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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

New details emerge in US probe of Chinese-American scientists over China ties

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Critics argue that investigations such as the China Initiative selectively and unfairly target scholars of Chinese descent by criminalising standard international academic partnerships. Photo: Shutterstock

China’s R&D spending grows by 8.2% as US seeks further funding cuts

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The corporate sector drove the bulk of China’s R&D investment in 2025, with enterprise spending accounting for over 77 per cent of the total. Photo: VCG via Getty Images

Sorry, Darwin: Chinese fossil shows that not all early birds evolved to fly

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Yuezhuornis yangyuanensis is the earliest known flightless bird. Illustration: Cheung Chung-tat

Pioneering heart stem cell expert Li Renke dies at a Chinese meeting aged 65

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Li Renke, a pioneer in cardiac regenerative medicine, has died aged 65. Photo: Handout

China is a beacon of global embryo research, says scientist after return from US

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Biologist Wu Jun, who recently left the United States to return to China, is setting up a laboratory at Westlake University and expects to be joined by dozens of doctoral and postdoctoral researchers. Photo: Handout
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Critics argue that investigations such as the China Initiative selectively and unfairly target scholars of Chinese descent by criminalising standard international academic partnerships. Photo: Shutterstock
US-China relations

New details emerge in US probe of Chinese-American scientists over China ties

House committee on China releases results of investigations into some 30 scientists as chairman pushes for stricter research security rules.

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Japan

China’s R&D spending grows by 8.2% as US seeks further funding cuts

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Mainland China

Sorry, Darwin: Chinese fossil shows that not all early birds evolved to fly

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Hong Kong

Pioneering heart stem cell expert Li Renke dies at a Chinese meeting aged 65

A memorial service will be held for the Chinese cardiovascular scientist who used engineering principles to treat heart conditions.

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Li Renke, a pioneer in cardiac regenerative medicine, has died aged 65. Photo: Handout
Mainland China

China is a beacon of global embryo research, says scientist after return from US

Wu Jun joins Hangzhou’s Westlake University to advance organ regeneration and AI-driven embryo research.

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Mainland China

China-led team hits 83% success rate anticipating earthquakes in study

Strong predictive potential shown as anomalous patterns verified against 12 major earthquakes in China between 2022 and 2024.

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Iran

Chinese scientists say they spotted possible Israeli electronic warfare units

PLA scientists publish algorithm used to estimate sources of GPS spoofing around Israel using flight data.

Researchers suggested that the patterns detected in target area 1 may have been an attempt to counter Iranian drones. Photo: AFP
Mainland China

China tests a Dune-like iron-harvesting crawler robot in the Taklamakan Desert

Device based on rare earth magnets traverses the sands to extract iron in real-world echo of Frank Herbert’s sci-fi classic.

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Mexico

Chinese team finds 11,700 new viruses in world’s biggest seabed metal deposit

Research into a marine area with vast metallic deposits uncovers a wealth of viral lineages and genetic resources.

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China's military weapons

China is working on a submarine tank that can operate underwater for 2 hours

Scientists’ concept includes module operating 50 metres (164 feet) under water for amphibious landing operations.

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Researchers from the Inner Mongolia First Machinery Group and the Beijing Institute of Technology are looking at how Chinese military equipment can rapidly transform to meet changing wartime demands. Photo: Shutterstock
Space

Nasa rover on Mars breaks record for off-planet driving

Perseverance surpasses Opportunity’s 45km milestone after 5½ years, with engineers aiming to top 100km.

A ‘selfie’ taken by Nasa’s Perseverance Mars rover. Photo: Nasa/JPL-Caltech/MSSS via Reuters
United States

China-US astronomy team may have found possible relic of a recent ‘gold factory’

Mystery glow seen in the Milky Way could be the result of a violent collision between two orbiting neutron stars, according to scientists.

