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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

From coal to cures: Chinese scientists bring a 160-year-old dream to life

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Chinese scientists have discovered a way to turn cheap coal into medicines after cracking a puzzle that has baffled the science world for 160 years. Photo: AFP

Chinese surgery robot outperforms humans, cuts brain imaging time by 29%

Robotic systems can help doctors avoid the physical strains of manual surgery as well as the risks of radiation exposure. Photo: Handout

Can China massively reduce food imports with super-efficient unmanned rice farms?

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Workers harvest rice in the fields of Sanhe Farm in Xuyu, Jiangsu province, China. Photo: Xinhua

Could ultra-precise harvest forecasts give China an advantage in Iran war fallout?

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China’s ability to predict grain output more than six months in advance with striking accuracy could protect the nation from food shortages as conflict in the Middle East causes global upheaval. Photo: Xinhua

Made-in-China clock loses a second in twice the age of the universe

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Researchers from University of Science and Technology of China in Hefei have built this strontium optical lattice clock. Photo: CCTV
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Chinese scientists have discovered a way to turn cheap coal into medicines after cracking a puzzle that has baffled the science world for 160 years. Photo: AFP
Mainland China

From coal to cures: Chinese scientists bring a 160-year-old dream to life

Study cracks a puzzle that has baffled scientists and may reshape modern medicine production as the world reels from a global oil shortage.

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Mainland China

Chinese surgery robot outperforms humans, cuts brain imaging time by 29%

Can China massively reduce food imports with super-efficient unmanned rice farms?

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India

Could ultra-precise harvest forecasts give China an advantage in Iran war fallout?

Accurate grain output prediction allows China to mitigate food shortages, react to global price rises or plan storage and export measures.

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China’s ability to predict grain output more than six months in advance with striking accuracy could protect the nation from food shortages as conflict in the Middle East causes global upheaval. Photo: Xinhua
Mainland China

Made-in-China clock loses a second in twice the age of the universe

Chinese scientists have created an optical clock that may lead to development of space-based versions that are smaller, stable and portable.

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Mainland China

From years to a week: China’s superfast software for hypersonic weapon design

China’s new software simulates scramjet physics in one week versus years, marking high-fidelity leap in hypersonic engine research.

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Mainland China

NIH-awarded life scientist Shu Xiaokun abruptly shifts research from US to China

Celebrated scientist leaves prestigious role at University of California, San Francisco, months after being appointed to move to Shanghai.

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Shu Xiaokun (right) was the Herfindahl Endowed Chair and a tenured professor at the University of California, San Francisco. According to the Fudan University, he has returned to Shanghai to join the faculty as a distinguished professor. Photo: Handout
United States

Can China commercial satellite’s ‘octopus tentacle’ pass low-orbit refuel test?

Hukeda-2, with its flexible robotic arm designed to smoothly dock with target spacecraft, was launched on Monday, state media said.

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Mainland China

Liu Guozhi, once top PLA scientist, wiped off Chinese Academy of Sciences site

High-power microwave weapon expert was elected to the nation’s top scientific body in 2009.

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United States

Leading Chinese remote-sensing scientist Zhang Jinshui dies at 47

Beijing Normal University professor led major R&D programmes and was instrumental in boosting China’s food security with satellite tech.

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Zhang Jinshui was a professor and doctoral supervisor in the Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University. Photo: Handout
Mainland China

Drone warfare transformed? How China’s new invention could change the game

Researchers say the fingernail-sized devices could help transform drone warfare and other fields where precise timing is vital.

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The team’s atomic clock, which is said to lose only a second every 30,000 years. Photo: Handout
China technology

Opinion | Why Americans should welcome China’s rise in science

Greater competition may curb the influence of politics and vested interests distorting the US innovation system.

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Mainland China

Chinese scientists use E coli to fight breast tumours from within in mice study

The targeted cancer therapy using bacteria could be much less toxic than traditional treatments, research team says in paper.

