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Shi Huang
Senior Reporter, China
Shi is a science reporter based in Beijing, primarily covering life sciences, medicine, and frontier research. Previously, he worked for Sanlian Lifeweek and DXY.
Shi is a science reporter based in Beijing, primarily covering life sciences, medicine, and frontier research. Previously, he worked for Sanlian Lifeweek and DXY.
Areas of Expertise:
Life science, Medicine Languages Spoken:
English, Mandarin
Quest to beat the US saw a Chinese team turn to ancient traditions, leading to a new technique 10 times more effective than other methods.
‘Shenzhen adds another dimension; it is a place where ideas do not remain ideas for long,’ Amunts says of new position.
Distinguished professor leaves Switzerland to take up role in China, attracted by its reputation for cutting-edge biomedical research.
In rendezvous beneath the Yangtze River, a multimillion-dollar tunnel boring machine meets its stalled twin with just 2mm of vertical error.
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Team developed 6 apomictic rice varieties tested over multiple generations in Hainan and Zhejiang provinces.
Mice with late-stage symptoms showed improvement in memory loss and reduced brain plaque after experimental treatment, Chinese study finds.
Biophysicist leaves Stockholm University for full-time role at Guangxi Medical University’s First Affiliated Hospital.
Silk-weaving loom dating to Western Han is world’s oldest known ‘computer hardware’ with corresponding ‘software’, China science body says.
Facility runs for 10 hours straight and will produce 180 million kilowatt-hours of electricity a year, powering 30,000 homes.
Professor is the subject of social media claims and counterclaims after NUS alleged his behaviour was ‘unsolicited and unwanted’.
Stretch of Qin Straight Road reveals sophisticated construction techniques including rammed-earth slope reinforcements and filled valleys.
Breakthrough could shake-up global tech markets with nations able to run their own grids and break away from US dominance.
Huge advancement allows paralysed man to work, order takeaway delivery via robotic dogs and control smart wheelchairs with his thoughts.
Capturing and upgrading even a fraction of dissipated energy could transform the country’s industrial efficiency and slash carbon emissions.
Scientist whose hydrological models have guarded European cities from rising tides returns to China to tackle critical water challenges.
Inspired by ‘novel sustainable technology’ research, the team designs a single, powerful system using solar energy for extraction.
Veteran academic to collaborate with Chinese scientists to develop next-gen cancer therapies using vaccine tech for tumour immunotherapy.
Confucian trained ‘Wen Dao’ weighs potential societal costs of rule that seals records of convicted drug users.
Nation’s sustained funding tsunami over decades has shifted dominance in Earth observation science away from America.
What history has long portrayed as a cautionary tale of a woman’s vanity bringing down a dynasty may have been the result of climate change.
Now affiliated with Hunan University, the award-winning professor solved a major part of Furstenberg’s conjecture dating to the 1960s.
The move follows distinguished contributions at the University of Chicago towards developing more effective cutting-edge treatments.
Scholar mentored by late Nobel Prize winner hails ability in China to translate knowledge into ‘practical application and industrialisation’.
The research heavyweight has joined Peking University’s recently elevated school dedicated to robots and advanced manufacturing.
After winning accolades in the US for his outstanding research, Xie’s work will continue to focus on effective mRNA-based vaccines.
Months after world’s first such surgery for quadriplegia, the traffic officer can stand and walk again with significant upper limb strength.
Famous TCM researcher Wang Qi has seen his sons Qianfei and Qianben return from the US to lead institutes in China.
The Baijitan nature reserve’s success has won international acclaim and is underpinned by a simple chequerboard technique.
Hu has been appointed founding dean at the new school of biomedical engineering at his alma mater, Tsinghua University.
The electron microscopy pioneer has received one of his country’s highest awards as well as scientific plaudits during a 50-year career.
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