https://www.scmp.com/rss/522254/feed The latest news and top stories on Tianjin University. A prominent Tianjin, China-based national public research university, Tianjin University (TJU) is dedicated to revitalising China through education and fostering high-calibre talents. Established in 1895 as Peiyang University, it is China’s oldest university and a pioneer of modern higher education. TJU excels in engineering, science, and technology, with significant contributions to China’s industrial development. Its research focus... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Holly Chik Holly Chik Chinese scientists have developed a hydrogel cooling coating for solar panels to boost power output by 13 per cent compared to conventional photovoltaic systems. The transparent layer can reduce the temperature of “hotspots” – overheated areas on solar cells caused by defects, shading from leaves, bird droppings or dirt – by 16 degrees Celsius (nearly 30 Fahrenheit). Hotspots are a common cause of solar panel failure and fire risk. “On a global scale, our developed cooling strategy can offset... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3341723/chinese-teams-hydrogel-coating-boosts-solar-panel-power-output-13-ideal-hot-regions?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3341723/chinese-teams-hydrogel-coating-boosts-solar-panel-power-output-13-ideal-hot-regions?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 02 Feb 2026 04:00:12 +0000 Lam Ka-sing Lam Ka-sing On a sunny afternoon in late November, hundreds of onlookers gathered beside a picturesque lake near Shanghai as a massive silver drone lifted off silently from the deck of a cutting-edge vessel, marking the dawn of a new chapter for the low-altitude economy in both mainland China and Hong Kong. The demonstration at Dianshan Lake, which straddles the border between Shanghai and Suzhou, felt like a scene from a science fiction film as the “Sunship”, a mobile water-based vertiport, made its global... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3339236/drone-age-hi-tech-wizardry-propels-hong-kong-towards-lift?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3339236/drone-age-hi-tech-wizardry-propels-hong-kong-towards-lift?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 09 Jan 2026 00:30:14 +0000 Holly Chik Holly Chik China has developed smart power grid technology that cuts blackout recovery time to a 10th of a second, according to state media, which said the innovation was expected to play a bigger role in ensuring the safe and stable distribution of electricity worldwide. The grid protection technology enables power grid faults to be isolated and restored within a hundred-millisecond window, compared with the hours otherwise required, according to a Science and Technology Daily report on Tuesday. It also... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3339077/china-sends-01-second-blackout-recovery-technology-protect-power-grids-12-nations?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3339077/china-sends-01-second-blackout-recovery-technology-protect-power-grids-12-nations?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 08 Jan 2026 03:00:10 +0000 Stephen Chen Stephen Chen Chinese scientists and engineers have pushed far beyond a string of US military bases known as the second island chain, reaching a seamount in the western Pacific Ocean 2,000 metres (6,561 feet) below the surface to test a smart mining vehicle designed to harvest cobalt-rich deposits, gathering critical performance data. The robotic miner showed its ability to traverse rugged seabeds littered with cobalt crusts, autonomously adjusting its posture to avoid overturning or being... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3330984/china-crosses-us-2nd-island-chain-deep-sea-cobalt-mining-rover-western-pacific?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3330984/china-crosses-us-2nd-island-chain-deep-sea-cobalt-mining-rover-western-pacific?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 06 Nov 2025 13:00:13 +0000 Shi Huang Shi Huang Chinese researchers have set up a pilot production line for a new type of lithium battery that has twice the energy density of the most advanced electric vehicle (EV) batteries on the market. The team from Tianjin University’s school of materials science explained their approach to designing and manufacturing lithium batteries in a paper published in the top journal Nature on Wednesday. This new type of battery can achieve an energy density – the amount of energy that can be stored per mass – of... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3322057/chinas-new-600wh-battery-triples-drone-endurance-will-it-shatter-ev-range-anxiety?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3322057/chinas-new-600wh-battery-triples-drone-endurance-will-it-shatter-ev-range-anxiety?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 15 Aug 2025 14:00:15 +0000 Mike Chan Mike Chan Fresh from winning in Las Vegas last month, former women’s table tennis world No 1 Zhu Yuling will return to action on Thursday in Sweden. Zhu, 30, will head to the World Table Tennis (WTT) Europe Smash on a high after WTT US Smash success in the gambling haven, which included victories over some of the game’s biggest stars, including present No 1 Sun Yingsha. Since her international comeback following serious illness, at the WTT Champions event in Macau last September, Zhu’s ranking has... https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3321626/how-table-tennis-former-no-1-zhu-yuling-cherishes-life-more-after-comeback?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3321626/how-table-tennis-former-no-1-zhu-yuling-cherishes-life-more-after-comeback?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 13 Aug 2025 00:00:11 +0000 Zhang Tong Zhang Tong The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has barred a Chinese aerospace institute from bidding on tenders amid claims of bid rigging – the latest suspension in a year-long crackdown on military suppliers. In a notice on Thursday, the PLA’s procurement oversight department said the Aerospace Information Research Institute (AIR) under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) was suspended from taking part in military procurement for goods, projects, and services. The notice said the suspension was a... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3319681/chinese-military-blacklists-aerospace-institute-over-bid-rigging?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3319681/chinese-military-blacklists-aerospace-institute-over-bid-rigging?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 26 Jul 2025 12:00:07 +0000