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Experts estimate Israel has a nuclear arsenal of 90 warheads, though its plutonium stores could theoretically fuel double that amount. Photo: Getty Images.
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Israel’s 90 nuclear warheads make any strike on Iran ‘really dangerous’: expert

Policy head of Nobel Peace Prize-winning group sounds alarm over possible intentional or accidental use of weapons.

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Chinese firm claims it intercepted B-2 radio signal during US strike on Iran

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Award-winning memory chip expert leaves US for job at Chinese semiconductor firm

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Iran war shows US defence gaps; professor returns to China: 7 science highlights

From creating a bamboo-winged drone to efforts in “taming” typhoons, here are some highlights from SCMP’s recent science reporting.

Missile debris falls after Israeli air defence systems launched interceptor missiles over Tel Aviv, Israel on Sunday. Photo: Xinhua
Missile debris falls after Israeli air defence systems launched interceptor missiles over Tel Aviv, Israel on Sunday. Photo: Xinhua
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China’s 2030 moon landing: scientists suggest a site long on Nasa’s radar

Research team cites abundant mare basalts, river-like valleys formed from surface lava flows and deposits of volcanic materials.

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China can’t buy Elon Musk’s theory on space-based AI centres: experts

Beijing urged to focus on installing computing system in orbit to analyse data from satellites making information gathering more effective.

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China’s award-winning mathematician Wan Daqing leaves California for Chongqing

Amid fierce competition among Chinese universities, the former child prodigy has returned to his hometown for his new role.

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Wan Daqing, winner of China’s highest mathematics prize, returned to China to take up his new role in December. Photo: Handout
Wan Daqing, winner of China’s highest mathematics prize, returned to China to take up his new role in December. Photo: Handout
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Unbreakable encryption on the cards thanks to this Chinese team’s discovery

Chinese innovation can pave the way for sharper medical imaging, unbreakable encryption and next-gen sensors.

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What is the moon’s far side made of? Chinese scientists use AI to crack mystery

Findings add to a growing body of insights from China’s historic Chang’e-6 mission to the lunar far side in 2024.

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Rising star chip scientist Jiang Jianfeng leaves MIT for Peking University

Jiang returns to China to advance information technology by creating smaller, faster and more energy-efficient computer chips.

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Jiang Jianfeng says the decision to return to his home country is a “natural choice”. Photo: Handout
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China and Uruguay team up on science to target cancer, pests and robotics

The two countries look for new potential in a relationship built on trade in agricultural products.

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The development signals a step forward in ties between China and the South American country, as their relations over the last decade have largely centred on trade. Photo: Shutterstock
The development signals a step forward in ties between China and the South American country, as their relations over the last decade have largely centred on trade. Photo: Shutterstock
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China’s 15th 5-year plan maps bold push for AI, fusion and frontier science

Beijing’s sweeping 2026-2030 plan lays out blueprint for navigating a complex and turbulent international environment.

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Could Iran war confirm China’s prediction on US military’s hypersonic nightmare?

Footage shows Iranian missiles breaching Israeli, US defences and striking military targets, indicating poor hypersonic weapon interception.

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China plans to fire up world’s first accelerator-driven nuclear reactor

Device deemed to burn uranium 100 times more efficiently, while cutting nuclear waste lifespan to less than a thousandth of current span.

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Chinese state media says the China Initiative Accelerator Driven System could turn nuclear power into a “green, safe, stable energy source for 1,000 years”. Image: Shutterstock
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China boosts science budget: is it listening to everything Elon Musk says?

Beijing says greater allocation reflects importance of science and tech self-reliance in driving China’s economy and its rivalry with the US.

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Beijing’s draft budget announcement shows it is positioning frontiers such as satellite internet as China’s future industries. Photo: Xinhua
Beijing’s draft budget announcement shows it is positioning frontiers such as satellite internet as China’s future industries. Photo: Xinhua
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Why China’s anti-corruption push in academia is key to its science and tech aims

Ahead of country’s annual ‘two sessions’ meetings, scientists urge more institutionalised and effective mechanisms to curb abuses of power.

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‘Two sessions’, two paths: China prioritises AI integration amid US tech rivalry

Beijing’s open-source push in focus ahead of annual legislative meeting and coming five-year plan, as Washington chooses different approach.

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China team’s space laser breakthrough takes communication speeds to high orbit

Experiment sustains uninterrupted high-speed data transmission between satellite and Earth for more than three hours, team reports.

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The laser communication ground station at the Gaomeigu Observatory in Yunnan province, southwest China where the experiment was conducted. Photo: Handout
The laser communication ground station at the Gaomeigu Observatory in Yunnan province, southwest China where the experiment was conducted. Photo: Handout
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75% cost cut: China unveils world’s first fixed-wing drone made of bamboo fibre

Material also holds potential for new energy vehicles, marine equipment, satellites and spacecraft.

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Manufacturing talent boom? Why China’s smartest students are factory-bound

Some of the country’s brightest minds enter traditional industrial sectors as manufacturing loses its blue-collar stigma.

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China team mulls hitting typhoons with an energy beam from space

Scientist Duan Baoyan says the Zhuri project could also act as a ‘space-based power bank’ to charge satellites and other facilities.

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Duan Baoyan theorises that microwave beams from outer space could “alter regional atmospheric circulation and change a typhoon’s intensity and path”. Photo: Shutterstock
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What cost foreign prestige? China says no to some Western science journal fees

Chinese researchers will no longer be reimbursed for paper publication charges in Nature Communications, among other titles.

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Chinese researchers accounted for at least a quarter of the more than 10,000 papers published in one leading international journal last year. Photo: Shutterstock
Chinese researchers accounted for at least a quarter of the more than 10,000 papers published in one leading international journal last year. Photo: Shutterstock
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Why Chinese team’s flexible organic battery could revolutionise wearables

Innovative material defies temperature extremes while offering efficient and stable performance in potential leap from lab to reality.

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Chinese gene-editing technique raises prospect of new autism treatments

Lab tests on mice given the treatment showed considerable cognitive and behavioural functions, new study says.

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Chinese scientists may have found battery that could double EVs’ range

Study says new type of lithium battery technology may offer a solution to the current ceiling on performance.

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Lithium batteries are essential for electric vehicles, but so far efforts to improve their performance have hit a ceiling. Photo: STR/ AFP
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