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China’s 2030 moon landing: scientists suggest a site long on Nasa’s radar
10 Mar 2026 - 2:55PM
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China can’t buy Elon Musk’s theory on space-based AI centres: experts
10 Mar 2026 - 1:12AM
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China’s award-winning mathematician Wan Daqing leaves California for Chongqing
9 Mar 2026 - 6:38PM
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Unbreakable encryption on the cards thanks to this Chinese team’s discovery
8 Mar 2026 - 4:30PM
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What is the moon’s far side made of? Chinese scientists use AI to crack mystery
7 Mar 2026 - 9:00PM
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Space
China’s 2030 moon landing: scientists suggest a site long on Nasa’s radar
Research team cites abundant mare basalts, river-like valleys formed from surface lava flows and deposits of volcanic materials.
10 Mar 2026 - 2:55PM
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United States
China can’t buy Elon Musk’s theory on space-based AI centres: experts
10 Mar 2026 - 1:12AM
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Mainland China
China’s award-winning mathematician Wan Daqing leaves California for Chongqing
9 Mar 2026 - 6:38PM
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Quantum computing
Unbreakable encryption on the cards thanks to this Chinese team’s discovery
Chinese innovation can pave the way for sharper medical imaging, unbreakable encryption and next-gen sensors.
8 Mar 2026 - 4:30PM
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China's space programme
What is the moon’s far side made of? Chinese scientists use AI to crack mystery
Findings add to a growing body of insights from China’s historic Chang’e-6 mission to the lunar far side in 2024.
7 Mar 2026 - 9:00PM
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United States
Rising star chip scientist Jiang Jianfeng leaves MIT for Peking University
Jiang returns to China to advance information technology by creating smaller, faster and more energy-efficient computer chips.
7 Mar 2026 - 6:00PM
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Mainland China
China and Uruguay team up on science to target cancer, pests and robotics
The two countries look for new potential in a relationship built on trade in agricultural products.
7 Mar 2026 - 4:02PM
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United States
Could Iran war confirm China’s prediction on US military’s hypersonic nightmare?
Footage shows Iranian missiles breaching Israeli, US defences and striking military targets, indicating poor hypersonic weapon interception.
6 Mar 2026 - 5:56PM
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Energy
China plans to fire up world’s first accelerator-driven nuclear reactor
Device deemed to burn uranium 100 times more efficiently, while cutting nuclear waste lifespan to less than a thousandth of current span.
6 Mar 2026 - 3:25PM
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Technology
China boosts science budget: is it listening to everything Elon Musk says?
Beijing says greater allocation reflects importance of science and tech self-reliance in driving China’s economy and its rivalry with the US.
5 Mar 2026 - 7:44PM
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Mainland China
Why China’s anti-corruption push in academia is key to its science and tech aims
Ahead of country’s annual ‘two sessions’ meetings, scientists urge more institutionalised and effective mechanisms to curb abuses of power.
5 Mar 2026 - 6:50AM
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United States
‘Two sessions’, two paths: China prioritises AI integration amid US tech rivalry
Beijing’s open-source push in focus ahead of annual legislative meeting and coming five-year plan, as Washington chooses different approach.
5 Mar 2026 - 12:51AM
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Mainland China
China team’s space laser breakthrough takes communication speeds to high orbit
Experiment sustains uninterrupted high-speed data transmission between satellite and Earth for more than three hours, team reports.
4 Mar 2026 - 9:30PM
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Mainland China
75% cost cut: China unveils world’s first fixed-wing drone made of bamboo fibre
Material also holds potential for new energy vehicles, marine equipment, satellites and spacecraft.
4 Mar 2026 - 5:57PM
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Mainland China
Manufacturing talent boom? Why China’s smartest students are factory-bound
Some of the country’s brightest minds enter traditional industrial sectors as manufacturing loses its blue-collar stigma.
5 Mar 2026 - 3:55AM
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Mainland China
China team mulls hitting typhoons with an energy beam from space
Scientist Duan Baoyan says the Zhuri project could also act as a ‘space-based power bank’ to charge satellites and other facilities.
3 Mar 2026 - 5:00PM
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History
Sex between Neanderthal men and Homo sapiens women drove our make-up: study
New research is providing insight into the prehistoric pairings that led to the presence of Neanderthal DNA in most present-day people.
2 Mar 2026 - 5:15PM
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Mainland China
What cost foreign prestige? China says no to some Western science journal fees
Chinese researchers will no longer be reimbursed for paper publication charges in Nature Communications, among other titles.
2 Mar 2026 - 3:15PM
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Medicine
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China AI boosts cancer screening, rare disease diagnosis
Artificial intelligence is among new technologies being used in China in patient-specific healthcare, known as personalised or precision medicine.
2 Mar 2026 - 1:00PM
Tianjin
Why Chinese team’s flexible organic battery could revolutionise wearables
Innovative material defies temperature extremes while offering efficient and stable performance in potential leap from lab to reality.
1 Mar 2026 - 2:00PM
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Biomedicine: Science
Chinese gene-editing technique raises prospect of new autism treatments
Lab tests on mice given the treatment showed considerable cognitive and behavioural functions, new study says.
28 Feb 2026 - 12:00PM
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Mainland China
Chinese scientists may have found battery that could double EVs’ range
Study says new type of lithium battery technology may offer a solution to the current ceiling on performance.
27 Feb 2026 - 9:00PM
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United States
When did our ancient ancestor Homo erectus first arrive in China out of Africa?
Researchers push back the timeline for their arrival by 600,000 years, raising new questions about how the species spread around the globe.
27 Feb 2026 - 3:53PM
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Mainland China
‘Father of graphene’ Andre Geim leaves Britain for chair professorship at HKU
British Nobel laureate who has kept close ties with Chinese researchers says he is drawn to Hong Kong’s distinctive East-West synergy.
26 Feb 2026 - 10:18PM
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3D printing
China team unveils 3D printing leap, creates solid structure in under 1 second
Showing broad applicability, researchers use biocompatible materials to make helical tubes and branched structures mimicking blood vessels.
26 Feb 2026 - 2:11PM
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Mainland China
Suicide lawsuit against China-born scientist Jane Wu’s US university to proceed
County judge says the family’s key claims are strong enough for the case to continue.
25 Feb 2026 - 9:41PM
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SCMP Highlights
EU’s tech ban; China’s mysterious Nantianmen project: 7 science highlights
From a leading biologist leaving US for China to a semiconductor breakthrough, here are some highlights from SCMP’s recent science reporting.
25 Feb 2026 - 3:30PM
Scientists
World-leading EV motor expert joins Hong Kong PolyU after 38 years in Britain
Permanent magnets scientist Zhu Ziqiang is continuing his globally renowned research in his new role.
24 Feb 2026 - 2:00PM
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