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Researchers in China have written a paper examining the effectiveness of innovations in extracting lithium from challenging sources, including salt lakes. Photo: Shutterstock

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Chinese EV industry’s lithium demand fuels research into ‘low-quality’ sources

Engineers from Nanjing University evaluate new methods of extracting the metal from seawater, salt lakes and even sediments.

24 Dec 2024 - 10:01AMvideocam

China-born biologist Wang Cunyu returns from decades in US to head institute

23 Dec 2024 - 10:57PMvideocam

Chinese village’s sinkhole nightmare continues with kitchen floor collapse

23 Dec 2024 - 3:53PM

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Chinese scientists look at desert ant to create ultra-thin light sensor chip

Thin, crystalline films inspired by polarisation vision of desert ants helps team to beat bulkiness challenge, Science Advances paper says.

23 Dec 2024 - 5:01PM

Photoreceptor cells in desert ants’ eyes helps them to find their way across barren deserts without landmarks. Photo: Shutterstock

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Open Questions | How Chinese science and technology have influenced the West … and vice versa

Historian Han Qi on why the exchange of scientific knowledge is so important – from astronomy and salt wells to high-speed trains.

23 Dec 2024 - 11:03AMvideocam

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The new aerial radar penetrating the icy depths of China’s glaciers

Airborne technology is helping to map the terrain and water reserves in the Qilian Mountains.

22 Dec 2024 - 7:00PMvideocam

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Chinese classicists fight to save Greek, Roman works from conspiracy theorists

Supporters of the so-called pseudo-history argue that much of classical Greek literature, including the works of Aristotle, were faked.

22 Dec 2024 - 4:35PM

Theories that ancient Greek and Roman culture was faked are increasingly popular in some corners of the Chinese internet. Photo: AP

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Scientists find key nutrient missing in China-grown durian

A study of the popular, pungent fruit grown in Hainan has discovered some stark differences with their Thai counterparts.

22 Dec 2024 - 10:00AMvideocam

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Scientists say they’ve found simple way to turn diamonds into flexible membrane

It’s expected to speed up ‘arrival of diamond era’ in electronics, photonics and more, according to team from Hong Kong and mainland China.

21 Dec 2024 - 8:00PM

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How China’s lunar find could fill ‘billion-year gap’ in magnetic field studies

Rocks brought back indicate lunar magnetic field may have shot up about 2.8 billion years ago, Chinese study in Nature says.

21 Dec 2024 - 10:00AMvideocam

A view of the lunar surface as taken by the Chang’e-6 probe in June. Photo: EPA-EFE

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How the launch of China’s GuoWang satellites differs from its US Starlink rival

Details have emerged on the key distinctions between China’s recent internet satellite launch and SpaceX’s constellation.

21 Dec 2024 - 1:23AM

The Long March-5B rocket blasts off from the Wenchang Space Launch Site in China’s Hainan province, carrying the first 10 satellites in the GuoWang constellation. Photo: Xinhua/Yang Guanyu

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7 scientists, mathematicians, physicists and experts who moved to China in 2024

From a Nobel-winning laser scientist to an award-winning mathematician, here are some experts who made the move.

20 Dec 2024 - 12:15PM

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Hong Kong scientists to build robot for China’s Chang’e-8 moon mission

Researchers from HKUST will lead team to develop lunar surface robot that will help pave way for research facility at moon’s south pole.

19 Dec 2024 - 7:15PM

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China’s neutrino facility at final stage on path to measure ghost particles

The Juno facility in Guangdong has started filling with ultrapure water at 100 tonnes per hour, on track to collect data from August: IHEP.

19 Dec 2024 - 6:05PMvideocam

Staff seal the bottom of a water tank with Tyvek material at the Juno construction site in southern China. Juno is expected to operate for at least 30 years. Photo: Xinhua

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‘Dream bullets’, hypersonic gliders: 12 China science breakthroughs in 2024

From a giant sphere for tracking neutrinos to a first trace of lunar water, here are some of the major science developments of the year.

19 Dec 2024 - 1:30PM

The Juno detector is in position at the Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory in Jiangmen, Guangdong province. Photo: Xinhua

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‘China is in a good phase’: award-winning neuroscientist on why he left Europe

Nikos Logothetis from the International Centre for Primate Brain Research in Shanghai becomes first non-Russian to receive the award.

19 Dec 2024 - 5:16PMvideocam

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A liver acid could be an anti-ageing ‘elixir’, Chinese scientists say

Researchers find naturally occurring acid induces pseudo-starvation effects, resulting in anti-ageing effects in animals.

19 Dec 2024 - 12:15AMvideocam

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Zuchongzhi 3.0 quantum computer rivals Google’s Willow, say Chinese scientists

Like Google’s quantum chip, the Chinese processor boasts 105 qubits with high precision and stability, according to new paper.

19 Dec 2024 - 1:53AMvideocam

The Zuchongzhi 3.0 processor. Photo: CCTV

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Mysterious terracotta commander offers clues to China’s ancient Qin dynasty army

Rare statue of high-ranking officer is helping archeologists piece together military structure of the first empire in China.

18 Dec 2024 - 3:51PMvideocam

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PLA’s electronic war ‘kill list’, powerful laser cutter: 7 science highlights

From clues to the next pandemic to Chinese scientists leaving the US, here are a few highlights from SCMP’s recent science reporting.

18 Dec 2024 - 12:00PM

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Chinese astronauts complete world record-breaking spacewalk at 9 hours

Shenzhou-19 crew members Cai Xuzhe and Song Lingdong installed space protection devices and conducted maintenance outside Tiangong.

18 Dec 2024 - 6:04PMvideocam

Shenzhou-19 astronaut Song Lingdong waves during the record-breaking nine-hour spacewalk in a screen image captured at the Beijing Aerospace Control Centre on Tuesday. Photo: Xinhua

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