A plant in Shanxi is being upgraded so that it can produce aluminium from low-grade bauxite that was previously unusable.
Pests are thriving under El Niño and migrating to southern China causing rice yield losses and a potential food shortage.
videocam Teen author and aspiring sleep educator Benjamin Qin Mujia impressed at the China trials for the International Philosophy Olympiad.
videocam Chemist and nanoscientist Charles Lieber says he aims to ‘realise more scientific dreams in the vibrant and innovative city of Shenzhen’.
videocam It’s time to reassess assumptions ‘that the world’s best and brightest naturally want to study and stay in the United States’: paper.
videocam Lee has taken a job as the head of a quantum materials research centre in Hubei province.
videocam The race is on to commercialise technology that could overcome China’s dominance of the supply of critical minerals.
videocam Chinese space agency says American scientists will be among the international researchers allowed to study lunar samples.
videocam A collaborative research project has developed a lightweight, wearable system that is also easy to use, according to a new study.
New guidelines call for investment in spectator events that can help boost the economy and ‘promote investment and improve quality of life’.
Li’s death has again put the health and workload of university researchers under the spotlight.
videocam Artefacts unearthed in Yunnan province display key features of toolmaking technology associated with Neanderthals much further west.
The tariff comes into effect on April 10 and is part of a raft of measures that includes more rare earths controls.
videocam Peking University has topped a major AI research output ranking, as China solidifies its challenge to America for AI dominance.
videocam Unverified statement circulating among Wang’s colleagues says case linked to research grant in China from about seven years ago.
videocam University staff protest decision to ‘summarily terminate’ Wang: ‘Silence fuels suspicion and distrust and makes shared governance harder’.
videocam Two Indiana homes of cybersecurity researcher and professor raided by FBI and Homeland Security but no reason cited, local media report.
videocam Chinese researchers seek ways to be distinguished in a world where their work is not published using their Mandarin name.
videocam Deadly quake prompts worries about Sino-Myanmar pipelines, a strategic overland route for China’s oil and gas imports from the Middle East.
videocam Battery based on carbon is designed to last 50 years and could be used to power pacemakers, spacecraft and devices in extreme environments.
The pioneer in liquid metals and composite materials is now special professor in modern mechanics at University of Science and Technology of China.
videocam Researchers conclude that Adélie penguins took over the Antarctic habits of seals when sea ice started to expand around 1,400 years ago.
videocam All-optical 100 GHz chip shatters clock speed limits in dramatic boost for AI development, 6G, autonomous vehicles.
Beijing’s latest R&D budget turbocharges a quest for science leadership in the 21st century, in contrast to Trump’s push to axe spending.
videocam Prominent theorist is on a mission to showcase China’s global ascendancy in mathematics, shifting research landscape.
videocam Team’s new quasi-quantum secure direct communication protocol ‘offers a unique method to detect eavesdropping online’.
videocam Yang died of ‘illness’ in Shanghai last week, aged 55, university says.
videocam Lo’s blood tests can potentially reveal more information about patients’ health, from cancers to neurodegenerative conditions to age-related diseases.
Another State Department website change shows Trump ‘seems indifferent’ to the importance of the Taiwan issue to Beijing, academic says.
videocam As trade war escalates, top diplomat calls for better ties and encourages US companies to seize opportunities created by China’s rise.
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