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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.
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Could China make a sea-skimming hypersonic missile a real nightmare for the US?

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China has deployed various hypersonic weapons, but these systems rely on high-altitude boost-glide trajectories or high-altitude cruise flight. Photo: CAS

The Chinese scientists hoping to use a space solar plant to power the world

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The technical hurdles and financial costs of beaming electricity from space to Earth are staggering, the project's chief says. Credit: Xidian University

Chinese scientists create record-smashing brain implant electrode array

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In animal trials, a new flexible brain implant successfully recorded neural activity with unprecedented long-term clarity and remained safely functional inside the body for 18 months. Photo: Shutterstock

China mulls controlling world’s largest high-speed rail network from space

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Chinese rescuers work around the wreckage of train cars in Wenzhou in east China’s Zhejiang province on Sunday, July 24, 2011, after a bullet train crashed into another high-speed train, killing 40 people. Photo: AP/Color China Photo/China Out

Nvidia, Apple HQs caught on camera; Nasa’s Artemis flaws: 7 science highlights

A satellite image of Nvidia’s headquarters in Santa Clara, California was among the photos released on Monday. Photo: Changguang Satellite
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The I Ching contains 64 hexagrams, where solid and divided lines represent the cosmic principles of yang and yin respectively. Photo: Shutterstock
Chinese culture

As I see it | What the I Ching is really about

While it may depart from scientific axioms, readers can glean much about their circumstances by consulting the Book of Changes.

Mainland China

Could China make a sea-skimming hypersonic missile a real nightmare for the US?

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United States

The Chinese scientists hoping to use a space solar plant to power the world

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Chinese scientists create record-smashing brain implant electrode array

Breakthrough recorded neural activity with high clarity and remained safely functional for 18 months without a drop in performance.

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In animal trials, a new flexible brain implant successfully recorded neural activity with unprecedented long-term clarity and remained safely functional inside the body for 18 months. Photo: Shutterstock
Archaeology and palaeontology

Our ancient enemy: scientists discover oldest-known plague outbreak

Ancient DNA from Siberian burials reveals prehistoric outbreaks struck hunter-gatherers long before the Black Death.

Mainland China

China mulls controlling world’s largest high-speed rail network from space

Study shows low-orbit satellites might avoid another Wenzhou disaster but reveals how hackers could deliberately crash speeding trains.

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Timepieces

Why tantalum is the ‘final boss’ of watchmaking materials

Notoriously difficult to work with, the blue-grey metal is nevertheless appealing to independent horologists like H. Moser & Cie, Atelier Wen, Fleming and Ming.

Atelier Wen Inflection with fumé enamel green dial and hand-hammered silver dial base. Photo: Handout
SCMP Highlights

Nvidia, Apple HQs caught on camera; Nasa’s Artemis flaws: 7 science highlights

From a Chinese firm releasing images of Nvidia and Apple HQs to SpaceX’s IPO, here are some highlights from SCMP’s recent science reporting.

United States

Why a Chinese study on subsea supercurrents is alarming global tech networks

A team led by Tsinghua University says it has built a framework that could better predict and manage these powerful flows.

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Mainland China

Military stealth coating sold as cheap house paint? China might do it

New microwave-absorbing material points to more affordable mass production, as reports of commercial ‘stealth paint’ spark debate.

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A Shenzhen-based defence tech firm is selling radar-absorbing coatings for drones. Photo: Defence Blog
Mainland China

Could a diamond wafer as wide as a basketball be China’s trump card in AI race?

From wedding gems to supercomputers, China’s giant synthetic diamonds may reshape the global computing competition.

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Newlyweds at Harbin Institute of Technology were presented with synthetic diamonds that are also about to transform AI development. Photo: HIT
The Philippines

Did volcanic eruptions ruin China’s Ming dynasty and undermine the Qing?

New study upends conventional thinking that has blamed Ming’s fall on eunuch dictatorship, factionalism, peasant uprising and rise of Manchus.

