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Latest news on research and breakthroughs by Chinese scientists, as the country ramps up investment in science and innovation as part of its ambitions to become a world-leading power by 2035, and other developments worldwide.
LATEST China Science NEWS

Chinese missile AI tracks F-22, F-35-like heat signatures with over 90% accuracy

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The data set included three categories of airborne targets, including two types of aircraft mimicking the F-22 and F-35. Photo: US Department of Defence

Chinese ‘yeast factory’ boosts cancer drug production by 1,000 times

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Researchers have engineered brewer’s yeast to produce catharanthine – the direct precursor to the cancer treatment vinblastine. Photo: Getty Images/iStockphoto

Nearly 200-country study shows China’s belt and road cuts debt and corruption

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According to the study, better connectivity can reduce pressure from poverty, unemployment and inequality, particularly in developing countries. Photo: Xinhua

China is sending scientists to Iran for rare earth ‘exploration and processing’

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A display of rare earth elements at the National Museum in Beijing. China holds the largest reserves of the metals in the world. Photo: Reuters

China’s glueball ‘triumph’; SpaceX rocket debris on video: 7 science highlights

The Beijing Spectrometer III particle detector at the Beijing Electron Positron Collider in Beijing, where researchers have found the strongest evidence yet for the long-sought glueball. Photo: Handout
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China-Singapore relations

In Focus | Why Singapore scholarships are drawing China’s brightest STEM talent

City state’s scholarships for students from China form an early-stage talent pipeline into its highly skilled workforce, experts say.

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Mainland China

Chinese missile AI tracks F-22, F-35-like heat signatures with over 90% accuracy

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Mainland China

Chinese ‘yeast factory’ boosts cancer drug production by 1,000 times

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Indonesia

Nearly 200-country study shows China’s belt and road cuts debt and corruption

Data analysis spanning more than 20 years across 197 countries and regions challenges ‘debt trap diplomacy’ narrative.

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According to the study, better connectivity can reduce pressure from poverty, unemployment and inequality, particularly in developing countries. Photo: Xinhua
US-China relations

In Focus | Singapore and South Korea eye science opportunity as US-China ties shatter

New research hubs are emerging in other countries in response to Washington’s restrictions – but there are likely to be few winners overall.

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Iran

China is sending scientists to Iran for rare earth ‘exploration and processing’

Chinese and Iranian natural science foundations include the strategically sensitive metals in this year’s joint workshop programme.

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SCMP Highlights

China’s glueball ‘triumph’; SpaceX rocket debris on video: 7 science highlights

From China’s plan against desertification to nuking a ‘doomsday asteroid’, here are some highlights from SCMP’s recent science reporting.

The Beijing Spectrometer III particle detector at the Beijing Electron Positron Collider in Beijing, where researchers have found the strongest evidence yet for the long-sought glueball. Photo: Handout
Food and agriculture

Fruit fusion: how will the market react to China’s lychee-longan creation?

Described as tender and crisp, Cuimi delivers about double the yield compared with Shixia longan, say developers.

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Environment

Beijing’s tree die-off shows hidden risks of rapid underground water recovery

Thousands of trees die in Jinzhandian Park, a lush flood-storage wetland, amid exceptionally wet and rainy summer.

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Mainland China

China’s hypersonic weapons can be guided by the stars if GPS fails: report

Guangdong researchers build prototype star sensor after developing a way to accurately predict how starlight bends at extreme speeds.

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Before the age of electronic instruments, sailors steered by the North Star. Image: Shutterstock
United States

China says US tried to buy its super magnet that has ‘40% higher’ performance

America’s Brookhaven lab once ‘monopolised’ the specialist technology, but China says it is now ’winning’ in that field.

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The magnets were used to upgrade the Beijing Electron-Positron Collider. Photo: IHEP
Mainland China

Tougher than armour, hard as diamond: China’s unbreakable crystal breakthrough

Scientists use carbon nanotubes to build an internal support structure that overcomes the brittle glasslike nature of diamonds.

