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Saturday’s Long March-3B failure was the first in more than five years. Photo: Xinhua
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China suffers unprecedented double rocket launch failures in a single day

Saturday’s twin failures involved a state-owned rocket and a private one, but observers attribute them to industry’s growing pains.

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China’s Shenzhou-20 spacecraft returns to Earth broken and unbroken

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Chinese team restores legendary Tang dynasty ‘golden’ armour from Tibetan tomb

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Quantum physicist You Chenglong joins cutting-edge Chinese research institute

The researcher is reported to have left the US to take up a position at the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China.

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You Chenglong is a specialist in quantum sensing and precision measurement. Photo: LSU Quantum Photonics Group
You Chenglong is a specialist in quantum sensing and precision measurement. Photo: LSU Quantum Photonics Group
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China, Chile to explore Atacama Trench with ‘tools no other country possesses’

Three-month expedition will plumb uncharted depths of eastern Pacific in quest for new life forms and insights into quakes and tsunamis.

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Could China’s ion implanter ‘scalpel’ carve out secure chip supply chains?

The technology is central to some forms of semiconductor manufacturing and dominated by overseas players.

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How can China help Uruguay battle beetles threatening to invade South America?

A small reddish insect is on the march and Chinese space technology could halt the pest’s path of destruction.

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Authorities in Uruguay are battling the red palm weevil, an insect that devours native palm trees. Photo: AP
Authorities in Uruguay are battling the red palm weevil, an insect that devours native palm trees. Photo: AP
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Could flying wind farms be the future of energy generation in China?

The test of an ‘alien-looking’ giant airship in the skies above Sichuan created a buzz on social media.

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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.

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Chinese scientists unlock possible key to dark matter after almost 90 years

Researchers have made the first direct observation of a quantum phenomenon known as the Migdal effect.

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Understanding dark matter would transform our knowledge of the universe. Photo: Getty Images
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China’s 7,000-year-old sunmao woodwork led to the most efficient DNA editing tool

Quest to beat the US saw a Chinese team turn to ancient traditions, leading to a new technique 10 times more effective than other methods.

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The new gene-editing strategy is more precise at insertion and replacement in rice. Photo: Shutterstock
The new gene-editing strategy is more precise at insertion and replacement in rice. Photo: Shutterstock
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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.

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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.

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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.

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The Yaogan-47 satellite was launched aboard a Long March 4B carrier rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre on December 9. Photo: Xinhua
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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.

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The PLA said the technology was being tested on the front lines. Photo: Xinhua
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.

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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.

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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.

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Chinese researchers studying the risk of lasers in space say their findings will help guide safer parameters and the design of protective measures. Photo: Shutterstock Images
Chinese researchers studying the risk of lasers in space say their findings will help guide safer parameters and the design of protective measures. Photo: Shutterstock Images
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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.

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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.

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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.

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Swiss drugmaker Novartis has gained global rights over SciNeuro’s novel amyloid beta targeted antibody programme. Photo: Reuters
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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.

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The first coal-to-plastics plant opened in Baotou in 2010. Photo: Handout
The first coal-to-plastics plant opened in Baotou in 2010. Photo: Handout
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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.

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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.

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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.

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Several Chinese firms have applied to the International Telecommunication Union to put internet satellites in space as China and the US in a race to build megaconstellations. Illustration: Shutterstock
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