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Mainland China

Controversy haunts likely death of China’s hypersonic weapons expert Fang Daining

The distinguished academic continued working after he was disgraced by a kissing scandal but rarely appeared in public.

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Fang Daining, pictured in 2021, died on February 27 aged 68, according to an obituary that has circulated on social media platforms in China. Photo: Handout
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A rare earth ‘China solution’ that leaves US defence agency in the cold

‘China solution’ delivers helium‑3‑free cooling tech for quantum chips, offers stable, portable system to support space exploration.

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A mini-fridge built with the alloy has achieved temperatures extremely close to absolute zero using no moving parts. Photo: Shutterstock
Denmark

China and Chile wrap up Atacama Trench mission as US pressure mounts

Scientists on Chinese research ship aimed to uncover mysteries of the trench in ‘most ambitious’ deep-sea expedition in the eastern Pacific.

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China’s military

How China gets more bang for its military buck than the US

The country’s military modernisation integrates civilian scientific and industrial capabilities into defence innovation allowing rapid development.

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Could this Chinese breakthrough pave way for global organ transplant system?

Researchers in China report reviving and transplanting animal organs after freezing them at sub-zero temperatures for several days.

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With preservation limited to a single day at most, transplants remain more like emergency procedures than elective surgeries. Photo: Shutterstock
Doing Good

Hong Kong has more coral reef species than the Caribbean – and they’re worth saving

Decades after pollution devastated Tolo Harbour’s reefs, Chinese University’s Coral Academy is reviving their ecosystems.

United States

Things ‘I do not like’ led me to quit US for Hong Kong, top mathematician says

The academic also says he is motivated by his vision to make Asia an intellectual powerhouse for science and learning.

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Archaeology and palaeontology

Why is Andy Lau’s name carved on a 600-year-old brick from the Ming dynasty?

The inscription – identical to the Hong Kong star’s name – reveals ancient quality-control system and early use of simplified characters.

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Hong Kong actor and singer Andy Lau appears to have shared a name with a Ming dynasty brickmaker. Photo: Sam Tsang
Mainland China

Top Chinese nuclear, radar and missile experts vanish from engineering body site

Former CAE vice-president Zhao Xiangeng is among a number of academicians no longer profiled on the body’s website.

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The profiles of (from left) Wu Manqing, Zhao Xiangeng, and Wei Yiyin have disappeared from the website of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. Photo: Handout
Robotics

Could China build an ‘army of centaurs’ with this non-invasive cyborg tech?

Chinese scientists develop a wearable human-robot device enabling soldiers to carry heavy loads in rugged terrain.

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Aerospace: Companies

This weird-looking humanoid robot could help China conquer the moon: scientists

Highly dexterous robot built on a wheeled platform will traverse the lunar surface while performing construction, maintenance and sampling.

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Iran

Deadly strike on Iran primary school raises questions about AI use in war

While cutting-edge technologies process vast amounts of data, human decisions remain the focal point when systems fail, observers say.

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Coffins for children killed in a February 28 missile strike on the Shajareh Tayyebeh primary school in Minab, southern Iran, are prepared for a mass funeral on March 3. Photo: AFP
United States

Could China’s gallium oxide leap leave F-22 radar 2 generations behind?

Chinese team’s semiconductor tech research combines power and memory, allowing for smaller and more powerful military electronics.

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Modern Chinese fighter jets, including the J-35, have radars built on third-generation gallium nitride technology. Photo: Xinhua
Egypt

Death of Chinese scientist Li Xinying in Egypt raises sharp questions back home

Mystery surrounds the prominent genetic psychologist’s death after official explanation cites ‘non-specific respiratory failure’.

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Climate change

Outside In | The end of an era at sea offers us a grim reminder on land

One of the biggest icebergs in recent memory is melting out of existence. Its silent fate mirrors the neglect of our biosphere.

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