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New Energy

New Energy | China bets on molten salt and CO2 to help meet power needs

Country needs stable electricity grid, less wastage as it uses more renewable energy. Molten salt energy storage and supercritical CO2 power generation can help.

Mainland China

Chinese desalination plant cuts 60% energy use, turns brine into industrial salt

Technology may help to solve the global problem of discharging concentrated by-products of drinking water production into the sea.

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Technicians inspect filters during a trial run at Tangshan Sanyou Blue Ocean Technology's brine pre-treatment facility. Photo: Science and Technology Daily
Mainland China

Leading Chinese mathematicians unite behind use of AI in research

Fields medallist Shing-Tung Yau, who is leading the project, warned that the country is lagging behind the US in using the technology.

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Shing-Tung Yau is spearheading the initiative. Photo: Handout
Hong Kong

China’s rich coastal cities to see sea-level rise 20% higher than global average

Even if global warming is limited to 1.5 degrees Celsius, scientists warn China’s densely populated coastline faces flooding this century.

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Hong Kong

Nanotechnology expert Antonio Facchetti joins HKUST from Georgia Tech

Facchetti, co-founder of a company that makes flexible transistors for displays, has joined the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.

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Robotics

China unveils smart robot designed to help farmers breed better strains of wheat

The prototype device was designed to use a ‘vast amount of breeder experience’ when assessing crops for their breeding potential.

The prototype robot designed by Shandong Agricultural University seen in operation in a video screenshot. Photo: Dazhong Daily
Hong Kong

New Taipei-Hong Kong subsea route opened to cut risk and meet AI demand

New path launched through underwater network to tackle recurring disruptions and surging data workloads, RETN says.

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Hong Kong

Russia lifts plague lab-related quarantine measures. Should China be relieved?

Moscow says the incident is over but questions remain among Chinese commenters and others on social media globally.

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Energy

China breakthrough unlocks low-cost, high-margin sustainable aviation fuel

Biomass-to-jet fuel conversion method could boost production and help meet global aviation industry’s net-zero carbon goals, researchers say.

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Sustainable aviation fuel could reduce life-cycle carbon emissions by about 80 per cent compared with standard jet fuel, and the International Civil Aviation Organization has a goal of net-zero emissions by 2050. Photo: Xinhua
US-China relations

Pentagon unveils US$350 million quantum computing push as China rivalry grows

New initiative aims to strengthen US military capabilities as Washington and Beijing compete for leadership in advanced technology.

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Microsoft’s Majorana 2 quantum computing chip. The company is among those selected for the latest stage of a Pentagon programme to test advanced quantum computing technologies. Photo: Reuters
Medicine

China team says all-in-one mini artificial pancreas is next-gen diabetes care

Smartphone-controlled prototype offers a patient-friendly design for automated insulin delivery.

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Mainland China

China’s thorium-229 nuclear clock beats Vienna’s on stability, studies show

Chinese and European teams in ‘fierce but friendly’ competition to develop the next-generation timepieces.

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Mainland China

India-born US citizen drives research into light at sanctioned Chinese school

At the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Arup Neogi’s team explores how light and sound interact.

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Arup Neogi's speciality is photonics, the study of generating, controlling and detecting light. Photo: Handout
SCMP Highlights

China’s missile lidar model; Singapore’s atomic clock: 7 science highlights

From China’s higher education reform to claims surrounding BeiDou’s satellite, here are some highlights from SCMP’s recent science reporting.

Recent computer modelling by Chinese researchers claims a theoretical laser-based sensor could detect stealth airframes out to 61.5km at night. Photo: Aero Weaponry
Mainland China

Climate change and farming gave rise to ‘genetically distinct’ swan goose: study

New population of the migratory waterbird has emerged in the Chinese capital over the past century, according to researchers.

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Robotics

Chinese team creates ‘lifelike’ hydrogel that changes shape for smart devices

Light-activated hydrogel that can evolve with living tissue may ultimately help make more flexible brain-computer interfaces and robots.

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