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Latest news on research and breakthroughs by Chinese scientists, as the country ramps up investment in science and innovation as part of its ambitions to become a world-leading power by 2035, and other developments worldwide.
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Is China becoming Europe’s top science partner amid an American brain drain?

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Have Chinese defence firms broken the sniper rifle range record – again?

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Huanan OptoElectronic reported last year that a domestically developed rifle was able to hit five out of five targets at a distance of 3,017 metres. Photo: Hunan Huanan Opto-Electro Group

Trump’s top science adviser visited Beijing. What does that mean for AI?

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Michael Kratsios has identified China as the US' “pre-eminent geopolitical rival and our most formidable technological and scientific competitor”. Photo: AP

Top Singapore-based physicist moves to China after superconductor breakthrough

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Stephen Lin Er Chow (right), pictured with colleagues from the research team that designed the new copper-free superconducting material. Photo: NUS Faculty of Science

On This Day | In 2021, China becomes the third country to land a rover on Mars – SCMP archive

Personnel at the Beijing Aerospace Control Centre celebrate after the Tianwen-1 probe’s lander successfully descended to Mars, carrying the Zhu Rong rover. Photo: Xinhua
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Mainland China

Is China becoming Europe’s top science partner amid an American brain drain?

‘Massive changes in the global flow of talent’ are creating opportunities, according to the head of Germany’s Max Planck Society.

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Mainland China

Have Chinese defence firms broken the sniper rifle range record – again?

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Mainland China

Trump’s top science adviser visited Beijing. What does that mean for AI?

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United States

Top Singapore-based physicist moves to China after superconductor breakthrough

Prominent young professor becomes doctoral supervisor at leading Chinese research university amid high-level recruitment drive.

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Stephen Lin Er Chow (right), pictured with colleagues from the research team that designed the new copper-free superconducting material. Photo: NUS Faculty of Science
Quantum computing

Does China’s Jiuzhang 4.0 computer herald the age of quantum supremacy?

New programmable photonic quantum computing prototype completed a complex calculation in microseconds, developers say.

Space

Will stratospheric balloons make trips to the edge of space more accessible?

SpaceX, Blue Origin and Virgin Galactic brought rocket-powered space tourism – these start-ups are promising a more serene ride.

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United States

Looming US rocket debris crash unlikely to hit Chinese moon landers: experts

Expected lunar impact however said to underscore critical lack of debris management rules as US, Chinese and private moon activity ramps up.

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Nasa’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter map shows the predicted impact site for a Falcon 9 rocket part, expected to strike the moon in August, and the locations of other moon landers. Photo: Nasa
Mainland China

Lead Microsoft AI scientist Li Hongzhi joins China’s Tongji University

Former head of GenAI at Microsoft Asia has focused on machine intelligence in previous research.

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Ukraine

‘Basically a Chinese racket’: how China streaked ahead at a global AI conference

Mainland China accounted for 44 per cent of the top 50 institutions contributing to the ICLR in Rio de Janeiro, according to analysis.

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Japan

China sends embryos into orbit to discover if humans can reproduce in space

Artificial embryos sent to the Tiangong space station to study impact of zero-gravity on human development, CCTV reports.

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The artificial embryos used in the latest experiment were built from stem cells that shared similar structures with real human embryos. Photo: CCTV
US-China relations

As I see it | US’ scientific self-harm will only help China

While Washington slashes funding for the sciences, Beijing is clinching its lead in everything from patent applications to publications.

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A researcher checks the control wiring at a laboratory in the Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, on January 21. Photo: Xinhua
Hong Kong science and tech

Top Swedish universities eager to forge ties with city, Hong Kong minister says

Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry Sun Dong says visit aimed at strengthening collaboration in innovation and technology.

United States

China’s ‘dark factory’ more than doubles production efficiency for J-20 jets

The plant producing fifth-generation warplanes is designed to operate with little to no human involvement.

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Mainland China

Acclaimed biologist Xu Xianzhong returns to China after arrests in his US lab

Multiple investigations into Chinese researchers at the University of Michigan in recent months involved members of Xu’s laboratory.

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Inside the Shenzhen Medical Academy of Research and Translation in southern China. Photo: Handout
Mainland China

Here’s how China plans to sanction-proof its C919 passenger jet

Aviation expert Zhang Yanzhong, who played a leading role in developing the C919, warns of a real risk of being cut off from supply chains.

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Many of the C919’s most critical components are supplied by Western firms. Photo: Dickson Lee
Mainland China

Inspired by crocodile scales, Chinese armour tech said to deflect projectiles

Diamond-shaped ceramic tiles arranged at 45-degree angles could be used for body armour, vehicles and armed helicopters, researchers say.

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Mainland China

A big step forward for optical core of China’s Taiji gravitational wave project

A detector that will form part of a 3 million km-long triangular ruler has passed ground tests.

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Mainland China

China’s ‘super catalyst’ turns waste water into fertiliser building block

Researchers transform nitrate pollution into ammonia, used to create plant food, which could strengthen China’s fertiliser supply chain.

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The journal cover depicting catalysts with unprecedented metal loadings. Photo: Han Lili
Wealth: Healthcare

Unlocking your genetic code: the potential health benefits of DNA sequencing

Genome sequencing analysis helps identify potential risks and facilitate ‘precision living’ to minimise those risks.

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Mainland China

Global food and water supplies on thin ice as Argentina opens glaciers to mining

Scientists warn that allowing access to deposits near vital ice reserves threatens food production sustaining 400 million people.

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Mainland China

Meet China’s moon porter for Chang’e-8 mission: a 4-wheeled robot with 2 arms

The AI-powered ‘extraordinary’ rover is set to pick up and install gear developed by teams from around the world on the lunar south pole.

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The robot will transport, deploy and install instruments and sensors at their designated lunar locations after the Chang’e-8 probe lands. The object pictured is a model. Photo: SCMP
Mainland China

China unveils world’s first dual-core quantum computer: Hanyuan-2

Unlike other models, the machine does not need to be kept at ultra-low temperatures and is easier to maintain.

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The technology has been described as a “new stage” in quantum technology. Photo: Handout
Mainland China

Could omega-3 supplements hurt the brain? Chinese military study flags risks

Army Medical University researchers issue grim warning after findings show high doses of fish oil tablets may accelerate Alzheimer’s decline.

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Malaysia

Malaysia resorts to cloud seeding to save rice crop from drought

With farmers facing arid brown fields that should be flooded, Malaysia’s prime minister announced cloud-seeding operations to trigger rain.

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Mainland China

Ke Tao, China’s remote sensing expert ‘devoted’ to national defence, dies at 48

The Wuhan University professor specialised in taking measurements from images and received a military award in 2015.

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Ke Tao’s particular expertise was photogrammetry and its application to aerospace, aviation, and in low-altitude, close-range environments. Photo: Handout
Vietnam

Why are China’s coastal fish farms disappearing while India’s are expanding?

China’s coastal aquaculture ponds span the largest area in the world but they are shrinking – and that is a good thing.

Aquaculture workers check sea cucumber growth at a marine farm in China's eastern Shandong province. Photo: Xinhua
Britain

China’s Tongji University punishes top cancer researcher for misconduct

Wang Ping has been fired as dean of life sciences school, demoted by two ranks, and issued a 24-month ban on promotions, funding and awards.

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Iran

Will Iran war threaten next harvest? Which countries are most at risk?

As the Hormuz blockade cuts off vital agricultural inputs, Food and Agriculture Organization official views China as key food security partner.

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