explore lunar evolution [Details] Prof. ZHAN Yan (Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences)
31 Mar 2026	CUHK joint study with University of Illinois reveals how vegetation recovers after sudden permafrost collapse Findings help predict the impacts on the carbon cycle under global warming [Details] Prof. LIU Lin (Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences)
27 Jan 2026	CUHK research uncovers sophisticated aerodynamics utilised by multi-winged gliding dinosaurs [Details] Prof. PITTMAN Michael David (School of Life Sciences)
21 Jan 2026	CUHK research team uses AI to solve evolutionary puzzle Aerobic bacteria evolved oxygen respiration 2.7 billion years ago far earlier than the Great Oxidation Event [Details] Prof. LUO Haiwei (School of Life Sciences)
5 Jan 2026	CUHK develops novel enzyme technology to produce green nylon Innovation set to reduce industrial costs by over 80% and promote sustainable development [Details] Prof. CHAN Michael Kenneth (School of Life Sciences)
17 Nov 2025	CUHK study reveals importance of metabolic flexibility for the first time Study provides new direction for the delay of degeneration in A-T [Details] Prof. CHOW Hei Man Kim (School of Life Sciences)
11 Nov 2025	CUHK discovers plant-unique membrane-less compartment that helps resist heat stress [Details] Prof. ZHUANG Xiaohong (School of Life Sciences)

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