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China bets on molten salt and CO2 to help meet its power needs
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New Energy | China bets on molten salt and CO2 to help meet power needs

Country needs stable electricity grid, less wastage as it uses more renewable energy. Molten salt energy storage and supercritical CO2 power generation can help.

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Chinese desalination plant cuts 60% energy use, turns brine into industrial salt

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Trump’s China-savvy spokeswoman, Hong Kong trail emergencies: 5 weekend reads

Corruption in China

Wuhan’s Covid mayor Zhou Xianwang jailed for 14 years for corruption

Zhou, who was widely criticised for the delayed announcement that the virus had been detected in the city, was convicted of bribery.

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Zhou Xianwang was widely criticised over the delayed announcement that the coronavirus had been detected in Wuhan. Photo: Xinhua
Zhou Xianwang was widely criticised over the delayed announcement that the coronavirus had been detected in Wuhan. Photo: Xinhua
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Leading Chinese mathematicians unite behind use of AI in research

Fields medallist Shing-Tung Yau, who is leading the project, warned that the country is lagging behind the US in using the technology.

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China’s rich coastal cities to see sea-level rise 20% higher than global average

Even if global warming is limited to 1.5 degrees Celsius, scientists warn China’s densely populated coastline faces flooding this century.

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Nanotechnology expert Antonio Facchetti joins HKUST from Georgia Tech

Facchetti, co-founder of a company that makes flexible transistors for displays, has joined the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.

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The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology campus in Sai Kung, Hong Kong. Photo: SCMP
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology campus in Sai Kung, Hong Kong. Photo: SCMP
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China unveils smart robot designed to help farmers breed better strains of wheat

The prototype device was designed to use a ‘vast amount of breeder experience’ when assessing crops for their breeding potential.

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New Taipei-Hong Kong subsea route opened to cut risk and meet AI demand

New path launched through underwater network to tackle recurring disruptions and surging data workloads, RETN says.

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Russia lifts plague lab-related quarantine measures. Should China be relieved?

Moscow says the incident is over but questions remain among Chinese commenters and others on social media globally.

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Russia’s consumer and health watchdog Rospotrebnadzor in Moscow has downplayed reports that a laboratory technician may have died of pneumonic plague. Photo: AFP
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China breakthrough unlocks low-cost, high-margin sustainable aviation fuel

Biomass-to-jet fuel conversion method could boost production and help meet global aviation industry’s net-zero carbon goals, researchers say.

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Sustainable aviation fuel could reduce life-cycle carbon emissions by about 80 per cent compared with standard jet fuel, and the International Civil Aviation Organization has a goal of net-zero emissions by 2050. Photo: Xinhua
Sustainable aviation fuel could reduce life-cycle carbon emissions by about 80 per cent compared with standard jet fuel, and the International Civil Aviation Organization has a goal of net-zero emissions by 2050. Photo: Xinhua
US-China relations

Pentagon unveils US$350 million quantum computing push as China rivalry grows

New initiative aims to strengthen US military capabilities as Washington and Beijing compete for leadership in advanced technology.

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China team says all-in-one mini artificial pancreas is next-gen diabetes care

Smartphone-controlled prototype offers a patient-friendly design for automated insulin delivery.

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China’s thorium-229 nuclear clock beats Vienna’s on stability, studies show

Chinese and European teams in ‘fierce but friendly’ competition to develop the next-generation timepieces.

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The crystal used in the Vienna team’s nuclear clock, pictured in its holder with the laser beam probing the thorium nuclei. Photo: TU Wien
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India-born US citizen drives research into light at sanctioned Chinese school

At the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Arup Neogi’s team explores how light and sound interact.

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Arup Neogi's speciality is photonics, the study of generating, controlling and detecting light. Photo: Handout
Arup Neogi's speciality is photonics, the study of generating, controlling and detecting light. Photo: Handout
SCMP Highlights

China’s missile lidar model; Singapore’s atomic clock: 7 science highlights

From China’s higher education reform to claims surrounding BeiDou’s satellite, here are some highlights from SCMP’s recent science reporting.

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Climate change and farming gave rise to ‘genetically distinct’ swan goose: study

New population of the migratory waterbird has emerged in the Chinese capital over the past century, according to researchers.

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Chinese team creates ‘lifelike’ hydrogel that changes shape for smart devices

Light-activated hydrogel that can evolve with living tissue may ultimately help make more flexible brain-computer interfaces and robots.

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Chinese scientists say their shape-changing hydrogel can grow and change alongside living tissue. Photo: Shutterstock
Chinese scientists say their shape-changing hydrogel can grow and change alongside living tissue. Photo: Shutterstock
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Chinese doctors shrink lung tumour for baby still in mother’s womb, using needle

In ‘new milestone’, technology works by vibrating water molecules to create intense heat, destroying tumour tissue from inside out.

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China develops plant to extract hydrogen, fresh water and uranium from the sea

Scientists improve on existing technology, plugging an overlooked energy leak to achieve a potentially profitable green solution.

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Beijing fights invasive moths with wasps and caterpillar-catching contests

They have blanketed trees in the Chinese capital and surrounding areas this summer, posing a threat to hundreds of species of plants.

Workers prune trees infested with the invasive fall webworm in Beijing. Photo: Xinhua
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Mars shelter problem can be solved with engineered yeast: paper

Researchers in Hong Kong develop low-energy ‘living’ building material for quick, cheap construction.

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Scientists have created a building material that they say could be used for construction on Mars. Photo: Nasa
Scientists have created a building material that they say could be used for construction on Mars. Photo: Nasa
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US, China botanists sign landmark proposal on cooperation and projects

Botanical societies of both countries sign joint plant science cooperation initiative in China’s Taian to tackle pressing global challenges.

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Malaysia is building a new research corridor across Asia to meet China’s rise

From next-gen semiconductors to advanced catalysts, scientists are navigating geopolitical boundaries to focus on mutual discovery.

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Crop outputs grew up to 100% in China’s big agricultural experiment: scientists

Peking University scientist says solar-activated mineral water improves photosynthetic efficiency across major crops.

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Chinese researchers say their crop trials may offer alternative ways of increasing yields by using irrigation water to improve how efficiently plants use sunlight. Photo: Lu Anhuai
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