2016年，罗奈尔特•德雷弗、基普•索恩及雷纳•韦斯凭借构思并设计激光干涉仪重力波观测站（Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory ，LIGO ），获颁邵逸夫天文学奖。评委更赞誉「他们最近对重力波的直接观测，为天文学打开了新的视窗」。由首次观测到重力波（由一对黑洞的合并所产生）至今，已经过了大约五年，到底重力波是否真的为天文学打开了新的窗口，我们不妨回顾一下…
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A Study on Multiscale Kinetic Models with Uncertainties
Kinetic equations are widely used in many important areas such as rarefied gas, plasma physics, astrophysics, and have also seen a host of new applications such as semiconductor device modeling, environmental, social and biological sciences…
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Technology Adoption among the Elderly – Smart Older Adults in the New Decades
Information and communication technology (ICT) keeps advancing at a skyrocketing speed and complexity. Meanwhile, many developed societies are seeing an ageing population as a result of advancement in modern medicine as well as improvement in nutrition and public health…
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CAR-T Cells: The Programmed Cancer Killer
Cancer is undoubtedly one of the most dreaded maladies known to humans. It is defined as a condition where cells proliferate uncontrollably. Besides surgery, conventional cancer treatments include radiotherapy and chemotherapy that aim at selectively killing cancer cells…