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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.
LATEST China Science NEWS

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

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

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

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Argentina’s 16,000 glaciers form a vital freshwater reserve for the country, a major food exporter. Photo: AFP

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

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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

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

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

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

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Many older adults are accustomed to taking omega-3 supplements to help protect cognitive function. Photo: Shutterstock
MORE China Science NEWS
The journal cover depicting catalysts with unprecedented metal loadings. Photo: Han Lili
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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Wealth: Healthcare

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

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Mainland China

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

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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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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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Malaysian air force personnel start the cloud seeding process during a flight over Kedah state in 2019. Photo: AFP
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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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.

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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Tongji University in Shanghai says it will use the case as a lesson to strengthen oversight of research integrity among staff and students. Photo: Handout
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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Blockades in the Strait of Hormuz have sent the price of urea – a widely used nitrogen-based fertiliser – soaring in the US and Brazil, according to the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization. Photo: Handout via Reuters
Natural disasters

Alaska 2025 tsunami was second-highest ever, taller than Empire State Building

Huge 481-metre wave that scoured an Alaskan fjord reached higher than the famed New York skyscraper.

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United States

Handle with care: Chinese study finds aquatic virus can infect human eyes

Handling seafood with bare hands or eating it raw said to increase risk of exposure to pathogen first found in shrimp.

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United States

Do artificial sweeteners cause inheritable biological changes?

New study suggests alterations in gut microbiota, gene expression and metabolism, with some effects persisting in offspring.

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Stevia is among the world’s most widely used non-nutritive sweeteners. Photo: Shutterstock
Mainland China

China’s new marine buoy says goodbye to classic Western design used since WWII

First-of-its-kind intelligent ocean-observation buoy with disc-shaped side anchor solves ‘tangling nightmare’ of traditional structures.

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The platform has officially joined the Yellow Sea observation network. Photo: Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
SCMP Highlights

China’s war on Alzheimer’s, uranium-hunting material: 7 science highlights

From a zero emission ‘coal battery’ to China’s war on Alzheimer’s, here are some highlights from SCMP’s recent science reporting.

US-China tech war

China targets top spot in supercomputing with fully domestic, CPU-only machine

Lingsheng or LineShine, built from home-grown CPUs, is designed to surpass America’s El Capitan, the world’s fastest supercomputer.

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Mainland China

China unveils driverless mining truck that can ‘crab-walk’ across rough terrain

The Shuanglin K7 is the world’s first mining truck capable of moving sideways and pivoting on the spot, allowing it to work in narrow pits.

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The massive Shuanglin K7 can perform demanding moves such as on-the-spot turns. Photo: Science and Technology Daily
Mainland China

UN climate body presses on after US quits, while China leads with renewables

As global temperatures near key threshold, the IPCC is focusing on adaptation and carbon dioxide removal, chair says.

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Hong Kong

China’s Tiangong space station to double in size as Nasa phases out ISS

Plans are under way to add three more modules to the Chinese facility but no timeline has been released to complete the work.

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China technology

Xi urges ‘disruptive innovation’ to boost China amid US tech race

Chinese leader also calls for expanding country’s talent pool and fostering an innovation culture ‘open, inclusive and tolerant of failure’.

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Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks at a symposium on strengthening the country’s basic research, in Shanghai on Thursday. Photo: Xinhua
China's economic recovery

Open Questions | How China can avoid a repeat of Japan’s ‘lost decades’

Bai Chongen, an economist and adviser to China’s government, explains how the country can dodge ‘Japanification’ and why its economic rise is misunderstood.

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Illustration: Henry Wong
Britain

Oxford AI star Song Yuhang returns to China, but why did he leave chip start-up?

Talented young scientist’s links with Beihang University raised in recent article but questions remained unanswered.

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Australia

Gene study reveals unknown human migration into South America as late as 720AD

Scientists have discovered traces of a genetic signature associated with Indigenous Australasians dating from China’s Tang dynasty.

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Mainland China

Chinese scientists turn carbon dioxide into jet fuel as prices soar

Scientists use iron-based catalyst to overcome barriers in chemical process, bringing tech closer to industrial reality.

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Jet fuel prices have surged in recent months, forcing airlines to cancel flights. Photo: AFP
Mainland China

China testing truck-mounted nuclear reactor that could power AI data centre

Leading scientist says prototype mobile ‘power bank’ could end ‘battery anxiety’ and generate up to 10MW of energy.

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The vehicle-mounted reactor can generate up to 10 megawatts of power. Photo: Handout
Disease

China’s thalassaemia jab raises hope for common inherited blood disorder

Original therapy integrating stem cell tech and gene editing could treat a blood disorder with 350 million carriers worldwide.

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Germany

Nobel laureate biochemist Hartmut Michel joins Jilin University in China

The 77-year-old has taken up a full-time role as a professor with one of the leading teaching hospitals in the country’s northeast.

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