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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

China launches plan for 3D satellite chain to monitor sun and cosmic explosions

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The network will be set up to cover the vast area between the Earth and the moon. Photo: Shutterstock

Chinese-German team builds ultra-sensitive ‘floating compass’ to hunt dark matter

The Levitated Magnet Magnetometer, or LeMaMa, functions like a compass with a needle that floats in mid-air with virtually no friction. Photo: Handout

War on Earth could spill over to the moon, Chinese space scientists warn

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Vehicles in cislunar space, the vast orbital area between the Earth and the moon, can follow far more complex paths under the gravitational pull of both bodies compared to satellites orbiting relatively close to Earth. Photo: Getty Images

Chinese team extracts uranium from seawater at 8 times the US target rate

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The world’s oceans are estimated to hold 4.5 billion tonnes of uranium, but getting at it is extremely difficult. Photo: Shutterstock

2,000-year-old Roman concrete may offer clues on how Pyramid of Giza was built

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Hadrian’s Villa, also known as Villa Adriana, in Tivoli, Italy, was built in the 2nd century AD for the Roman emperor Hadrian and is a world heritage site. Photo: Istituto Villa Adriana e Villa d’Este
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The network will be set up to cover the vast area between the Earth and the moon. Photo: Shutterstock
Space

China launches plan for 3D satellite chain to monitor sun and cosmic explosions

The project will involve partners from at least five other countries as they track the development of space weather.

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Peking University

Chinese-German team builds ultra-sensitive ‘floating compass’ to hunt dark matter

Mainland China

War on Earth could spill over to the moon, Chinese space scientists warn

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US-China tech war

Opinion | What Sputnik couldn’t do to American science, Beijing has

The US’ new tech strategy shows Washington is adopting the core lesson of China’s rise: tech leadership is a national security imperative.

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Mainland China

Chinese team extracts uranium from seawater at 8 times the US target rate

Researchers developed a material that they say opens up a ‘novel approach’ to recover the nuclear fuel from the world’s oceans.

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Egypt

2,000-year-old Roman concrete may offer clues on how Pyramid of Giza was built

Insights into how the ancient concrete grows denser could help create a low-carbon modern version and explain how the Great Pyramid endured.

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Energy

New Energy | China’s solar, wind innovations amid rapid green power buildout

Chinese firms seek cheaper, more reliable renewable power as the government targets increasing its contribution to the national energy mix.

China’s solar, wind innovations amid rapid green power buildout

Wilczek’s Multiverse | Cats and mind-full mechanics: what happens when quantum physics meets the brain

Legendary experiments in ‘cat-turning’ from the 1850s can teach us about will, control and goal-seeking behaviour.

US immigration

Scientists studying cockroach milk and nose-blowing win Ig Nobel prizes

The event was moved to Europe after 35 years in the US, with organisers fearing it has become ‘unsafe’ for their guests to visit the country.

Space

Mercury-bound spacecraft on home stretch of nearly decade-long voyage

The BepiColombo successfully separated from the mother ship and will head for the planet’s orbit.

The BepiColombo spacecraft is depicted flying by Mercury in an artist’s impression issued in October 2021. Image: ESA via EPA-EFE
SpaceX

China-Singapore cybersecurity team says it hacked into latest Starlink terminal

Darknavy gains full administrative control over SpaceX’s user terminal allowing research into the system’s security programmes.

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A China-Singapore cybersecurity team says it successfully compromised the latest Starlink user terminals. Starlink is a division of Space X, which was founded by Elon Musk. Photo: Reuters
Mainland China

China’s rare earth cerium drug can kill gout pains once and for all: scientists

Nanoparticle ‘sweeper’ drug eases joint inflammation and cartilage damage from the painful form of inflammatory arthritis in rat trials.

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China’s crackdowns

China in largest academic misconduct crackdown after ‘Student Geng’ scrutiny

NSFC names more than 40 researchers at 31 institutions in its biggest disclosure to date, following blogger’s allegations in April.

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Mainland China

Chinese team may have cracked secret to crossbreeding Asian and African rice

Scientists identified three genes that make it hard to combine the two varieties – and also highlighted a possible solution.

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China has invested heavily in the development of new varities of rice and other crops. Photo: Shutterstock
United States

China’s 2026 moon laser communication speed is slower than Nasa’s in 2013

Data rates during two-way laser link between Earth and the moon were well behind US experiment over a decade ago.

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A Chinese team used telescopes in Yunnan province and an experimental satellite for the project. Photo: CCTV
2026 China-Nepal flash floods

China-Nepal floods: first research shows no one could have outrun debris flow

First Chinese study of the disaster shows debris reached speeds of 19 metres per second when it struck a border crossing in Tibet.

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United States

Starship could create more debris than an anti-satellite test if it explodes in orbit

As SpaceX prepares for a test of the world’s largest and most powerful rocket, experts note the risk of an in-flight incident.

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Sweden

Swedish chip expert Henry Homayoun Radamson dies in China of ‘sudden illness’

Sudden death of Guangdong-based researcher, who specialised in the medical use of technology, leaves a ‘profound void’.

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Henry Homayoun Radamson died of a “sudden illness” in Shanghai last month. Photo: Handout
Mainland China

Chinese script evolved like a living organism driven by natural selection: study

Research shows a small set of high-frequency building blocks shaped the writing system through a principle of economy.

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Taiwan

Chip expert Chen Ye joins China’s Zhejiang University – as it overtakes Harvard

Semiconductor expert appointed Qiushi Distinguished Professor at university named world’s top academic institution by the Nature Index.

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United States

Chinese map of South China Sea floor has ‘twice the resolution’ of Western ones

More than two decades of effort sees Chinese researchers develop maps of ocean terrain up to five times more accurate than global models.

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Chinese researchers have developed maps of ocean terrain in claimed waters including the South China Sea, using methods up to five times more accurate than global models. Photo: Shutterstock
Mainland China

Arthritis drug restores 100% hair on 1 in 5 alopecia patients in global trial

Tests at hospitals in the US, Europe and China discover medication can help to reverse hair loss caused by the autoimmune disease.

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Alopecia areata is an autoimmune disease, where the body’s own immune system mistakenly attacks hair follicles. Photo: Shutterstock
Mainland China

Human-wildlife clashes on the rise in China’s Giant Panda National Park

Farmers on the giant nature reserve report rising concerns over damage to crops and livestock as well as attacks from wild animals.

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Mainland China

Chinese coastguard has 0.3% chance of using weapons in disputed waters: study

Researchers create AI framework to read unknown vessels’ intentions by identifying them as ‘hostile’ or ‘harmless’ to assess risks at sea.

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Mainland China

The ‘Asian water tower’ is starting to wobble, computer simulations show

The Tibetan Plateau is losing stability, a study suggests, as a catastrophic flash flood hit on the Nepal-China border.

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Mud from the flash flood covers properties at Trishuli in Nuwakot district, Nepal, on Wednesday. Photo: Reuters
Nepal

China’s radar satellites capture sharp images of glacier collapse site in Nepal

Swift commercial response highlights how Chinese space surveillance capabilities are expanding beyond military and government circles.

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Optical images of Gyirong Port before Wednesday’s disaster, as captured by the Dongpo-11 satellite on July 23. Photo: Beijing Minospace Technology
United States

Gong Zizheng, who led China’s planetary defence project, dies at 61

Described as warm, generous, unassuming and deeply devoted to his work, Gong was a pioneer of space debris research.

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Nepal

How the Nepal flash flood unleashed a wave of anti-China misinformation

Scientists still don’t know what caused the glacier collapse but that hasn’t stopped a torrent of claims about Chinese construction.

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