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Mainland China

The waste-to-sand plant that could pave the way for China’s zero waste coal goal

A project in the coal-rich north is turning the tough solids of gangue into construction-grade aggregates and other high-value materials.

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Mainland China

Chinese materials scientist Pei Qibing takes up new post in Macau

The artificial muscles and skin specialist from UCLA will head a physics and engineering institute.

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Pei Qibing is taking on a new role at the University of Macau. Photo: Handout
Aerospace: Science

Why SpaceX may not be a model for Chinese companies to copy

A leading economist argued the country’s space industry could take a ‘big leap forward’ by building up its satellite infrastructure.

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SpaceX employees celebrate the firm’s record-breaking IPO in New York on Friday. Photo: AFP
United States

Chinese team flags life-threatening weakness in Nasa’s Artemis programme

Researchers say China’s lunar lander has three backup engines, unlike US design which relies on one main power source.

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Mainland China

Chinese team builds first commercial ‘3-lane highway’ in optical fibre

Newly activated system allows substantially more data to travel through existing infrastructure.

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United States

PLA scientists propose a plan to destroy US carrier groups from 3,000km away

China’s military proposes a strategy to attack out-of-reach American military assets as distance becomes a shield.

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Aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) moored pier side at Naval Base Guam in Micronesia. The US military has quietly pulled its most precious military assets away from Asian coasts, beyond the reach of most conventional missiles. Photo: US Navy/AFP
United States

China’s Zhejiang University tops Harvard in Nature Index world academic rankings

Mainland institutions dominate in 2026, accounting for nine of top 10 in list based on research output in high-quality academic publications.

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United States

US-China vaginal microbiome differences challenge broad-spectrum solutions

Findings underscore need for localised medical treatments rather than standardised care drawing on data largely from Western populations.

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United States

Exclusive | Deep-sea cable cutting can be a weapon of deterrence, RETN CEO says

Global internet service provider says the true threat of subsea cable cutting tech is its psychological power rather than sabotage.

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China and the US were notably absent from a list of 17 Asian and European countries calling for collaboration on defence strategies to protect vulnerable submarine cables during conflicts. Photo: Shutterstock Images
Australia

For 5 million years, whales have come to this place in the Indian Ocean to die

Graveyard discovered by Chinese team is Earth’s deepest and most extensive for whale fossils, carcasses and the ecosystems they support.

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A scientific team from China discovered the deepest and most extensive whale graveyard in the depths of the Diamantina Trench. Photo: Handout
Mainland China

China launches new satellite to test high-speed communication tech

Long March 5 rocket’s lift-off marks pivotal step in validating technologies for next-generation orbital connectivity speeds and reliability.

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Mainland China

Don’t panic if you see a snake on a Chinese power line. It might be a robot

In Kunming, robot dogs are also being deployed to ensure the energy supply during the high-stakes college entrance exams.

Shanghai

Starlink rival Qianfan hits satellite milestone, but is it too slow and costly?

Constellation now has 201 satellites in orbit but the company is said to be under pressure to ramp up launches.

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A Long March-12B Y1 rocket blasts off from the Dongfeng Commercial Space Innovation Pilot Zone on June 1, carrying satellites for the Qianfan constellation. Photo: Xinhua
Archaeology and palaeontology

Scientists find woolly mammoth DNA while digging through squirrel poo

A treasure trove of ancient genetic material was stashed away by the rodents before being ‘frozen in time’ by permafrost.

Squirrels pack their burrows with nuts, seeds, leaves, bones, fur and anything else they can find. Photo illustration: dpa
Russia

China delivers first samples collected from far side of the moon to Russia

The rocks were collected during the Chang’e-6 mission and the handover is the first time foreign scientists will have a chance to study them.

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Japan

China’s rail gun milestone: guided projectile prototype passes real firing test

Breakthrough as a delicate silicon shell fitted with a guidance chip is shot from an electromagnetic rail gun, survives and records the ride.

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