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Mainland China

2,300-year-old wine found near Great Wall ruin reveals ancient brewing secrets

Archaeologists uncover 3.7 litres of well-preserved liquid in a Qin cemetery, confirming the use of millet-based brewing near the frontier.

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Mainland China

Chinese researchers use microbubbles to shrink aggressive liver tumours: paper

Cancer patients who received the experimental treatment in combination with standard therapies saw improvement, study finds.

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Research has indicated that the movement of microbubbles in the bloodstream can enhance conventional treatments of advanced liver cancer. Photo: Shutterstock
Mainland China

China enables free access to DNA-screening AI tool to help fight rare diseases

The team hopes the open-source AI framework will help decode rare diseases and provide equitable access to precision medicine.

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A technician works at a genetic testing laboratory of BGI, formerly known as Beijing Genomics Institute, in Kunming, Yunnan province. Photo: China Out/Reuters
Mainland China

China using AI facial recognition to track fish in Tibet’s largest river

Round-the-clock tracking system helps to identify and monitor species travelling through a dam fishway on the Yarlung Tsangpo River.

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Archaeology and palaeontology

Why were there no teeny-tiny dinosaurs like we have with mammals and birds?

New research investigates why there were never any dinosaurs the size of, say, a mouse, and it seems like mammals could be to blame.

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United States

US and Israeli physicists hail China’s glueball discovery as a ‘triumph’

Global experts praise team for solving 50-year-old puzzle, while Chinese social media buzzes with Nobel Prize predictions.

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The Beijing Spectrometer III particle detector at the Beijing Electron Positron Collider in Beijing, where researchers have found the strongest evidence yet for the long-sought glueball. Photo: Handout
Brazil

What is a glueball? Chinese-led team finds rare particle made entirely of force

After 15 years of research, scientists discover definitive evidence of glueballs using the Beijing Electron Positron Collider II.

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Mainland China

China’s lunar research station could be guarded by robot watchdogs: scientists

Custom-designed machines could identify hazards on the moon and help astronauts collect rock samples, source water ice, researchers say.

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Mainland China

Chinese scientists find some Yangtze flood controls may do more harm than good

By compressing rivers and stripping away natural defences, human engineering may be worsening flood impacts, prompting a global rethink.

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An aerial view of a partially submerged temple in in Ezhou, Hebei after the Yangtze River flooded. Photo: AFP/China OUT
Mainland China

Chinese breakthrough paves way for production of graphene-based quantum chips

Researchers overcome instability problem of a rare form of the material long prized for its remarkable properties.

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A simple change to the stacking arrangement of graphene layers gives rise to remarkable properties. Photo: Shutterstock
Mainland China

China plans to increase mine output in world’s largest rare earth deposit by 50%

Chinese mining company to invest US$74 million in Bayan Obo in Inner Mongolia, expanding its output from 10 million to 15 million tonnes.

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United States

Chinese satellite captures video of SpaceX rocket debris crashing into the moon

Gande-1 01 is China’s first space debris monitoring satellite and the lead unit in a planned 120-satellite monitoring constellation.

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Mainland China

Chinese AI robot delivers needle-free pig vaccinations with 93% accuracy

Beijing researchers combine artificial intelligence and a six-axis robotic arm to automate swine vaccinations.

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A team led by Li Bin of the Intelligent Equipment Research Centre of the Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences uses tracking, AI and a robotic arm to deliver vaccines to farmed pigs. Photo: Handout
Xinjiang

China’s ambitious plan to conquer desertification has unlikely ally – the sun

Desert regions are being transformed into clean energy hubs that also halt deserts and create habitats for wildlife.

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China’s goal is for large-scale clean energy projects in its arid regions to reach an installed capacity of 455GW by 2030. Photo: Xinhua
Singapore

Former NTU vice-president K. Jimmy Hsia leaves Singapore for new Chinese institute

AAAS fellow who held senior roles at University of Illinois and Carnegie Mellon brings decades of cross-disciplinary leadership.

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Space

New images of the sun show strange patterns rippling on surface

Using a telescope in Hawaii, scientists have taken the highest resolution photos ever made of the outer solar shell.

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