Contents
Science Focus
科言
Issue 001, 2014
What’s Happening in Hong Kong?
香港科技活動
Joint School Secondary Exhibitions
1
聯校展覽
Hong Kong Student Science Project Competition
香港學生科學比賽
Public Talks from Science Museum
科學館
Science Today
今日科學
Atomic Weight Changed for 19 Elements
2
十九個元素的原子量改變
Red Planet: A Hidden Sponge
4
紅色星球：隱藏著的海綿
The Plastic Ocean
6
塑料海洋
Coffee? No thanks.
10
咖啡？不用了，謝謝。
Amusing World of Science
科學趣事
Dissecting Shampoo
12
分析洗頭水
Stay Away From Bats!
14
遠離蝙蝠！
Szechuan Pepper Explained
16
解構四川麻辣火鍋
Who’s Who?
科學重要人物
Shaw Laureate – The Astronomical Journey to 18
Success, Steven Balbus
拜爾巴斯教授 - 研究天文學之路
Nobel Laureate – Thomas C. Südhof
20
諾貝爾獎得住者 - 托馬斯 . 聚德霍夫
Test Yourself!
測一測
22
Acknowledgements
特別致謝
Dear Readers,
Welcome to the inaugural issue of
Science Focus
!
Innovations in science and technology will be
a key factor for Hong Kong and China’s economic
success in the future. A fundamental requirement to
be a competitive leader in science and technology
is the continuous supply of talented scientists. While
universities are training our scientists, instilling the spirits
and practice of scientific research could commence at
earlier stages of education.
Science Focus
is a new initiative conceived by the
School of Science at HKUST, offered free-of-charge
and designed for secondar y school students. The
magazine aims to stimulate and nurture students’
interest in science and scientific research, by providing
a credible resource on the advancements of science
in various disciplines. Our vision is to inspire students to
become enthusiastically engaged in science activities
through reading a selection of interesting scientific
articles. Readers can learn about present-day science
discoveries and be enlightened by interesting facts and
trivia that are associated with our daily lives.
The
Science Focus
editorial team welcomes your
invaluable feedback and suggestions.
Prof. Yung Hou Wong
Editor-in-Chie
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親愛的讀者：
你好！歡迎你閱讀「科言」的創刋號。
創新科技是影響香港及中國未來經濟增長的重要因素，要提
升這方面的競爭力，必先要儲備優秀科研人才。大學固然是培育
研究人員的基地，但在大學之前的教育中，可以著力啓蒙學生的
科學探究精神和理性實踐。
「科言」是香港科技大學理學院首份專為中學生而設的免費
雜誌，旨在觸發及培養學生的科技學習興趣，提供不同科學範疇
的最新資訊。我們為學生精選了一些富有趣味性的科研報導，介
紹科學新發現，以及各種趣味生活小常識，從而鼓勵讀者積極參
與科學活動。
「科言」編委會歡迎你提出寶貴的意見和建議。
主編
王殷厚教授
敬上
Message from the
Editor-in-Chief
主編話語
Copyright © 2014 HKUST
Email:
Scientific Advisors
科學顧問
Prof. Kwing Lam Chan
陳炯林教授
Prof. Simon Chan
陳雲教授
Prof. Tom Cheung
張曉東教授
Prof. Daniel Lee
李康善教授
Prof. Pak Wo Leung
梁伯和教授
Prof. Shing Yu Leung
梁承裕教授
Editor-in-Chief
主編輯
Prof. Yung Hou Wong
王殷厚教授
Managing Editor
總編輯
Jing Zhao
趙婧
Student Editorial Board
學生編委
Editors
編輯
Wai Lam Raphaella So
蘇韋霖
Yang Yang
楊揚
Sunjung Lim
林宣廷
Oi Ying Wong
黃靄盈
Flora Ng
吳紫瑜
Reporter
記者
Kwan Shu Tse
謝鈞澍
Graphic Designers
設計師
Magnum Chau
周霢霖
Amanda Sin
冼卓妍
