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CO2 + H2O = cleaner recycling of dead lithium batteries?
Chinese team says their process can recover most of the lithium without the need for harsh and polluting chemicals.
17 Jan 2026 - 6:48PM
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Chinese scientists unlock possible key to dark matter after almost 90 years
16 Jan 2026 - 7:00PM
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China’s 7,000-year-old sunmao woodwork led to the most efficient DNA editing tool
16 Jan 2026 - 4:48PM
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Chinese ‘rising star’ leaves MIT, woman prays to Shrek for 4 years: 7 highlights
From Chinese solar makers facing monopoly probe to woman praying to Shrek for four years, here are highlights from SCMP’s recent reporting.
16 Jan 2026 - 1:07PM
A woman in the Philippines spent four years worshipping the animated character Shrek. Photo: SCMP composite/Shutterstock/IG@thetropixs
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China’s supercooling tech packs 40% more punch into chips used in military radar
The innovation is expected to boost the performance of gallium nitride-based radar systems, widely used in China’s advanced stealth planes.
16 Jan 2026 - 12:00PM
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Could China’s Yaogan-47 satellite have a lens as wide as the Hubble Telescope?
Chinese satellite will be used for national land surveys, urban planning, environmental management and comprehensive disaster prevention.
16 Jan 2026 - 9:00AM
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Chinese military says it is developing over 10 quantum warfare weapons
People’s Liberation Army says it is working on advanced technology to provide better front-line mapping.
15 Jan 2026 - 12:00PM
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The PLA said the technology was being tested on the front lines. Photo: Xinhua
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Zheng Yu, ‘rising star’ in chemical engineering from MIT, quits US for China
The researcher who specialises in wearable devices has taken up a position at Peking University.
15 Jan 2026 - 6:13AM
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China’s swipe at Starlink; 2,000-year-old ‘computer’: 7 science highlights
From China’s record-breaking hypergravity machine to geoengineering deserts, here are some highlights from SCMP’s recent science reporting.
14 Jan 2026 - 3:00PM
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Chinese risk study finds space solar power stations could zap satellites
Beijing team finds that potential electrical discharges, though brief, could induce abnormal currents in spacecraft systems.
14 Jan 2026 - 2:00PM
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Chinese firm Sinovac to supply vaccine to Chile ahead of flu season
Chilean government procures doses of the jab from China for a second year in a row, with nationwide immunisation campaign to begin in March.
14 Jan 2026 - 3:18AM
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Chile’s vaccination campaign targets education and healthcare workers, school-age children, people with chronic illnesses, infants and young children, older adults, and pregnant women. Photo: Shutterstock
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Structural biologist Alexey Amunts launches new research lab in Shenzhen
‘Shenzhen adds another dimension; it is a place where ideas do not remain ideas for long,’ Amunts says of new position.
16 Jan 2026 - 9:23AM
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Made in China 2025
Novartis, SciNeuro deal offers hope for 55 million suffering from Alzheimer’s
SciNeuro’s anti-amyloid programme is one of the firm’s key strategic research and development priorities to target the brain disease.
13 Jan 2026 - 2:02PM
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China planning dozens of plants that use coal instead of oil to make plastics
Beijing has approved more than 30 projects to make vital raw materials in an effort to reduce its reliance on imported oil.
13 Jan 2026 - 12:17PM
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Did a bowl of millet help end a migrant crisis in China 1,500 years ago?
New research suggests that shared food was the primary engine of assimilation for nomadic tribes migrating into central China.
15 Jan 2026 - 4:44PM
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Artefacts from the Sixteen Kingdoms period in Xian, Shaanxi province. Photo: China Cultural Relics News
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China to define lunar time with world’s first timekeeping software for the moon
New tech allows moon events to be accurately synchronised from Earth, paving the way for more spacecraft and people to work on the satellite.
12 Jan 2026 - 12:00PM
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China applies to put up 200,000 satellites after calling Starlink a crash risk
US Federal Communications Commission says it approved SpaceX to launch 7,500 second-generation Starlink satellites.
11 Jan 2026 - 9:40PM
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China offers full-time job to top European immunologist Andrew Macpherson
Distinguished professor leaves Switzerland to take up role in China, attracted by its reputation for cutting-edge biomedical research.
11 Jan 2026 - 2:00PM
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On January 1, 2026, Andrew Macpherson (left), a professor at Switzerland’s University of Bern and its university hospital, joined the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) on a full-time basis. Photo: handout
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China turns mega-project failure into defining moment in modern engineering
In rendezvous beneath the Yangtze River, a multimillion-dollar tunnel boring machine meets its stalled twin with just 2mm of vertical error.
11 Jan 2026 - 3:02PM
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China-led team replicates human embryo ‘invasion’ of the womb for the first time
Scientists create a ‘mini-womb’ 3D model on a microfluidic chip which could lead to treatments for women affected by infertility.
10 Jan 2026 - 12:00PM
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US House lawmakers abandon bid to bring back controversial China Initiative
Advocacy groups hail decision to remove provision aiming to reinstate programme accused of unfairly targeting Chinese-American researchers.
9 Jan 2026 - 10:00PM
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China cites Biden’s message to Xi that Japan could build nukes ‘overnight’
Beijing releases 30-page report that includes a call for international community to ‘take concrete and strong measures’ against Japan’s nuclear ambitions.
9 Jan 2026 - 8:08PM
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A new report out of China says Japan has stockpiled plutonium far exceeding its needs for civilian nuclear power and has the tech foundation to develop nuclear-powered submarines and aircraft carriers. Photo: Kyodo
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Why Chinese space station is studying how gravity affects battery performance
Project is led by the country’s second civilian astronaut working with researchers on the ground to look at ways to improve performance.
9 Jan 2026 - 1:12PM
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At US$1,455 per ounce, China’s e-waste gold recovery is world’s most efficient
New method can extract precious metals from old mobile phones, computers and home appliances in less than 20 minutes.
9 Jan 2026 - 10:48AM
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China sends 0.1-second blackout recovery tech to protect grids in 12 nations
Grid protection technology enables faults to be isolated and restored within hundred-millisecond window, compared with hours previously.
8 Jan 2026 - 11:00AM
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