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1. Chinese team aims to put ‘smart’ diabetes probiotic on US shelves within 2 years
Chinese researchers have engineered a probiotic that could make diabetes care as simple as drinking a cup of yogurt or swallowing a capsule.
2. Chinese missile AI tracks F-22, F-35-like heat signatures with over 90% accuracy

The F-35 and F-22 may be among the world’s most advanced stealth fighters, but they cannot hide one thing: heat. When heat-seeking missiles lock onto aircraft, fighters release flares to confuse infrared sensors and break missile tracking.
3. Electrochemist Liu Jiawei moves from Singapore to Hong Kong to start her own lab

For materials scientist and chemist Liu Jiawei, moving to Hong Kong supported her pivot into launching her own research group. After a decade immersed in Singapore’s research ecosystem, Liu sought a transition that would keep her closer to family in mainland China while maintaining an international, high-standard research environment.
4. Chinese coastguard proposes turning South China Sea isles into robotic fortress
The South China Sea’s contested islands could be transformed into autonomous, robotic fortresses, according to a defence proposal by the Chinese coastguard. The plan, which was detailed in a Chinese-language journal supervised by the state-run China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation, envisions a maritime landscape defended by a coordinated swarm of machines instead of soldiers.
5. China’s drone production capacity can only meet 60% of war demand: study

Even when fully mobilised, China’s industrial system would only be able to meet 60 per cent of the country’s military demand for drones in a conflict, according to a rare study looking into the expected effects of a sudden war.
6. International students account for most HIV cases detected at Wuhan port: study
International students accounted for more than half of the HIV infections identified among individuals entering China through the city of Wuhan over the past few years, although the number of cases remained low, according to customs data.
7. Chinese stem cell therapy restores heart function in 90% of trial patients
A hospital in east China has used reprogrammed stem cells to treat severe heart failure, with 90 per cent of patients showing significant recovery in heart function after the novel therapy.


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To create a “smart” probiotic that manages diabetes, Chinese scientists implanted a protein that acts like a glucose detector and the gene that encodes GLP-1 into bacteria. Photo: Handout

The data set included three categories of airborne targets, including two types of aircraft mimicking the F-22 and F-35. Photo: US Department of Defence

Electrochemist Liu Jiawei has moved from Singapore to Hong Kong to start her own laboratory. Photo: Handout

First-person view kamikaze drones would feature heavily in China’s military defence in the event of a sudden war. Photo: Getty Images

China is sending scientists to Iran for rare earth ‘exploration and processing’

A display of rare earth elements at the National Museum in Beijing. China holds the largest reserves of the metals in the world. Photo: Reuters

China’s glueball ‘triumph’; SpaceX rocket debris caught on video: 7 science highlights

The Beijing Spectrometer III particle detector at the Beijing Electron Positron Collider in Beijing, where researchers have found the strongest evidence yet for the long-sought glueball. Photo: Handout

An image of the moon’s surface shows the estimated impact sites for the SpaceX rocket debris according to Chinese firm ATmoto Technology (pink) and Project Pluto (blue). Photo: QQ.com

Artist’s illustration of Cygnus X-3, a binary system in which a black hole likely feeds on a massive companion while launching near-light-speed jets. Photo: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center.

Chinese engineers are developing a two-pronged method to destroy an asteroid on a collision course with Earth using a powerful nuclear bomb. Photo: Getty Images

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From a proposed South China Sea robotic fortress to HIV cases at Wuhan port, here are some highlights from SCMP’s recent science reporting


From a proposed South China Sea robotic fortress to HIV cases at Wuhan port, here are some highlights from SCMP’s recent science reporting.


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‘Smart’ diabetes probiotic; Chinese missile AI with 90% accuracy: 7 science highlights

.css-1c6uqr6{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;overflow-wrap:break-word;}From a proposed South China Sea robotic fortress to HIV cases at Wuhan port, here are some highlights from SCMP’s recent science reporting

1. Chinese team aims to put ‘smart’ diabetes probiotic on US shelves within 2 years

From a proposed South China Sea robotic fortress to HIV cases at Wuhan port, here are some highlights from SCMP’s recent science reporting