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Chinese-designed ‘bacterial assassin’ could transform cancer treatment: study
Synthetic ‘kill switch’ could fast track new immunotherapies, turning bacterial armies against cancer tumours, study shows.
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China’s observatory in Chile in doubt as US raises military concerns
15 Mar 2025 - 5:45AM
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Biohybrid robots at the gym? It might make them stronger, Chinese study finds
14 Mar 2025 - 5:30PM
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Chinese team wins award for AI booster that may help counter US chip ban
The Mooncake platform increases efficiency and could, as a result, help reduce dependency on graphics processing units such as Nvidia’s.
14 Mar 2025 - 5:53PM
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The Mooncake large language learning model is up to five times more efficient than the baseline. Photo: Shutterstock
SCMP Highlights
China-Europe rail link, Princeton nuclear physicist: SCMP’s 7 highlights
From falling traffic on China-Europe rail link to a Princeton nuclear physicist’s big move, here are highlights from SCMP’s recent reporting.
14 Mar 2025 - 12:15PM
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China-led team uses 3D-printed male sex organ for ED treatment in world first
Chinese-led team uses hydrogel-based bioinks for 3D-printed implant able to replicate functional components of natural erectile tissue.
14 Mar 2025 - 5:38PM
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Chinese scientists create nuclear battery that could last for a century
Battery based on carbon is designed to last 50 years and could be used to power pacemakers, spacecraft and devices in extreme environments.
14 Mar 2025 - 10:00AM
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The nuclear battery was developed by a team at Northwest Normal University in Lanzhou, Gansu province. Photo: Handout
Made in China 2025
China’s latest satellite launch is a milestone for its commercial space sector
The mission is a step forward for China’s push to develop a commercial space industry – and rival Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite internet service.
13 Mar 2025 - 6:00PM
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China creates hacker-proof quantum communication link with South Africa
Quantum key distribution demonstration that resists eavesdropping is China’s latest leap in global race to develop ultra-secure communications.
13 Mar 2025 - 5:00PM
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China invites the world on its mission to Mars while Nasa reels from Trump cuts
Short deadline for science project submissions suggests Tianwen-3 could be on track to win race to bring samples back to Earth.
13 Mar 2025 - 3:59PM
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Why is China quietly helping Africa build a Great Green Wall across the Sahara?
‘This battle can be won’: desert expert reveals how China’s technology, funding and strategies aid ambitious environmental project.
13 Mar 2025 - 10:24AM
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Africa’s Great Green Wall project, which features input and funding from China, is promoted in southeastern Niger. Photo: Weibo
China food security
China develops new high-protein corn to replace foreign soybeans
The new varieties could be used as a substitute for soybeans in animal feed, reducing China’s grain imports by millions of tonnes.
13 Mar 2025 - 7:00AM
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Freed from US jail, top immunologist picked up where he left off – in China
Song Guo Zheng was jailed for failing to disclose his China ties under a controversial initiative to counter alleged Chinese espionage.
13 Mar 2025 - 6:00AM
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Chinese AI team wins global award for replacing Nvidia GPU with industrial chip
Win for video-generation AI model based on off-the shelf chip marks a first for China and a shift in global race to optimise AI hardware.
12 Mar 2025 - 7:00PM
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SCMP Highlights
China’s silk weaving tech, kung fu bot goes open-source: 7 science highlights
From an ancient solution to a stealth jet issue to a problem-solving maths star, here are some highlights from SCMP’s recent science reporting.
12 Mar 2025 - 3:15PM
America’s F-22 jets are known to suffer coating cracks, but China is now using ancient weaving techniques to create a more advance type of coating to solve the problem. Photo: AFP
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Yun Guolin, Cambridge physicist and wearable tech expert, leaves UK for China
The pioneer in liquid metals and composite materials is now special professor in modern mechanics at University of Science and Technology of China.
12 Mar 2025 - 5:23PM
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Two Sessions 2025
China’s ‘two sessions’ 2025: everything you need to know
From plans to spend more to boost growth to a missing top official, here are some highlights from our coverage of China’s biggest annual political event.
12 Mar 2025 - 12:15PM
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Have Chinese scientists just dashed humanity’s last hopes to win in air combat?
The one advantage combat pilots had over artificial intelligence was unpredictability. Now a new study has put that in jeopardy.
12 Mar 2025 - 11:33AM
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New AI created by a team of Chinese scientists can detect even the most unpredictable manoeuvres by human pilots. Photo: Northwest Institute of Mechanical & Electrical Engineering
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Top Chinese materials scientist died from ‘insane’ workload, open letter claims
Social media post said to be by Liu Yongfeng’s wife calls for health protections for scientists after Zhejiang University professor died last week at 47.
11 Mar 2025 - 5:56PM
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Chinese-American mathematician Huaxin Lin leaves US for Shanghai institute
A top academic has returned to China as a professor at the new Shanghai Institute for Mathematics and Interdisciplinary Sciences.
11 Mar 2025 - 2:55PM
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‘Changing lanes’: China heralds fastest-ever chip technology – without silicon
Research path ‘born out of necessity’ leads Peking University scientists to develop faster, more efficient transistor.
11 Mar 2025 - 12:01PM
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Will China’s science and tech breakthroughs help it challenge US dominance?
As state media proclaims China the new heavyweight in scientific research, others warn gaps and weaknesses must be addressed.
11 Mar 2025 - 12:17PM
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Princeton nuclear physicist, fusion energy expert Liu Chang leaves US for China
Plasma specialist heads to Peking University to pursue magnetic confinement on mission to make nuclear fusion a reality.
10 Mar 2025 - 3:28PM
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China technology
China wants to supercharge growth with applications of nuclear tech
China’s IAEA representative has revealed an ambitious target for the commercial applications of nuclear power, in line with the sector’s rapid growth.
10 Mar 2025 - 1:55PM
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Ancient DNA helps reconstruct penguin history from the Stone Age to the present
Researchers conclude that Adélie penguins took over the Antarctic habits of seals when sea ice started to expand around 1,400 years ago.
10 Mar 2025 - 7:22PM
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