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Image of the lunar surface as captured by the Chang’e-6 lander. Photo: Handout via Xinhua
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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

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China and Uruguay team up on science to target cancer, pests and robotics

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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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China’s top legislators and political advisers have gathered in Beijing for the annual “two sessions” meetings. Photo: AP
China’s top legislators and political advisers have gathered in Beijing for the annual “two sessions” meetings. Photo: AP
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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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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
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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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The bamboo-based unmanned aerial vehicle’s maiden flight took place in February, researchers said. Photo: Xinhua
The bamboo-based unmanned aerial vehicle’s maiden flight took place in February, researchers said. Photo: Xinhua
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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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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
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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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Flexible organic materials for batteries are inherently stable and easier to synthesise and recycle. Photo: Shutterstock
Flexible organic materials for batteries are inherently stable and easier to synthesise and recycle. Photo: Shutterstock
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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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When did our ancient ancestor Homo erectus first arrive in China out of Africa?

Researchers push back the timeline for their arrival by 600,000 years, raising new questions about how the species spread around the globe.

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A reconstruction of the Yunxian hominin skulls tested in the latest study. Photo: Xiaobo Feng
A reconstruction of the Yunxian hominin skulls tested in the latest study. Photo: Xiaobo Feng
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‘Father of graphene’ Andre Geim leaves Britain for chair professorship at HKU

British Nobel laureate who has kept close ties with Chinese researchers says he is drawn to Hong Kong’s distinctive East-West synergy.

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China team unveils 3D printing leap, creates solid structure in under 1 second

Showing broad applicability, researchers use biocompatible materials to make helical tubes and branched structures mimicking blood vessels.

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Suicide lawsuit against China-born scientist Jane Wu’s US university to proceed

County judge says the family’s key claims are strong enough for the case to continue.

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The legal battle over the death of Chinese-American neuroscientist Jane Wu will move to a more substantive phase after a court ruling on Tuesday, with the next hearing set for mid-May. Photo: Handout
SCMP Highlights

EU’s tech ban; China’s mysterious Nantianmen project: 7 science highlights

From a leading biologist leaving US for China to a semiconductor breakthrough, here are some highlights from SCMP’s recent science reporting.

The EU has barred most organisations based in China from applying for its Horizon Europe grants in “critical areas”. Image: Shutterstock
The EU has barred most organisations based in China from applying for its Horizon Europe grants in “critical areas”. Image: Shutterstock
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Smaller, faster, smarter: Chinese transistor ready for future AI chips

Breakthrough said to overcome long-standing limitations of traditional ferroelectric transistors, ‘paving way for large-scale application’.

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World-leading EV motor expert joins Hong Kong PolyU after 38 years in Britain

Permanent magnets scientist Zhu Ziqiang is continuing his globally renowned research in his new role.

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Nearly all advanced nations are part of a defence pact. Will China try to join?

International regime controls defence tech exports but a push for self-reliance has seen Chinese weaponry surpass that of Western nations.

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