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Why Chinese space station is studying how gravity affects battery performance
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At US$1,455 per ounce, China’s e-waste gold recovery is world’s most efficient
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China sends 0.1-second blackout recovery tech to protect grids in 12 nations
8 Jan 2026 - 11:00AM
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China creates world’s first clone-hybrid rice that could double global output
7 Jan 2026 - 6:13PM
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China’s stealth design software PADJ-X finds potential flaws in US B-21 bomber
7 Jan 2026 - 12:00PM
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Why Chinese space station is studying how gravity affects battery performance
Project is led by the country’s second civilian astronaut working with researchers on the ground to look at ways to improve performance.
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Animals
Rare genius dogs learn vocabulary by eavesdropping, study shows
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At US$1,455 per ounce, China’s e-waste gold recovery is world’s most efficient
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Mainland China
China sends 0.1-second blackout recovery tech to protect grids in 12 nations
Grid protection technology enables faults to be isolated and restored within hundred-millisecond window, compared with hours previously.
8 Jan 2026 - 11:00AM
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Mainland China
China creates world’s first clone-hybrid rice that could double global output
Team developed 6 apomictic rice varieties tested over multiple generations in Hainan and Zhejiang provinces.
7 Jan 2026 - 6:13PM
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Mainland China
China’s stealth design software PADJ-X finds potential flaws in US B-21 bomber
Chinese researchers use ‘all-in-one’ algorithmic system to test for vulnerabilities in classified aircraft, paper says.
7 Jan 2026 - 12:00PM
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United States
China’s sensitive technology at risk after Trump abducts Venezuela leader Maduro
From oil infrastructure to telecommunications, Chinese investments in the country have been long-standing and extensive.
6 Jan 2026 - 5:31PM
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Kunming
Could there be a link between glucose levels in the brain and Alzheimer’s?
Mice with late-stage symptoms showed improvement in memory loss and reduced brain plaque after experimental treatment, Chinese study finds.
5 Jan 2026 - 5:00PM
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Mainland China
China fossil unveils cross-equator migration corridor in supercontinent Pangaea
Remains of a new dicynodont species dating back over 250 million years link China and South Africa, suggesting passage of large animals.
5 Jan 2026 - 12:00PM
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Mainland China
Nobel Prize jurist Thomas Mikael Oliveberg joins southern China medical school
Biophysicist leaves Stockholm University for full-time role at Guangxi Medical University’s First Affiliated Hospital.
4 Jan 2026 - 4:00PM
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Mainland China
China’s emission-free tech debunks Trump theory with 3-fold productivity boost
Revolutionary change to fossil fuel conversion process reduces carbon pollution to almost zero while tripling yield of high-value chemicals.
4 Jan 2026 - 2:52PM
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Mainland China
AI scientist Ling Haibin, father of first plant ID app, leaves US for China
Pioneering scientist takes up new position at Westlake University to seek ‘fresh exploration’ with greater freedom and inclusivity.
3 Jan 2026 - 8:00PM
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History
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We can now watch our own genes dance
Modern biology reveals a real miracle: how broken pieces of molecules evolved into a species that became conscious of its own genetic make-up.
3 Jan 2026 - 9:30AM
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Shanghai
China’s biopharma sector ‘in prime position to challenge US leadership’
American commission issues stark warning, as analytics firm Clarivate reports that Chinese innovative drug development has entered new phase.
3 Jan 2026 - 7:55AM
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Starlink
SpaceX will move 4,400 satellites to a lower orbit after China cited safety risk
Starlink’s Michael Nicolls declares ‘significant reconfiguration’ to be coordinated with regulators, other operators and US Space Command.
2 Jan 2026 - 8:00PM
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Mainland China
Could 2,000-year-old machine from tomb in China be earliest binary computer?
Silk-weaving loom dating to Western Han is world’s oldest known ‘computer hardware’ with corresponding ‘software’, China science body says.
2 Jan 2026 - 5:36PM
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Aerospace: Geopolitics
China warns satellites from Elon Musk’s Starlink are ‘safety and security’ risk
Beijing tells UN meeting of near misses involving SpaceX satellites and warns they are being used by criminals and terrorists.
1 Jan 2026 - 6:14PM
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Mainland China
China launches super-powered AI system to take on Trump’s Genesis Mission
The network, designed to run without human oversight, was launched a month after Trump outlined plans for an ‘AI Manhattan Project’.
1 Jan 2026 - 9:00AM
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Mainland China
Great Green Wall 2.0: China is geoengineering deserts with blue-green algae
Scientists aim to reclaim thousands of hectares of desert using cyanobacteria that can stabilise sand and create foundation for plant growth.
31 Dec 2025 - 7:46PM
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Space
2026 is a stellar year for supermoons and eclipses: what to look out for
The coming year is packed with cosmic events, from a ‘ring of fire’ eclipse to two six-planet line-ups to several supermoons.
31 Dec 2025 - 4:15PM
SCMP Highlights
How China cracked US ‘super code’, health benefits of lard: 7 science highlights
From China building world’s largest smart transformer to health benefits of lard, here are some highlights from SCMP’s recent science reporting.
31 Dec 2025 - 3:30PM
Mainland China
China builds a record-breaking hypergravity machine to compress space and time
CHIEF1900 will help to recreate catastrophic events such as dam failures and earthquakes inside a lab, university says.
31 Dec 2025 - 12:00PM
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Mainland China
China builds world-first crab-walking electric ICBM mobile launcher prototype
In less than two years, scientists have developed a technology that ‘fundamentally overturns’ conventional heavy-vehicle design.
31 Dec 2025 - 5:49PM
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Mainland China
China to power up world’s largest ‘super-cold air battery’ in the Gobi Desert
Facility runs for 10 hours straight and will produce 180 million kilowatt-hours of electricity a year, powering 30,000 homes.
29 Dec 2025 - 2:44PM
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Mainland China
Chinese 6G smart surface could allow stealth jets to use radar as a power source
The technology could help power future communications systems and shift the dynamics of electronic warfare, team says.
28 Dec 2025 - 6:00AM
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Japan
Chinese nuclear experts believe Japan could build nukes in less than 3 years
Late US statesman Henry Kissinger’s dire warning about Tokyo aiming to become a nuclear power by 2028 is being re-examined by Beijing.
27 Dec 2025 - 8:00PM
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Mainland China
A year after near total blackout, China builds world’s largest smart transformer
Chinese engineers’ powerful breakthrough could solve risks of renewable energy shock after low wind swing almost shut down the national grid.
27 Dec 2025 - 4:00PM
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Singapore
Top biotech scientist Chen Xiaoyuan denies harassment claim, says he will appeal
Professor is the subject of social media claims and counterclaims after NUS alleged his behaviour was ‘unsolicited and unwanted’.
26 Dec 2025 - 5:34PM
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