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Ke Tao’s particular expertise was photogrammetry and its application to aerospace, aviation, and in low-altitude, close-range environments. Photo: Handout
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Ke Tao, China’s remote sensing expert ‘devoted’ to national defence, dies at 48

The Wuhan University professor specialised in taking measurements from images and received a military award in 2015.

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Chinese health authority says no need to worry about latest hantavirus outbreak

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Why are China’s coastal fish farms disappearing while India’s are expanding?

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China’s Tongji University punishes top cancer researcher for misconduct

Wang Ping has been fired as dean of life sciences school, demoted by two ranks, and issued a 24-month ban on promotions, funding and awards.

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Tongji University in Shanghai says it will use the case as a lesson to strengthen oversight of research integrity among staff and students. Photo: Handout
Tongji University in Shanghai says it will use the case as a lesson to strengthen oversight of research integrity among staff and students. Photo: Handout
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Will Iran war threaten next harvest? Which countries are most at risk?

As the Hormuz blockade cuts off vital agricultural inputs, Food and Agriculture Organization official views China as key food security partner.

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Handle with care: Chinese study finds aquatic virus can infect human eyes

Handling seafood with bare hands or eating it raw said to increase risk of exposure to pathogen first found in shrimp.

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Do artificial sweeteners cause inheritable biological changes?

New study suggests alterations in gut microbiota, gene expression and metabolism, with some effects persisting in offspring.

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Stevia is among the world’s most widely used non-nutritive sweeteners. Photo: Shutterstock
Stevia is among the world’s most widely used non-nutritive sweeteners. Photo: Shutterstock
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China’s new marine buoy says goodbye to classic Western design used since WWII

First-of-its-kind intelligent ocean-observation buoy with disc-shaped side anchor solves ‘tangling nightmare’ of traditional structures.

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China’s war on Alzheimer’s, uranium-hunting material: 7 science highlights

From a zero emission ‘coal battery’ to China’s war on Alzheimer’s, here are some highlights from SCMP’s recent science reporting.

US-China tech war

AI | AI ecosystems in China and US grow apart amid tech war

China and US have different goals for artificial intelligence and ways of developing it. Washington’s curbs on tech exports have widened the gap between them.

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China targets top spot in supercomputing with fully domestic, CPU-only machine

Lingsheng or LineShine, built from home-grown CPUs, is designed to surpass America’s El Capitan, the world’s fastest supercomputer.

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Chinese supercomputer experts aim for their LineShine computer, with all domestically made CPUs, to be the fastest in the world in the face of US export restrictions. Photo: Shutterstock
Chinese supercomputer experts aim for their LineShine computer, with all domestically made CPUs, to be the fastest in the world in the face of US export restrictions. Photo: Shutterstock
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China unveils driverless mining truck that can ‘crab-walk’ across rough terrain

The Shuanglin K7 is the world’s first mining truck capable of moving sideways and pivoting on the spot, allowing it to work in narrow pits.

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Could Chinese mathematicians tip the balance in a US conference boycott?

Petition signed by 2,300 scholars from 80 countries urges ‘World Cup’ to be moved due to American policies towards foreign academics.

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UN climate body presses on after US quits, while China leads with renewables

As global temperatures near key threshold, the IPCC is focusing on adaptation and carbon dioxide removal, chair says.

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Jim Skea, chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, says carbon dioxide removal is “the only way in which you can actually cool the planet again” if global temperatures surpass a key benchmark. Photo: Anadolu via Getty Images
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China’s Tiangong space station to double in size as Nasa phases out ISS

Plans are under way to add three more modules to the Chinese facility but no timeline has been released to complete the work.

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The Tiangong space station will eventually comprised six modules. Photo: CMSA
The Tiangong space station will eventually comprised six modules. Photo: CMSA
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Xi urges ‘disruptive innovation’ to boost China amid US tech race

Chinese leader also calls for expanding country’s talent pool and fostering an innovation culture ‘open, inclusive and tolerant of failure’.

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Oxford AI star Song Yuhang returns to China, but why did he leave chip start-up?

Talented young scientist’s links with Beihang University raised in recent article but questions remained unanswered.

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Are US agents around Trump armed with Chinese red dot sights?

Apparent Holosun optic on security agent’s pistol in photo from correspondents’ dinner prompts US commenters to question Chinese link.

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Security officials react as a shooter opens fire at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, in Washington on April 25. Online commenters showed interest in the female agent’s drawn Glock pistol and what appeared to be a Holosun sight. Photo: Reuters
Security officials react as a shooter opens fire at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, in Washington on April 25. Online commenters showed interest in the female agent’s drawn Glock pistol and what appeared to be a Holosun sight. Photo: Reuters
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Gene study reveals unknown human migration into South America as late as 720AD

Scientists have discovered traces of a genetic signature associated with Indigenous Australasians dating from China’s Tang dynasty.

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Chinese scientists turn carbon dioxide into jet fuel as prices soar

Scientists use iron-based catalyst to overcome barriers in chemical process, bringing tech closer to industrial reality.

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China testing truck-mounted nuclear reactor that could power AI data centre

Leading scientist says prototype mobile ‘power bank’ could end ‘battery anxiety’ and generate up to 10MW of energy.

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The vehicle-mounted reactor can generate up to 10 megawatts of power. Photo: Handout
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China upgrades maritime rescue range and depth as ambitions on the seas expand

Body responsible for strategically sensitive South China Sea completes ‘formal transition’ after extensive deepwater training.

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The Nanhai Jiu 103, one of China’s most advanced search and rescue ships. Photo: Handout
The Nanhai Jiu 103, one of China’s most advanced search and rescue ships. Photo: Handout
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China’s thalassaemia jab raises hope for common inherited blood disorder

Original therapy integrating stem cell tech and gene editing could treat a blood disorder with 350 million carriers worldwide.

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Nobel laureate biochemist Hartmut Michel joins Jilin University in China

The 77-year-old has taken up a full-time role as a professor with one of the leading teaching hospitals in the country’s northeast.

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Chinese supercomputers help crack mystery of Yellowstone volcanic plumbing

Scientists who started research in the US make breakthrough after returning to China and gaining access to domestic computing power.

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The Steamboat Geyser erupts in Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming. Chinese scientists say Yellowstone’s magma channels were not blasted open by magma forcing its way upward, as long believed. Photo: Reuters
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