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1. Chinese scientists turn Boeing’s Starliner crisis into missile breakthrough
In an ironic twist of cosmic problem-solving, Chinese researchers have transformed a lingering Nasa headache into a revolutionary propulsion breakthrough that could redefine modern warfare and space travel.
2. America’s loss, China’s gain: Chinese universities welcome PhD refugees from US

China’s top universities are aggressively recruiting Chinese undergraduates abroad to skip traditional academic pathways and enrol directly into PhD programmes – as the US tightens funding for graduate studies and geopolitical tensions grow.
3. Chinese GPUs outdo Nvidia chips nearly tenfold in supercomputer task
Computer researchers in China using domestically made graphics processors have achieved a near-tenfold boost in performance over powerful US supercomputers that rely on Nvidia’s cutting-edge hardware, according to a peer-reviewed study.
4. Meet Wang Xingxing, the Unitree robotics star at Xi’s symposium

Wang Xingxing, the robotics aficionado who founded China’s industry-leading Unitree Robotics, made headlines when the 35-year-old was seated in the front row at President Xi Jinping’s high-profile business symposium earlier this week.
5. Beijing approves construction of first South China Sea deepwater ‘space station’

After years of debate and technical reviews, China has given the green light to a deep-sea research facility that could redefine marine exploration, while amplifying Beijing’s geopolitical leverage in one of the world’s most resource-rich areas.
6. Quantum entanglement theory first proved by Chinese woman in 1949

Pioneering female Chinese-American physicist Chien-Shiung Wu, who worked with Robert Oppenheimer on the Manhattan Project, was also the first to confirm quantum entanglement – just 14 years after Albert Einstein questioned the phenomenon.
7. Chinese team finds coronavirus that could infect humans via same route as Covid
A Chinese team has found a new bat coronavirus that carries the risk of animal-to-human transmission because it uses the same human receptor as the virus that causes Covid-19.


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Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft experienced helium leaks which stranded two Nasa astronauts at the International Space Station. Now Chinese scientists have used the situation to come up with a scientific breakthrough. Photo: Nasa via AP

Fudan University is one of several institutions coming up with innovative ways to attract overseas Chinese students, amid funding cuts and admissions pauses in the US. Photo: Xinhua

Wang Xingxing, CEO of Unitree Robotics, posing with the company’s humanoid robots. Photo: Weibo

China’s cold seep ecosystem research facility is expected to be operational by around 2030. Photo: Shutterstock

Chien-Shiung Wu, who was born in China in 1912, was a physics professor at Columbia University when her experiment confirmed the existence of what Albert Einstein called “spooky action at a distance”. Photo: Wikipedia

Bali fumes at frugal tourists, Tesla faces boycott calls in Malaysia: 7 Asia highlights

Tourists wander at Kuta Beach in Bali, Indonesia, on February 3. Photo: EPA-EFE

Tourists at Kuta Beach in Bali, Indonesia. More than 6.3 million international travellers visited Bali last year. Photo: EPA-EFE

A portrait of Kim Ha-neul is displayed at an altar at a hospital in the central city of Daejeon, two days after she was stabbed to death by her teacher. Photo: dpa

US Army soldiers conduct a test of the Mid-Range Capability (MRC), or Typhon, launcher in California in 2023. Photo: US Army

Elon Musk listens to US President Donald Trump speak in the Oval Office on February 11. Photo: Reuters

The US Air Force’s F-35 fifth-generation fighter aircraft performs at Aero India 2025, a military aviation exhibition held in Bengaluru last Thursday. Photo: AFP

Parliament House in Singapore. The city state’s nominated member of parliament scheme faces a reckoning. Photo: Shutterstock

South Korean actress Kim Sae-ron, 24, at the 2017 Mnet Asian Music Awards in Hong Kong. She was found dead at home after enduring years of online abuse following a drink-driving incident. Photo: Reuters

Don’t expect quick fixes from Hong Kong’s budget, economists say

Hong Kong’s deficit is predicted to hit nearly HK$100 billion for the current financial year. Photo: Jelly Tse

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From a breakthrough that could impact modern warfare to a new bat coronavirus, here are a few highlights from SCMP’s recent science reporting


From a breakthrough that could impact modern warfare to a new bat coronavirus, here are a few highlights from SCMP’s recent science reporting.


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China’s missile breakthrough, Unitree’s Wang Xingxing: 7 science highlights

.css-1c6uqr6{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;overflow-wrap:break-word;}From a breakthrough that could impact modern warfare to a new bat coronavirus, here are a few highlights from SCMP’s recent science reporting

1. Chinese scientists turn Boeing’s Starliner crisis into missile breakthrough

From a breakthrough that could impact modern warfare to a new bat coronavirus, here are a few highlights from SCMP’s recent science reporting