Contents
Science Focus
科言
Issue 003, 2014
What’s Happening in Hong Kong?
香港科技活動
Café Scientifique
1
科學咖啡館系列
Google Science Fair
Google
科學競賽
Global Education
環球教育
Guide to University Applications in the US
2
申請美國大學指南針
Science Today
今日科學
Patient Zero
6
指示病例：伊波拉
Where is Xenon?
8
氙到底在哪裏？
Ocean Acidification Enhances
10
Global Temperature Rise
海洋酸化提高全球氣溫
Amusing World of Science
科學趣事
Nature’s Natural Tear Gas
12
洋蔥 – 自然催淚劑
Why do Fingers Wrinkle in Moisture?
14
爲什麽手指浸水後會皺？
Does Stress Turn Hair Grey?
16
壓力會令人頭髮變白嗎？
Who’s Who?
科學巨人
Neuroscience Pioneer: Prof. Nancy Ip
18
神經科學先鋒：葉玉如教授
Spirit and Attitude: Allen Ma, CEO HKSTPC
20
心態 – 主宰你的命運：馬錦星，香港科技園行政總裁
Test Yourself!
22
測一測
Acknowledgements
特別致謝
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Scientific Advisors
科學顧問
Prof Karen Chan
陳潔瑜教授
Prof Simon Chan
陳雲教授
Prof Tom Cheung
張曉東教授
Prof Daniel Lee
李康善教授
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
Sunjung Lim
林宣廷
Flora Ng
吳紫瑜
Yi Qi
戚益
Wai Lam Raphaella So
蘇韋霖
Oi Ying Wong
黃靄盈
Reporter
記者
Kwan Shu Tse
謝鈞澍
Graphic Designers
設計師
Magnum Chau
周霢霖
Amanda Sin
冼卓妍
Message from the
Editor-in-Chief
主編話語
Dear Readers,
I am excited to present to you the third issue of
Science
Focus
. Each issue, we hope to stay current in our articles
and bring you the latest and greatest headlines in the
limitless world of science. In this issue, we have in store for
you some of the critical issues of the world today, such as
the recent outbreaks of Ebola in Central Africa and the
increasingly worrisome environmental factor plaguing our
planet, Ocean Acidification.
I want to take this opportunity to congratulate our
Article Submission Competition winner, Chan Hoi Yue
(Diocesan Girls’ School), who wrote about the Science
of Human Hair. The article will appear in the next issue
of
Science Focus
. Thanks are also due to those who
participated in this competition. We really enjoyed reading
all of the submissions. As the competition is ongoing, I
urge you all to send in your articles and partake in science
writing!
Last issue, we asked students to participate in a mailing
list lucky draw with a chance to win an Apple iPad Mini. I
am thrilled to announce that Zoe Wong is the lucky draw
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親愛的讀者：
我很高興向大家呈獻第三期「科言」。每期我們都爭取將最新，
最矚目的科學頭條帶給各位讀者。在這一期中，我們為大家帶來一
些全球性的重要話題，例如最近在非洲中部爆發的伊波拉病毒和正
在危害我們地球的環境問題─海洋酸化現象等。
我想藉此機會恭喜「科言徵文比賽」獲獎者陳凱瑜（拔萃女書
院），作文內容為人類髮質的科學，作品將會在下期的「科言」登出。
我們非常感謝各位投稿的同學，我們非常享受閱讀所有的作品。比
賽仍然繼續，我希望你們繼續投稿並參與科學寫作！
上一期，我們邀請學生參與有機會贏取蘋果 iPad Mini 一部
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