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Ling Xin
Reporter, China
Ling Xin is a science journalist based in Ohio. She mainly covers physics, astronomy and space. Her writing has appeared in Science, Scientific American, MIT Technology Review and other English and Chinese outlets. She was a visiting journalist at Science magazine in Washington, and has a master's degree in journalism from Ohio University.
Ling Xin is a science journalist based in Ohio. She mainly covers physics, astronomy and space. Her writing has appeared in Science, Scientific American, MIT Technology Review and other English and Chinese outlets. She was a visiting journalist at Science magazine in Washington, and has a master's degree in journalism from Ohio University.
Areas of Expertise:
Science journalismLanguages Spoken:
English, Mandarin
Researchers build system that can send energy to multiple moving targets, taking another step towards dream of an orbiting power station.
Expected lunar impact however said to underscore critical lack of debris management rules as US, Chinese and private moon activity ramps up.
Mainland China accounted for 44 per cent of the top 50 institutions contributing to the ICLR in Rio de Janeiro, according to analysis.
Wang Ping has been fired as dean of life sciences school, demoted by two ranks, and issued a 24-month ban on promotions, funding and awards.
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Lingsheng or LineShine, built from home-grown CPUs, is designed to surpass America’s El Capitan, the world’s fastest supercomputer.
Petition signed by 2,300 scholars from 80 countries urges ‘World Cup’ to be moved due to American policies towards foreign academics.
Plans are under way to add three more modules to the Chinese facility but no timeline has been released to complete the work.
The 77-year-old has taken up a full-time role as a professor with one of the leading teaching hospitals in the country’s northeast.
Advocacy group holds vigil for scientist who took his own life after being questioned by US federal agents.
Shenyang team focuses on how to produce strong structural parts efficiently, and how to connect them reliably.
Domestic AI amounts to 1,882,000,000,000,000,000 calculations per second, vastly more than Western rankings suggest.
World-first crystal tunes laser light to power ultra-precise, compact nuclear clocks which could guide submarines and deep-space probes.
Methane risks, sonic boom and rocket debris make the open ocean an attractive option for increasing launch traffic.
Scientist described by dean as a ‘promising and brilliant young mind’ took own life after questioning by US federal law enforcement.
Revamped orbital technology can potentially send steerable microwave beams to Earth, capable of jamming or securing military communications.
Flight anomaly delays ambitions for Tianlong-3 to start delivering satellites for Chinese megaconstellations.
As Artemis II heads for lunar orbit, Nasa’s moon landing delays have given Beijing a window to close the gap.
System places powerful light sources on satellites to send coded signals for drones, self-driving cars, space missions to navigate.
Study found the device was able to carry out a full set of error-detecting logical operations, according to Shenzhen researchers.
‘Octopus tentacle’ robotic arm is a commercial project designed to extend the lifespan of spacecraft.
Chinese scientists have created an optical clock that may lead to development of space-based versions that are smaller, stable and portable.
Hukeda-2, with its flexible robotic arm designed to smoothly dock with target spacecraft, was launched on Monday, state media said.
The distinguished academic continued working after he was disgraced by a kissing scandal but rarely appeared in public.
Highly dexterous robot built on a wheeled platform will traverse the lunar surface while performing construction, maintenance and sampling.
Beijing urged to focus on installing computing system in orbit to analyse data from satellites making information gathering more effective.
Experiment sustains uninterrupted high-speed data transmission between satellite and Earth for more than three hours, team reports.
Scientist Duan Baoyan says the Zhuri project could also act as a ‘space-based power bank’ to charge satellites and other facilities.
Chinese researchers will no longer be reimbursed for paper publication charges in Nature Communications, among other titles.
British Nobel laureate who has kept close ties with Chinese researchers says he is drawn to Hong Kong’s distinctive East-West synergy.
