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16 October, 2024
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China’s new technology achieves ‘unprecedented’ rare earth production speed

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Conventional rare earth mining can have damaging environmental impacts, but a new method developed in China could be good news for the sector. Photo: Reuters/Stringer

Educated overseas: has it become a curse to China’s young jobseekers?

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Chinese graduates with foreign degrees are being excluded by many provinces in a civil service recruitment programme. Photo: AFP

China releases powerful electronic warfare weapon design software – for free

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Industrial software for designing electronic warfare weapons has been released for free by Chinese researchers. Photo: Shutterstock

China-born gene-editing star scientist Zhang Feng recognised with top US prize

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White House director of science and technology policy Arati Prabhakar (left) presents China-born MIT professor Zhang Feng with the National Medal of Technology and Innovation. Photo: Ryan K. Morris

China plans to build ‘Three Gorges dam in space’ to harness solar power

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A Long March-5 rocket is seen at the Wenchang Space Launch Centre in southern China. The much larger Long March-9, a reusable heavy-lift rocket, will be used to realise plans for the solar power station in space. Photo: Xinhua via AP
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Conventional rare earth mining can have damaging environmental impacts, but a new method developed in China could be good news for the sector. Photo: Reuters/Stringer
China technology

China’s new technology achieves ‘unprecedented’ rare earth production speed

A new method for mining rare earth metals that is better for the environment has been developed by Chinese scientists.

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Education

Educated overseas: has it become a curse to China’s young jobseekers?

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China's military weapons

China releases powerful electronic warfare weapon design software – for free

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China

China-born gene-editing star scientist Zhang Feng recognised with top US prize

CRISPR-Cas9 pioneer presented with National Medal of Technology and Innovation in White House awards ceremony.

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White House director of science and technology policy Arati Prabhakar (left) presents China-born MIT professor Zhang Feng with the National Medal of Technology and Innovation. Photo: Ryan K. Morris
Climate change

Scientists say 2024 was first year above 1.5 degrees of global warming

Earth records hottest year ever in 2024 and the jump was so big it breached a key threshold.

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China plans to build ‘Three Gorges dam in space’ to harness solar power

Chinese rocket scientist reveals blueprint for ‘incredible project’ to build solar power station in space using super heavy rockets.

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China’s Mars mission leaves US for space dust with Nasa at least 4 years behind

Samples collected by Perseverance rover not expected until at least 2035, four years behind Tianwen-3’s ‘grab-and-go’ timetable.

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The US space agency has revised its timeline to retrieve samples from Mars, putting it further behind Chinese plans to bring Martian rocks to Earth by 2031. Photo: Shutterstock
Fame and celebrity

16 new spiders have just been named after Jay Chou’s songs

In 2011, Taiwan’s astronomers named an asteroid after the Mandopop star – now, a scientist has brought us ‘Excuse spider’ and ‘Rainbow spider’.

Disease

Chinese doctors surprised by reports of HMPV surge, say flu is a bigger problem

International media reports have said hospitals are being ‘overwhelmed’ by cases, but medical staff say that is not the case.

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EVs: Geopolitics

New discoveries raise China’s lithium reserves to second largest in the world

Recent finds, including a massive deposit in Tibet, will help meet demand for metal, which is key for EV batteries and other technologies.

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Lithium is key component in electric car batteries. Photo: AFP
United States

Biomathematician Hu Yijuan is among Chinese scientists in continuing US exodus

The renowned biostatistician has left Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia for a full-time post with her prestigious alma mater in Beijing.

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Hu Yijuan, who graduated from Peking University in 2005, has left the US to continue her research in biostatistics at her alma mater in China. Photo: Sohu

Sudden death of top Chinese military drone scientist shocks industry

Drone expert and start-up founder Zhang Daibing, whose company developed unmanned firefighting tech, is dead at age 47.

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Australia

Scientists in Australia breed mosquitoes with ‘toxic’ semen to curb diseases

The ‘toxic male technique’ aims to breed male mosquitoes that kill disease-spreading females through the act of mating.

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China’s ancient tiny cat fossil could belong to the smallest feline ever found

The palm-sized animal was uncovered in Hualongdong cave, where scientists are studying the humans who lived there 30,000 years ago.

An artist’s impression of the tiny species leopard cat whose remains were uncovered in Anhui province, eastern China. Illustration: X/ @HodariNundu
Aerospace: Science

‘Gift from heaven’: China astronauts develop super niobium alloy for aerospace

An experiment conducted in space has helped Chinese scientists do the impossible – and it could revolutionise aerospace technology.

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China’s Tiangong space station was vital in conducting the experiments that led to the scientific breakthrough. Photo: CMSA
Wellness

Divisive study finds link between fluoride and childhood IQ loss

New report in JAMA Pediatrics combines data from 74 studies on fluoride exposure and children’s IQ.

China's military weapons

Chinese scientists build the most precise timing machine for electronic warfare

Researchers have created an atomic clock that can be taken into war zones, and it could change the future of military combat.

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China technology

China’s ‘high-speed rail for computers’ will boost AI development: scientists

The country’s optical fibre-based CENI network is operational and achieving zero packet loss with delays of less than 20 microseconds.

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China’s cutting-edge internet infrastructure is delivering a level of efficient and stable data transfer that will increase computer power and enhance development of artificial intelligence, a scientific conference has heard. Photo: Shutterstock
China and climate change

Chinese research ship starts country’s first survey of Bohai Sea’s winter ice

The icebreaker owned by Sun Yat-sen University is studying the impact of rapid environmental changes on the climate.

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Could lymph node surgery be the answer for treating Alzheimer’s disease?

A clinical trial in Chinese public hospitals is showing promise, but experts stress that further studies are needed.

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China's military weapons

China’s ‘metal storm’ weapon can fire millions of rounds per minute

A machine gun capable of firing bullets at a faster rate than the world has ever seen is being developed by Chinese scientists.

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Many scientists believe that China’s own version of the Metal Storm weapon could surpass the Western prototype from a decade ago. Photo: Weibo
China economy

World-leading China-trained maths talent is on the horizon: Shing-Tung Yau

The former Harvard professor says top researchers will attract more of their kind, creating a virtuous cycle.

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Shanghai will be the permanent home of the International Congress of Chinese Mathematicians. Photo: Xinhua via AP
China's space programme

Moon’s magnetic pull lasted much longer than thought: Chinese study

Lunar rocks collected by China’s Chang’e-5 mission reveal new details that may offer key insights into planetary habitability and evolution.

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China technology

New Year gala sings praises of China’s science and technology achievements

An end-of-year TV show in China has switched the usual singing and dancing for a look at the nation’s 2024 triumphs in innovation.

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US-China tech war

Ex-Dassault aerospace physicist leaves US for China to lead new energy research

Chen Hudong is a pioneer in the simulation of fluid dynamics, which has applications for defence and other hi-tech industries.

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Eminent computational physicist Chen Hudong has returned to China after more than 40 years in the US. Photo: Thepaper.cn
Medicine

Surgery via satellite: China conducts remote medical procedures in world first

Remote doctors have successfully operated on a series of patients using a Chinese satellite and surgical robot system.

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China said it has completed the world’s first satellite-based ultra-remote surgeries. Photo: CCTV
China’s military

Chinese war games system sees surprise US attack on PLA in South China Sea

When key details about a US stealth anti-ship missile were added to a war games simulation, the results were unexpected.

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FDA approves Chinese eye cancer treatment for development support in the US

Designation will ease the gene-based breakthrough’s transition from laboratory to clinic with tax breaks and other investment incentives.

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