Cutting-edge engine can generate 500 tonnes of thrust, and an even larger version with double the thrust is being developed, China’s top space contractor says.

More than 300 nurses took part in training on a boat simulator, administering intravenous medication in near-complete darkness with waves of 2 metres.

Researchers found that the giant vehicle would have been covered in bronze and decorated with thousands of gemstones.

PLA scientists say artificial intelligence could write flight algorithm within seconds and be 10 times more accurate.

Researchers say they have tested a device that better detect underwater hazards.

Researchers say bullet trains could mean lower economic activity in some western parts of the country.

Researchers say previous estimates may have severely underestimated the pace of demographic decline.

China Fusion Engineering Testing Reactor has been designed and a testing facility built – but it awaits government green light.

Chinese researchers say hundreds of thousands of the space objects may be heading our way over the next century.

Intense electromagnetic waves produced upon explosion of the proposed weapon would ‘burn out’ key electronic devices within a 2km target range.

Tubo empire peaked in the late 8th century but nearly a century of extremely dry climate followed and it fell because of warring tribes and kingdoms.

Analysis suggests it prioritises weapons and fuel at the expense of manoeuvrability, after warnings that drones may pose a severe threat to China in a conflict.

Space aircraft may still be 30 years away but would solve the issue of long-distance travel on the red planet, says school of astronautics professor.

The site in Sichuan province will help the country deal with growing quantities of radioactive material as it steps up its use of nuclear power.

Robots are perfecting their diving skills in preparation for the serious business of tapping into mineral resources in the seabed.

Chinese space authorities have devoted considerable resources to developing the technology but problems persist.

Flight control computers cannot calculate a descent quickly enough at Mach 5, but Chinese researchers say they have rethought the software to work around it.

Quantum particles in a man-made electromagnetic storm bounced back after hitting stealth object, increasing chance of detection, according to Tsinghua University team.

By December, the number of trade items on the US control list had grown to over 4,500 – including nearly 1,900 scientific instruments.

Some paralysed patients were able to walk again while others were able to move their limbs and regained some sensation in their limbs.

China is trying to catch up after the US brought down 50 drones in a single blast in an experiment two years ago.

Researchers are trying to develop systems that are open-ended rather than closed off from the wider world.

Lenghu on the Tibetan Plateau was abandoned when the oil ran out in the 1960s.

Beihang Kongshi 1 satellite can update an aircraft’s status about twice as fast as US technology. It could allow airlines to locate planes from space.

Archaeologists unearth a mint in Henan province that may have been making money almost a century before the first known site in modern Turkey.

Civilian and military researchers will look at applications for the technology amid concerns about radiation and the potential for beams misfired from space.

The discovery could ‘provide baseline information for surveyed populations prior to pathogen emergence’, say scientists.

Internal waves are so strong they can sink submarines, and the study findings could help to improve safety and combat capabilities.

Team at PLA-affiliated institute says new American system would be an upgrade but network would need to be on bigger scale.

The impact crater uncovered in Heilongjiang may have been created by a blast then is comparable to the largest nuclear devices ever detonated.