Tests at hospitals in the US, Europe and China discover medication can help to reverse hair loss caused by the autoimmune disease.
Nepalese and Indians account for more than half of nationals from 23 countries missing after devastating glacier collapse four days ago.
The city’s poplars and willows have been identified as the source of an unexpected spike in ozone levels during the heat of the summer.
Renmin University recruit aims to probe complex quantum matter using ultracold atomic sandbox with lasers.
25 Aug 2026 - 12:00PM videocam
Study finds patients injected with iPSC-derived heart muscle cells outperform control group on cardiac function tests after bypass surgery.
20 Aug 2026 - 11:09PM videocam
The engineered probiotic, named Gift, can sense high blood sugar and automatically release the glucose-lowering hormone GLP-1.
Scientists from Shenzhen University used data studying teenagers’ responses to facial expressions to identify possible warning signs.
16 Aug 2026 - 6:00PM videocam
Network for Hope, which assists millions of American donor recipients, is accused of harvesting organs from living patients.
14 Aug 2026 - 3:56PM videocam
Archaeologists uncover 3.7 litres of well-preserved liquid in a Qin cemetery, confirming the use of millet-based brewing near the frontier.
11 Aug 2026 - 8:00AM videocam
AAAS fellow who held senior roles at University of Illinois and Carnegie Mellon brings decades of cross-disciplinary leadership.
6 Aug 2026 - 7:30PM videocam
‘Crazy to stop right now’: researcher rejects retirement to build on his 40-year legacy during the golden age of artificial intelligence.
4 Aug 2026 - 5:00PM videocam
A system that uses wind, solar and hydrogen energy already meets more than 60 per cent of demand at Qinling Station.
3 Aug 2026 - 2:00PM videocam
Recognised as a ‘top endocrinologist’ in southern California, Shen will be first US-licensed clinical doctor at the Chinese medical school.
28 Jul 2026 - 5:54PM videocam
Some 4,000 years ago, ancient people brought the production technique for the precious luxury from China to Central Asia via India.
The technology enables AI chat models to run on phones using minimal power, without ‘losing memory’ during conversations.
Researchers use China’s Tianzhou spacecraft missions since 2017 to study how microgravity and space radiation can affect biology.
17 Jul 2026 - 7:30AM videocam
On his return to China, Zhang says he looks forward to cultivating talent ‘who truly understand science, technology and industrial needs’.
15 Jul 2026 - 8:00PM videocam
Top planetary scientist will lead young university’s new astronomy department after decades shaping human understanding of the universe.
13 Jul 2026 - 9:00AM videocam
The robot, nicknamed Surgie, was remotely controlled by human surgeons as it carried out the procedure on a pig.
After a journey including study under luminaries in computer vision and AI sectors, Cao brings Silicon Valley experience to PolyU.
8 Jul 2026 - 6:50PM videocam
As former faculty vice dean swaps San Diego for Shenzhen, her lab offers jobs, training to researchers interested in sensory signalling.
The compound has a similar chemical structure to ketamine and has been classified as a controlled substance following an upswing in abuse.
2 Jul 2026 - 4:20PM videocam
Yang looks to cooperation with Europe in areas such as low-carbon technologies, digital energy and emerging sustainable solutions.
1 Jul 2026 - 5:17AM videocam
District authorities say that only one person was in the two-seater light aircraft at the time of the incident.
27 Jun 2026 - 8:36PM videocam
Wars and trade saw human genes from East and West fuse as over a million Han dynasty immigrants moved to Ningxia, genomics research reveals.
23 Jun 2026 - 12:00PM videocam
Award-winning biomedical engineering professor leaves United States to join Nanjing University’s school of biomedical engineering.
21 Jun 2026 - 9:22PM videocam
New study upends conventional thinking that has blamed Ming’s fall on eunuch dictatorship, factionalism, peasant uprising and rise of Manchus.
15 Jun 2026 - 4:00PM videocam
The artificial muscles and skin specialist from UCLA will head a physics and engineering institute.
Mainland institutions dominate in 2026, accounting for nine of top 10 in list based on research output in high-quality academic publications.
12 Jun 2026 - 8:00PM videocam
The physicist who received a fellowship reserved for the ‘brightest young scientists’ in North America has joined Fudan University.
5 Jun 2026 - 8:00PM videocam