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The PLA’s Information Support Force takes part in a large-scale military parade in Beijing on September 3. Photo: Xinhua

Code talker 2025? PLA frontline troops are testing portable quantum radio devices

Breakthrough hailed for meeting ‘emergency communication needs in obstructed conditions such as valleys and dense forests’.

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China-born architect Wang Fei dies in suspected car crash in London

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Artificial intelligence

DeepSeek’s Liang Wenfeng among top 10 ‘people who shaped science in 2025’

9 Dec 2025 - 6:00PM

China tests super wireless rail convoy that could carry 3 Eiffel Towers

The technology that virtually links locomotives could boost the country’s freight capacity by 50 per cent, state broadcaster CCTV says.

9 Dec 2025 - 12:00PMvideocam

Virtual coupling tested in China may allow braking distance to be shortened by helping trains adapt dynamically to changes in speed. Photo: CCTV

Chinese team reports way to extract hypersonic weapon fuel boron from seawater

Inspired by ‘novel sustainable technology’ research, the team designs a single, powerful system using solar energy for extraction.

8 Dec 2025 - 10:00PMvideocam

China’s lab fungus produces low-cost, meat-like protein to replace chicken farms

Genetic modification improves environmental credentials of ‘particularly promising’ substitute that outperforms poultry, study finds.

8 Dec 2025 - 5:42PMvideocam

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China trials unmanned trucks on world’s highest mine, 5,600m from sea level

Lead-zinc mine in Kunlun Mountains of Xinjiang sits at an altitude surpassing the world’s highest human settlement, in the Peruvian Andes.

8 Dec 2025 - 10:27AMvideocam

At the Huoshaoyun lead-zinc mine in Xinjiang’s Hotan county, domestically developed unmanned mining trucks have successfully completed ore loading and transport testing. Photo: Handout

China desalination tech makes fresh water cheaper than tap water – plus hydrogen

Facility in Shandong province also produces mineral-rich brine for industrial use, achieving ‘one-in, three-out’ circular economy.

8 Dec 2025 - 1:22AMvideocam

With one small step for AI, Chinese scientists make giant leap for humanity

Researchers give robotic arms the skill and precision of experienced surgeons, all thanks to the inspiration of a simple slip knot.

8 Dec 2025 - 12:55AMvideocam

First ‘home cat’ reached China 1,400 years ago via Tang dynasty Silk Road

Researchers say domestic felines were originally regarded as ‘exotic’ pets and kept among the Chinese elite.

7 Dec 2025 - 10:00AMvideocam

Scientists have traced the earliest presence of domestic cats in homes of the Chinese elite back to the Tang dynasty. Photo: Shutterstock

Chinese scientists develop promising stem cell therapy for Parkinson’s

New biotech allows ‘seeds’ planted in the brain to differentiate into new nerve cells, reshaping its neural network.

7 Dec 2025 - 6:20AMvideocam

Chinese medical experts have created an ultra-efficient stem cell treatment for Parkinson’s disease that has achieved remarkable results in clinical trials. Picture: Shutterstock Images

Cambridge ex-professor Nigel Slater joins China’s biotech revolution

Veteran academic to collaborate with Chinese scientists to develop next-gen cancer therapies using vaccine tech for tumour immunotherapy.

8 Dec 2025 - 3:36PMvideocam

Man behind 99% chips: semiconductor legend Chih-Tang Sah’s ashes leave US for China

Celebrated Chinese electronics engineer who ‘kept his homeland in his heart’ while living overseas buried in Fujian with his late wife.

5 Dec 2025 - 9:05PMvideocam

Chinese physicists prove Einstein wrong and put century-old debate to an end

‘Exceptionally precise’ set-up mimics thought experiment devised by sceptical genius to disprove the then-emerging field.

5 Dec 2025 - 12:08AM

Albert Einstein is seen in Princeton, NewJersey, in 1954. Photo: AP

World’s first ‘ethical AI’ wades into risks of China’s new drug abuse law

Confucian trained ‘Wen Dao’ weighs potential societal costs of rule that seals records of convicted drug users.

4 Dec 2025 - 5:00PMvideocam

An ethical AI model has questioned the value of a new Chinese regulation to seal the records of people with minor offences rather than link them to a person’s identity information. Photo: Shutterstock Images

US university seeks to dismiss lawsuit from family of neuroscientist Jane Wu

Family alleges Northwestern’s actions during ‘China Initiative’ investigations linked to death of leading researcher.

4 Dec 2025 - 8:54PMvideocam

China trains industry AI tool using ‘world’s largest’ port operation data set

Application to support research and development draws on data covering ‘the most comprehensive range of port business scenarios’, NDRC says.

3 Dec 2025 - 7:13PMvideocam

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SCMP Highlights

Chinese scientist detained, an ancient DNA discovery: 7 science highlights

From a chief scientist’s detention to a revealing DNA discovery, here are some highlights from SCMP’s recent science reporting.

3 Dec 2025 - 3:45PM

Excavation at the large stone-walled site at Shimao began in 2012. Photo: Handout

China’s first reusable rocket Zhuque-3 fails recovery, leaving US in the lead

Designer LandSpace says it is investigating after lower stage of the rocket appeared to catch fire before crashing near the recovery site.

3 Dec 2025 - 3:48PM

China’s ‘dirt cheap’ missiles could shake up global defence market: state media

The ‘cement-coated’ YKJ-1000 could prove ‘formidably competitive’ internationally if sold at the relatively cheap price of US$99,000.

2 Dec 2025 - 11:47PMvideocam

20-day lifeline: how China pulled off the Shenzhou rescue mission

Interview details rapid response to emergency triggered by a shard of nearly invisible space debris about the size of a grain of dust.

3 Dec 2025 - 2:00PMvideocam

China’s Shenzhou-22 spacecraft approaches the Tiangong space station for docking on November 25. Photo: CMSA

‘Real Steel’: PLA unveils motion-controlled combat robot to 13 countries

Chinese and foreign military cadets test bomb disposal robot using voice commands and discuss ethical boundaries of AI in war: state media.

3 Dec 2025 - 2:06AMvideocam

Cadets from China and foreign militaries view a robot at the PLA Army Engineering University during the 12th International Army Cadets Week from November 3 to 9. Photo: Handout

United we stand: why mammals that band together may face lower cancer risks

In cooperative societies – like elephants or whales – natural selection seems to favour genetic mechanisms that suppress cancer, study says.

2 Dec 2025 - 1:06AMvideocam

Aerospace: Science

China’s Xingyan ‘Star Eye’ network to track satellites and space debris

The web of 156 orbiting sensors will form the country’s second space situational awareness constellation designed to bring down the risk of collisions.

30 Nov 2025 - 10:00PMvideocam

China’s new secret weapon in biotech race: Tibet animal poop with newfound germs

Scientists discover native herbivore faeces contain microbial species that could help develop gene-editing tools, reduce methane emissions.

30 Nov 2025 - 8:16PMvideocam

Team behind the study has spent years collecting more than 5,000 faecal samples from six herbivores native to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, including yaks and Tibetan sheep. Photo: AFP

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