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As early research jobs dwindle in the US due to funding cuts and hiring freezes, a new study has found in China, PhD graduates outnumber postdoctoral job vacancies by five to one. Photo: Shutterstock
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5 jobs for a jobseeker: in China, PhD may have far more opportunities than in US

As the Trump administration slashes research funding and US universities impose hiring freezes, postdoc job vacancies in China are booming.

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Russian tourists in China, non-nuclear hydrogen bomb test: 5 weekend reads

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China tests non-nuclear hydrogen bomb, science paper shows

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Will the US hand space leadership to China by pulling Nasa out of Mars race?

Experts contrast Washington’s budget threat to Martian sample return programme and clear goals for Tianwen-3 mission and beyond.

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China’s Tianwen-3 mission to retrieve samples from Mars is expected to leave Earth in 2028. Photo: Shutterstock
China’s Tianwen-3 mission to retrieve samples from Mars is expected to leave Earth in 2028. Photo: Shutterstock
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China’s humanoid robot half marathon winner wants to be ‘Android’ of robotics

Likening its tech to Google’s Android, the state-backed X-Humanoid is seeking a greater role in China’s highly competitive robotics industry.

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China offers high-performance, low-cost satellites to belt and road countries

Breakthrough makes powerful sub-metre Kuanfu 02B the lightest on the market, Chang Guang Satellite Technology says.

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Chinese team’s AI paper paved the way for ChatGPT. Greater glory awaits by 2030

Work on deep residual learning is most-cited since 2000 and may become the top of the all-time list within five years, Nature analysis finds.

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Groundbreaking paper written by four Chinese scientists then at Microsoft Research Asia deals with ResNets, or deep residual learning networks. Photo: Shutterstock
Groundbreaking paper written by four Chinese scientists then at Microsoft Research Asia deals with ResNets, or deep residual learning networks. Photo: Shutterstock
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Running robots put through their paces alongside humans in Beijing half-marathon

The race was used to showcase the Chinese tech industry and to test the robots’ ability to carry out various tasks.

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Major rice producers have worst heavy metal pollution, Chinese scientists warn

India, Pakistan, Thailand and China all have heavy concentrations of cadmium in arable soil, raising the risk of cancer and other diseases.

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China’s ‘hopeless’ satellites create first Earth-moon navigation network

DRO-L, DRO-A and DRO-B finally form a communication and navigation system spanning from low Earth orbit to distant retrograde orbit.

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A Long March 2C rocket lifted off with satellites DRO-A and DRO-B from Xichang Satellite Centre in March last year but they failed to reach a planned orbit on their way to the moon Photo: Xinhua
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Senior scientist Yi Shouliang leaves US Department of Energy for China

Yi leaves the University of Pittsburgh after less than 12 months for new academic role amid escalating China-US tensions.

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Senior scientist Yi Shouliang has left the US to take up a new role at Sichuan University. Photo: LinkedIn
Senior scientist Yi Shouliang has left the US to take up a new role at Sichuan University. Photo: LinkedIn
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Years of the rat: did China’s rodents hitch rides on Zheng He’s Treasure Fleet?

15th century imperial silk paintings hint that explorer’s voyages may have carried some unintended passengers, researchers say.

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China unveils world’s fastest hard drive, redefining rules of data storage

Rice-sized memory device breaks speed barrier once thought impossible, capable of erasing and rewriting data 100,000 times faster than before.

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‘No quick wins’: China has the world’s first operational thorium nuclear reactor

Team working on project reportedly achieves milestone by completing fuel reloading while experimental molten salt reactor was running.

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Thorium is a radioactive element that is abundant in the Earth’s crust. Illustration: Shutterstock
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Chinese scientists use AI to help visually impaired to ‘see’, explore the world

A collaborative research project has developed a lightweight, wearable system that is also easy to use, according to a new study.

A system developed by researchers in China uses artificial intelligence and sensors to help people living with visual impairment and blindness to more easily avoid obstacles. Photo: Getty Images
A system developed by researchers in China uses artificial intelligence and sensors to help people living with visual impairment and blindness to more easily avoid obstacles. Photo: Getty Images
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China’s new tech boosts sub hunt capabilities near Alaskan waters

Scientists develop highly accurate underwater acoustics technology for depth detection in challenging and strategically important Beaufort Sea.

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From MIT to PKU: rising Chinese scholar Wang Jiangtao comes home

Tsinghua University alumnus known for research breakthroughs is now principal investigator, doctoral adviser at top institution.

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Nianli Ma, wife of cyber expert Xiaofeng Wang, speaks out over FBI raids

Ma says lack of due process by Indiana University is devastating after she and Wang were dismissed within days of each other.

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Indiana University, Bloomington, told Xiaofeng Wang on March 28 it was terminating his employment “effective immediately”. Wang’s wife Nianli Ma, who was also dismissed, says the university did not abide by due process. Photo: Handout
Indiana University, Bloomington, told Xiaofeng Wang on March 28 it was terminating his employment “effective immediately”. Wang’s wife Nianli Ma, who was also dismissed, says the university did not abide by due process. Photo: Handout
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The Chinese AI scientists dying in the pursuit of greatness

Military artificial intelligence, computer vision and medical tech fields lose leading minds to accidents or illness.

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‘Arginine factories’ turn breast cancer cells aggressive, Chinese team finds

Findings could open up new avenue for precision therapy for the most commonly diagnosed cancer among women that killed 670,000 in 2022 alone.

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Exclusive | Questions remain 5 years after death in US of Chinese scientist Nongjian Tao

Amid China Initiative era and pressure on Chinese research community, police report concluded Tao died by suicide amid ‘work-related stress’.

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Tao Nongjian was a leading researcher and founder of two biotech start-ups. He won numerous honours and received more than US$10 million in NIH funding over the years. Photo: Handout
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Trump’s tariffs put Chinese science to the test, but US labs may be harder hit

Washington’s experiment with tariff trade torment makes lab costs soar; ‘it’s like doubling the price tag’, US researcher says.

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While both China and the United States will be impacted by the trade war, experts predict the latter will take a harder hit because, unlike China, the US is also locked in tariff battles with dozens of other countries. Photo: Shutterstock
While both China and the United States will be impacted by the trade war, experts predict the latter will take a harder hit because, unlike China, the US is also locked in tariff battles with dozens of other countries. Photo: Shutterstock
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China’s innovative solution to tackling toxic and damaging oil spills

Chinese researchers have found a cost-effective solution to cleaning up toxic oil spills which can threaten wildlife and human health.

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Chinese scientist dies aged 41 amid concern over ‘insane’ workload of academics

Li’s death has again put the health and workload of university researchers under the spotlight.

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After decades in the US, star Chinese mathematician couple returns home

Chen Min has left Purdue University to join EIT, a new university in Ningbo, and her husband, Shen Jie.

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Mathematicians Chen Min and Shen Jie have joined new research university EIT, Ningbo, which opened its doors to students this year. Image: Handout
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