Cheng was a pioneer in clinical trials for tumour diseases, especially small-cell lung carcinoma.
Wang leaves University of California San Diego after 20 years to become director of the laboratory’s Institute of Molecular Physiology.
6 Jul 2025 - 4:15PM videocam
Archaeological site in Yunnan province yields nearly 1,000 wooden artefacts, including 35 tools, mostly used for digging, according to study.
4 Jul 2025 - 7:14PM videocam
The research could have implications for organ transplants, which are limited by the small number of donors.
4 Jul 2025 - 10:09AM videocam
Global expert in optical and radio frequency wireless communication will join newly established Great Bay University in southern China.
2 Jul 2025 - 9:00PM videocam
Chinese researchers conduct world-first human trial of brain-computer interface operation allowing paralysed patient to move his limbs.
28 Jun 2025 - 12:00PM videocam
The maths luminary is joining Nankai University as a full-time chair professor, months after publishing findings hailed as ‘magical’.
25 Jun 2025 - 8:30PM videocam
Team finds China’s Buddhist and Taoist temples host higher concentration of old trees – some dating back 1,000 years – than anywhere else.
Globally celebrated scientist who grew up in a poor rural area, now returns to his hometown as dean of Hohai University.
12 Jun 2025 - 6:10PM videocam
State media report on ‘fully preserved’ Qin dynasty inscription found by Chinese archaeologists leaves academics divided over authenticity.
Sightless mice, monkey see infrared with tellurium-powered artificial retinas, bringing scientists closer to treating blindness in people.
8 Jun 2025 - 12:09PM videocam
Top Chinese researcher is the latest academic to leave after US President Donald Trump’s university funding cuts.
5 Jun 2025 - 6:40PM videocam
Celebrated China-born mathematician Zhong Xiao returns home after living in Finland for almost three decades.
3 Jun 2025 - 3:06PM videocam
Before China took a role in the research, fewer than 200 indigenous genomes from MSEA existed in global databases, according to Nature paper.
2 Jun 2025 - 4:09PM videocam
Former Huawei engineer Zhou Zhongpeng has been hailed for his research on a radical theory most mathematicians struggle to understand.
30 May 2025 - 8:00PM videocam
As senior principal investigator at Shenzhen academy, Dan will expand research on sleep regulation while collaborating with world-class talent.
Genetic analysis traces origins of coronavirus to bat populations in Laos and southwest China years before pandemic emerged.
23 May 2025 - 9:00PM videocam
Findings of University of Chicago cancer centre research led by China-born biochemist Yang Kaiting have been published in Nature.
Zhang’s rural roots and social circumstances delayed university entry, but once admitted he was among the first in China to study AI in 1980s.
20 May 2025 - 12:00PM videocam
Announcement of leading scholar Kazuo Miyamoto’s recruitment removed from university webpage after it triggers online scrutiny, accusations.
The number of cases doubled globally in 30 years, but in China it rose threefold, according to a study that warned the problem may get worse.
16 May 2025 - 11:00AM videocam
New medication appears to be safer and more effective than standard therapy, according to trial led by Chinese and US scientists.
12 May 2025 - 3:24PM videocam
Top biomechanics researcher takes up professorship at Sun Yat-sen University.
9 May 2025 - 9:52AM videocam
Using algorithmic analysis, scientists say they have shown that astronomer Shi Shen’s records predate previously recognised Greek catalogue.
Lamb has trained under a Turing Award winner and worked at top companies such as Microsoft, Amazon and Google’s DeepMind.
30 Apr 2025 - 9:38AM videocam
Han military campaign toppled the rebel Nanyue kingdom but also decimated vast stands of cypress, study finds.
28 Apr 2025 - 2:16PM videocam
India, Pakistan, Thailand and China all have heavy concentrations of cadmium in arable soil, raising the risk of cancer and other diseases.
19 Apr 2025 - 11:09AM videocam
Yi leaves the University of Pittsburgh after less than 12 months for new academic role amid escalating China-US tensions.
18 Apr 2025 - 3:24PM videocam
Tsinghua University alumnus known for research breakthroughs is now principal investigator, doctoral adviser at top institution.
Chen Min has left Purdue University to join EIT, a new university in Ningbo, and her husband, Shen Jie.