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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

Biomedicine | China thinks big on brain-computer interfaces

China thinks big on brain-computer interfaces after world-first surgery

Why climate extremes will not stop expansion of China’s nuclear power industry

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Falling river levels and rising water temperatures have disrupted nuclear power generation across Europe, but China’s industry is expected to be more resilient. Photo: EPA

China, Nepal built an early warning system for melting glaciers. Does it work?

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A satellite view of glaciers in Langtang, Nepal. Temperatures in the Himalayas are rising at more than twice the global average. Photo via Reuters

Chinese scientists discover that trees are producing ozone smog in Beijing

Beijing has an unusually high number of willows and poplars. Photo: Shutterstock

China launches world’s first 100kW bamboo-built floating solar farm

The floating solar platform, named Jilin-2, is made of composite bamboo tubes and pipes. Photo: QQ.com
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Canadian and American flags fly in Windsor, Ontario, in February 2025. Photo: TNS
Canada

Harvard and MIT scholars head to Canada, as Carney offers millions

48 researchers were poached from the US, where policy changes have left scientists feeling unsupported.

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Mainland China

Why climate extremes will not stop expansion of China’s nuclear power industry

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Tibet

China, Nepal built an early warning system for melting glaciers. Does it work?

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Mainland China

Chinese scientists discover that trees are producing ozone smog in Beijing

The city’s poplars and willows have been identified as the source of an unexpected spike in ozone levels during the heat of the summer.

Beijing has an unusually high number of willows and poplars. Photo: Shutterstock
Renewable energy

China launches world’s first 100kW bamboo-built floating solar farm

The experimental platform is part of a broader push to replace steel and plastic components with more environmentally friendly materials.

United States

Could the delay to China’s moon mission ease pressure on Nasa?

Postponement of ‘especially ambitious’ Chang’e-7 no surprise to space specialists, but the US agency will not be celebrating.

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Mainland China

No gym needed? Scientists in China develop self-exercising muscle grafts

The team says ‘myografts’ could provide health benefits to those who cannot exercise easily, such as bedridden people.

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Chinese scientists say myografts could provide the health benefits of exercise to patients with age-related conditions, and even help those who want to build muscle without hitting the gym. Photo: Shutterstock
SCMP Highlights

‘Smart’ diabetes probiotic; China’s missile AI tracker: 7 science highlights

From a proposed South China Sea robotic fortress to HIV cases at Wuhan port, here are some highlights from SCMP’s recent science reporting.

Spain

Ming dynasty work shows how Chinese understood the world in the 1600s

Scholar Zhang Huang set out to document heaven, Earth and humanity in vast compendium described as a ‘visual summary of Chinese culture’.

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Peru

China sends archaeologists to South America to trace ancestral links

Joint project with Peru will start with field surveys in the Caral zone, which is home to the oldest known urban centre in the Americas.

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The team will soon start work in the Caral archaeological zone in Peru’s Supe Valley. Photo: Shutterstock
Mainland China

Debate star and quantum physicist returns to China for long-term backing

Renmin University recruit aims to probe complex quantum matter using ultracold atomic sandbox with lasers.

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Guo Yanliang has returned to China to be an associate professor at Renmin University of China. Photo: Handout
Climate change

Hottest ocean temperature recorded as ‘super’ El Nino forms

Average surface waters reached 21.1 degrees Celsius, months ahead of when peak global ocean temperatures typically occur.

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South Africa

China boosts coal’s economic value 700% after turning it to liquids: report

The technology has taken years to develop domestically and is transforming the country’s long-defined energy structure.

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Hong Kong children

Letters | Why do the humanities not have awards like the Fields Medal or Nobel Prize?

Readers discuss the lack of recognition for outstanding scholarship in the humanities, the lure of toys to children, and elderly mental health.

Fields Medalists Deng Yu (first left) and Wang Hong (first right), both Chinese mathematicians, John Pardon (second left), an American mathematician, and Jacob Tsimerman, a Canadian mathematician, pose for a photograph at the opening ceremony of the 2026 International Congress of Mathematicians in Philadelphia, US, on July 23. Photo: Xinhua
Mainland China

China team brings X-ray vision to life with a compact high-speed ghost video cam

Tabletop imaging camera can capture ‘see-through’ medical videos of beating hearts using a lower radiation dose than traditional methods.

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China’s tabletop X-ray ghost imaging method could be used to capture dynamic objects such as rotating aircraft engines or biological movements like a beating heart. Photo: Shutterstock
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Your backyard could hold a rare earth fortune and this orange lichen is the clue

Chinese scientists discover link between lichen growth and potentially untapped rare-earth-bearing carbonates and mineral deposits.

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China puts off Chang’e-7 mission to drill for ice near lunar south pole

Historic mission expected as early as Monday has been postponed after safety and reliability assessment, China Manned Space Agency says.

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China builds world’s first custom plant immunity system for epidemic response

Tailored biological tools could enable crops to quickly develop immunity against emerging viruses, bacteria and fungi, researchers say.

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Chinese researchers say their programmable synthetic immune receptors can be introduced into plants to help them detect proteins made by specific bacteria, viruses and fungi, triggering an immune response. Photo: Xinhua
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Electrochemist Liu Jiawei moves from Singapore to Hong Kong to start her own lab

Liu says Singapore and Hong Kong share a high-standard research setting defined by diversity and connectivity to the West and mainland China.

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Mainland China

China’s drone production capacity can only meet 60% of war demand: study

A study reveals how Beijing could respond to a sudden war, while experts say private firms could be required to produce military gear.

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Mainland China

International students account for most HIV cases detected at Wuhan port: study

Inbound students made up over half of the 46 HIV cases found among nearly 40,000 tests, researchers say.

The paper's authors recommended “implementing targeted surveillance” for individuals travelling to China from high-HIV-prevalence areas. Photo: Shutterstock
Mainland China

International study finds solar panels in China could be harming birds

The researchers found a direct correlation between greater government support for solar and the loss of biodiversity.

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In their study, the researchers examined how China’s solar policies affected local bird biodiversity using data covering over 2,300 county-level divisions. Photo: AP
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Chinese stem cell therapy restores heart function in 90% of trial patients

Study finds patients injected with iPSC-derived heart muscle cells outperform control group on cardiac function tests after bypass surgery.

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Mainland China

China’s J-36 fighter jet designers report danger of military AI hallucinations

Content generated by artificial intelligence models can ‘defy basic physics, design principles or operational constraints’.

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LandSpace

China joins Musk’s SpaceX with reusable rocket breakthroughs

LandSpace’s success in landing a rocket, following CASC’s achievement last month, may help launch space missions more cheaply and more frequently.

LandSpace’s Zhuque-3 rocket takes off. Photo: CNS Photo via Reuters
Mainland China

Chinese coastguard proposes turning South China Sea isles into robotic fortress

Paper details autonomous defence system of air, sea and underwater drones to counter growing threat of uncrewed swarm attacks.

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Underwater drones, along with their aerial and surface counterparts, could be used to transform defences in the South China Sea. Photo: Reuters
SpaceX

China becomes first to recover orbital launch rockets with 2 distinct paths

Zhuque-3 reaches orbit and has its first stage recovered, pulling off a dual-track strategy even the US has yet to execute.

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Mainland China

Chinese doctors get double-thigh amputee to walk again in world first

After 20 months of recovery, the 51-year-old man is walking indoors with a frame, manages daily tasks and has regained lower leg sensation.

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