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                           Science Focus Issue 014, 2018

What? Happening in Hong Kong? 擐葛蝘?瘣餃?                     Amusing World of Science 蝘飛頞??

The Shaw Prize 2018 Exhibition	                       1        How Long Can You Stay Underwater?	    18
2018 ?菟€詨井??閬?                                                   雿?冽偌銝?憭?嚗?                            20
                                                               How the Tongue Tastes	
Hong Kong Butterfly Photo Competition 2018                     ?憒????€閬?蝚砍???擐葛?渲?蔣瘥魚 2018

Hong Kong Youth Science and Technology                    Who? Who? 蝘飛撌其犖
Innovation Competition 2018-19
擐葛??撟渡??€?菜憭扯魚 2018-19                                       Bringing the International Biology Olympiad to Local	 22
                                                          Students ??An Interview with Professor King Chow
Science in History ?蝘飛                                   ?????拙尼??撱??砍摮貊? ??撠赤?冽瘚???
Stained Glass: The History, the Art and the Science	  2
敶抵?餌?嚗風?脯€?銵?蝘飛
                                                          Editor? Thoughts 蝺刻€?閰?The Hidden Figure of GPS	                             4
GPS ????                                                To Eat or Not to Eat?
                                                          ??獐嚗?閬€脤???
Science Today 隞蝘飛

A Race to Save Commercial Bananas	                    6   Acknowledgements ?孵曈渲?
?舀?擐??X平

Caloric Restriction: The Key to Good Health	          8
and Slower Aging?
?∟楝???塚????亙熒???Z※??頝荔?

Healing the Heart with Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell	 10
隞亥?撠??賢凳蝝啗?靽桀儔敹?

3D Printing	                                          12
銝雁?

Controlling the Brain with an Insertable Magnet	      14
?批鈭箄嚗€??舀??亦??萇??

Message from the Editor-in-Chief 銝餌楊閰梯?

Dear Readers,                                                                                閬芣?????

      I hope you are enjoying the new school year so far. For some of you, it may                  ?靽∩??撌脩?蝧?啣飛撟渡?摮豢?暑??典??be time to consider further education and decide if studying science in universities         銋??芯??飛?楝??隞亙?蝛嗥?閰脖?閰脣憭批飛靽株???is the right choice. Have you been to open days in local universities? Do you know           摮貊??€€???砍??憭批飛???暹????雿??that the government has promised to inject an increasing amount of its revenue               ?踹??€餈隢曉?典澈?踵???砍蝘??瘜刻???隡潔?
to support local research and development? It seems that the future is bright for            ?其???摮賊???嚗飛銵??????芯?銋????€?academics and entrepreneurs in a variety of scientific disciplines.
                                                                                                   ?典飛?∴?銝?蝘飛摮貊?銋??賣???頛??啁?????      At school, the boundary between different subjects in science are rather               ?曉祕銝?銝?蝭???摮詨振??鈭??靘?瘙??港???clear-cut. In reality, it is not uncommon for scientists to collaborate with others and      撣貉?????????€??Z??箔?敶抵?餌??◤閬
break new grounds. In this issue, we explore how stained glass can be seen as a              ????摮貊?蝯嚗誑??雿?函??敺??菟€?賢???marriage of art and chemistry, and how physical principles are used to stimulate             ?其??箸蝎暹??箸??瘜€?the brain in a more precise manner.
                                                                                                   ?血?嚗??箄?霈€?漱瘚??冽?寞?嚗€?閮€?撌脩??      As a new way of communicating with our readers, Science Focus is now on                Instagram嚗sciencefocus.hkust嚗?????銋?敺???????颲?Instagram (@sciencefocus.hkust). We will be launching a photo competition very               ?貊??阮瘥魚嚗??€??貊???芯???閮€??蝡?撖思???soon for images that will inspire future articles in Science Focus. Bite-size articles will  ?剔???鈭血撠?氬€?撖???嚗?be forthcoming also. Please stay tuned!
                                                                                                                                              銝餌楊 暻交?⊥???Yours faithfully,                                                                                                                                              ?砌?
Prof. Ho Yi Mak
Editor-in-Chief

Scientific Advisors 蝘飛憿批?                                  Student Editorial Board 摮貊?蝺典?
Dr. Jason Chan ?喲???憯?                           Editor-in-Chief 銝餌楊頛?           Editors 蝺刻摩                                 Reporter 閮€?Prof. Karl Herrup          Prof. Ho Yi Mak 暻交?⊥???         Long Him Cheung 撘菜?雓?                       Teresa Fan 璅?憪?Dr. Ice Ko 擃??啣?憯?                                         Henry Lau ?誑頠?Prof. Pak Wo Leung 璇摩????  Associate Editor ?舐楊頛?          Melody Ma 擐砍???                             Graphic Designers 閮剛?撣?                           Prof. Yung Hou Wong ?捕????     Twinkle Poon 瞏                            Sirinant Khunakornbodintr
                                                          Chantelle Sullivan ??摰?                    ?唾酊??                           Managing Editors 蝮賜楊頛?                                                     Lynn Zhang 撘菜絲??                           Daniel Lau ?銵?
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