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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.
The turbine has an outer diameter of more than 6 metres and features 21 water buckets. Photo: Handout
Tibet

China’s 500-megawatt turbine in Tibet marks hydropower breakthrough

With two of the turbines, Datang Zala Hydropower Station will generate as much power as burning 1.3 million tonnes of coal every year.

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Space

Giant object from deep space spotted blazing through our solar system

Dongguan

Communication expert Julian Cheng leaves Canada career for China university

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US-China relations

China boosts tech outreach to Global South as US collaboration dips: analysts

Washington is said to be missing out on ‘big’ opportunities while Beijing reaches agreements with ‘dozens and dozens of countries’.

The US now maintains dozens of bilateral science and technology pacts, according to the State Department. Photo: Shutterstock
Scientists

Family of China-born neuroscientist Jane Wu files death-related civil complaint

Court filing accuses Northwestern University of discriminating and isolating actions that became a ‘decisive factor’ in her fatal decision.

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Russia

China’s Tianwen-2 returns Earth, moon images as ‘lunar cave’ robot tests continue

Asteroid-sampling probe took images day after launch, China’s space agency says, as eight universities carry out mock lunar terrain tests.

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China’s carbon neutral goal

Chinese scientists uncover coal power’s dirty secret in satellite data study

Underestimated carbon emissions caused by outdated databases and other problems could be improved with high-precision mapping method.

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China’s Tuoketuo plant is the world’s largest coal-powered power station. Photo: Handout

How does long-term exercise slow ageing? Chinese scientists have an answer

Chinese study finds naturally occurring compound produced during exercise prevents inflammation and ageing of organs.

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United States

Age-related hearing loss linked to protein deficiency, study finds

Researchers from China and US found that a drug commonly used to treat diabetes slowed down progression of hearing loss in macaques.

Environment

China steps up deep-sea science role with UN-backed oceans exploration project

Ocean Decade endorsement for Chinese-led initiative ‘reflects’ increasing leadership role in specialised marine field.

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The Chinese-led Global Hadal Exploration Programme has received official approval from the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development 2021-2030. Photo: X/ChinaScience
Japan

Sound advice: why EVs make you queasy – and a fix-it hack that’s easy

After Chinese scientists pinpoint causes of EV motion sickness, Japanese researchers say a simple sound therapy may be the answer.

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People walk past Tesla electric vehicles at the carmaker’s delivery centre in Beijing in January. Unique EV features like regenerative braking systems can induce motion sickness, according to researchers. Photo: Reuters
Scientists

Trailblazing mathematician Yitang Zhang leaves US for job at Chinese university

Zhang, known for his pioneering work on prime numbers, has been appointed to Sun Yat-sen University’s new research centre in Hong Kong.

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Artificial intelligence

Why is China building AI centres on the roof of the world?

Yajiang-1 centre extends China’s Eastern Data, Western Computing plan into Tibet with an eye to creating high-altitude digital economies.

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United States

Can China’s brain tech make Elon’s Neuralink open-skull surgery out of date?

Chinese researchers conduct world-first human trial of brain-computer interface operation allowing paralysed patient to move his limbs.

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A Nankai University team has helped a paralysed patient regain limb movement with what it says is the world’s first human trial of a brain-computer interface (BCI) implanted via blood vessels. Illustration: TNS
China technology

Mammals could regenerate tissue by turning on ‘genetic switch’: Chinese team

Scientists studying ability of mice to regenerate ear damage say therapies based on retinoic acid might work across various tissue types.

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Chinese scientists studying regeneration say a mouse’s failure to regenerate stems from an inability to produce sufficient retinoic acid, a derivative of vitamin A. Photo: Shutterstock
South China Sea

Chinese team deploys new all-in-one research buoy in the South China Sea

Floating platform can monitor both atmospheric and oceanic changes and is designed to withstand extreme conditions like typhoon-force winds.

Shenzhen

Digital embryo gives China a powerful tool to decode secret of life: scientists

The world-first scientific breakthrough will enhance understanding of disease development, organ regeneration and cancer treatment.

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Mainland China

New Dawn: Pan Jianwei reveals high-orbit quantum satellite for global network

China’s ‘father of quantum’ tells German conference that project has laid groundwork to potentially redefine international basic unit of time.

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Leading Chinese physicist Pan Jianwei says China’s Dawn high-orbit quantum communication satellite will carry an optical atomic clock and be a new platform for quantum metrology research. Photo: Soho/星空军事
Mainland China

Chinese scientists develop gene-editing tool to target incurable diseases

Mitochondrial DNA base editors could lead to gene therapies for serious conditions that currently lack curative therapies, team says.

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China technology

China’s Feitian 2 hypersonic vehicle shows critical capabilities in test flight

University subject to US sanctions says test flight proved key capabilities, such as autonomous flight with variable angle of attack.

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Canada

Maths star Joshua Zahl leaves Canada for China after solving century-old puzzle

The maths luminary is joining Nankai University as a full-time chair professor, months after publishing findings hailed as ‘magical’.

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Mathematician Joshua Zahl is a winner of the 2024 ICBS Frontiers of Science Award in Mathematics and the 2023 PIMS/UBC Mathematical Sciences Early Career Award. Photo: Handout
Business of climate change

China-led study proposes global green-energy network to solve power crisis

Researchers evaluate global solar-wind potential to develop a phased pathway to a fully coordinated system by the 2050s.

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China’s technological capabilities are likely to shape a global energy system, according to scientists studying the possibilities and logistics of a global network. Photo: AFP

How the dance of death stars puts a new spin on the way suns are born

Chinese researchers examining European data find freshly formed stars rotate much faster than their predecessors.

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Drones

Chinese team details drone plan to capture Martian samples and avoid bio risks

Robotic arm and claw on Tianwen-3 uncrewed helicopter will retrieve larger rocks that may contain signs of life for study on Earth from 2031.

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AI: Science

AI poses ‘existential risk’ if out of control, Chinese computer scientist warns

AI beginning to ‘cross boundaries’ and becoming increasingly dangerous, Tsinghua College of AI dean Andrew Yao cautions.

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China has been pushing to tighten AI oversight, including new regulations taking effect later this year that require AI-generated content to be clearly identified. Photo: Shutterstock
Quantum computing

China can’t buy Nvidia’s RTX 4090. Now its optical chip is twice as fast

‘Optical computing … can meet AI’s ever-growing computational demands and unleash a wave of new applications’: Professor Xie Peng.

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Chinese researchers say they have developed the world’s first highly parallel optical computing integrated chip, named “Meteor-1”. Photo: Handout
Mainland China

Chinese scientists catch cosmic rays meddling in quantum computer operation

Study finds direct link between correlated errors in multiple qubits and the activity of subatomic particles and gamma rays.

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Medicine

The unsung spleen may play a big role in fighting diabetes: Chinese scientists

Researchers say nanoparticles could help engineer the spleen – a more promising long-term survival site than the liver – into a transplant hub.

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