2016年，羅奈爾特•德雷弗、基普•索恩及雷納•韋斯憑藉構思並設計激光干涉儀重力波觀測站（Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory ，LIGO），獲頒邵逸夫天文學獎。評委更讚譽「他們最近對重力波的直接觀測，為天文學打開了新的視窗」。由首次觀測到重力波（由一對黑洞的合併所產生）至今，已經過了大約五年，到底重力波是否真的為天文學打開了新的窗口，我們不妨回顧一下…
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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…