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Why a young AI expert left a promising US academic career for China

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Fu Tianfan, an expert in AI-powered scientific research, will pursue drug discovery and materials development at Nanjing University after spending several years in the United States. Photo: Handout

China aims to deploy maglev rocket launch pad by 2028, challenging SpaceX

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Galactic Energy plans to debut the world’s first electromagnetic rocket launch pad by 2028. The platform is expected to allow greater payloads while reducing fuel and maintenance costs. Photo: Galactic Energy

Tumour meltdown in China therapy tests offers hope to late-stage cancer patients

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While oncolytic virus research in the US and Japan has focused on rare tumours, the Chinese research is achieving impressive results in treating more common cancers. Photo: Shutterstock

China tests a hypersonic afterburner, doubling thrust at Mach 6

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Hypersonic flight has had another boost as Chinese researchers found a way to increase afterburner thrust using magnesium powder. Photo: Chinese Academy of Sciences

Explainer | What is 6G and why is China racing ahead of US and Europe with the technology?

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The deployment of 6G technology is expected to redefine how we interact with technology and the world around us. Illustration: Shutterstock
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Fu Tianfan, an expert in AI-powered scientific research, will pursue drug discovery and materials development at Nanjing University after spending several years in the United States. Photo: Handout

Why a young AI expert left a promising US academic career for China

Fu Tianfan leaves tenure-track assistant professor position in New York state for new research opportunities, and Nanjing University’s ‘fertile ground’.

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Space

China aims to deploy maglev rocket launch pad by 2028, challenging SpaceX

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Mainland China

Tumour meltdown in China therapy tests offers hope to late-stage cancer patients

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Hypersonic flight

China tests a hypersonic afterburner, doubling thrust at Mach 6

Researchers have developed an innovative secondary combustion technique to help China win the global hypersonic race.

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Hypersonic flight has had another boost as Chinese researchers found a way to increase afterburner thrust using magnesium powder. Photo: Chinese Academy of Sciences
Japan

Explainer | What is 6G and why is China racing ahead of US and Europe with the technology?

Sixth-generation wireless communications will change the way we interact with the world but not all countries are embracing it.

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Artificial intelligence

AI expert Guo-Jun Qi leaves US for China

After a decade in America, a leading computer scientist has returned to China to head a top artificial intelligence lab.

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Climate change

China moots Himalayan ark project to survive climate ‘tipping point’

As the threat of global climate collapse grows, Beijing is considering a plan to turn the Tibetan Plateau into an agricultural stronghold.

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Beijing is considering a plan to use the Tibetan Plateau to grow food for China in a future global climate crisis. Photo: Shutterstock
South China Sea

China unveils a powerful deep-sea cable cutter that could reset the world order

Beijing now has the power to disrupt global communications after scientists revealed a device that can sever undersea cables.

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Britain

Star scientist Pan Linfeng picks cutting-edge China post over fading Oxbridge

Scarce jobs and low pay no match for the opportunities offered by Beijing’s aggressive investment in scientific talent.

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China sells deep-sea surveillance robots to mystery Middle East buyer

Sealien Robotics’ sale of cutting-edge subsea system to mystery buyer is latest sign of China’s progress in global undersea tech race.

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Sealien Robotics makes machines that descend thousands of metres into the abyss, such as cable inspectors, pipeline guardians, and offshore energy assistants. Photo: Sealien Robotics

Chinese team achieves ‘space-to-ground’ breakthrough in quantum satellite link

Researchers used a small, light device and portable ground stations to set a record in communications.

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Stellenbosch University in South Africa is the site of the first quantum communications link in the southern hemisphere. Photo: Handout
Mainland China

China’s rare earth dominance could crumble in 10 years, CAS study forecasts

Modelling suggests ‘fundamental shifts’ are under way with Africa, South America, Australia and Greenland emerging as competitors.

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Defence

Former US defence researcher Zhan Hanyu joins China’s elite aerospace university

Zhan joins university named on US Entity List because of ties to China’s military after involvement in many American research projects.

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China technology

How China is solving the nightmare that killed Elon Musk’s Hyperloop

Chinese engineers have overcome the hurdles that stopped the US billionaire’s idea for a vacuum tube transport system in its tracks.

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China has succeeded where Elon Musk failed with an ultra-high-speed low-vacuum pipeline maglev railway. Photo: CREC
Space

Chinese scientists propose a giant telescope on the far side of the moon

Array would leverage robotic and crewed lunar missions and China-led International Lunar Research Station set to take shape by 2035.

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China has proposed building a radio telescope on the moon although finding a large, flat surface in the rugged terrain of the lunar south pole is a challenge. Photo: Shutterstock Images
US-China relations

House chair asks US universities to reveal info on Chinese nationals

Citing national security, head of select committee on China’s Communist Party targets Stanford, Carnegie Mellon and other top institutions.

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Medicine

Chinese breakthrough challenges Elon Musk’s verdict on paralysed patients

Patients with spinal cord injuries have been offered the chance to walk again after the success of a Chinese trial.

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Cryptography star returns home to become one of China’s youngest professors

Born when few had even heard of the internet, 29-year-old Zhao Mang will now play a key role in securing the future of China’s cyber information.

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After eight years studying abroad, Zhao Mang has returned to China to take up a full professorship and help boost the nation’s cybersecurity. Photo: Wuhan University
Climate change

Chinese basin may have been a refuge in largest extinction. Do we need another?

Researchers say Turpan-Hami Basin in Xinjiang hosted diverse plant life throughout end-Permian mass extinction 252 million years ago.

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Aerospace: Geopolitics

Chinese nuclear scientists identify flaw in Nasa’s lunar reactor design

China could power ahead of the US in the moon race thanks to a few structural differences in its lunar base reactor, engineers say.

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Pacific nations

Scientists think they’ve finally figured out how iguanas got to Fiji

Most modern-day iguanas live in the Americas – thousands of miles and one giant ocean away from the collection of remote Pacific islands.

A female Lau banded iguana in Fiji. Photo: US Geological Survey/AP
Australia

Hot weather is bad for your heart, Australian study finds

‘When the weather is hot, our hearts must work harder to help us cool down,’ said Professor Peng Bi, one of the study’s authors.

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Researchers say the fundamental link between higher temperatures and increased cardiovascular risk has been documented globally. Photo: Shutterstock
China's military weapons

DARPA is losing a critical next-gen stealth jet tech race to China: study

As the US works on a new radical design for its latest stealth drone, the project is already lagging far behind China’s.

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Chinese overseas

Chinese mathematicians say they have cracked century-old fluid mechanics puzzle

Pre-print paper prompts social media discussion over ‘a year of miracles for the Chinese mathematical community’.

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Wilczek’s Multiverse | Beach parity: these shells make a clear distinction between left and right

Common seashells found on a morning stroll in Sanya offer a beautiful example of handedness – or parity violation.

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Illustration: Henry Wong
Cancer

Chinese scientists turn tumours to ‘pork’ in radical cancer treatment

Researchers in China have used the body’s own immune system to kill cancerous cells in a pioneering new therapy.

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A pioneering new cancer treatment tricks the body into thinking tumours are pig cells which leads to an immune response which targets the cancer cells. Photo: Shutterstock
China’s military

Did a US military contractor use a Chinese-made jet engine in its new missile?

When an American defence manufacturer posted a recent video of its latest weapon, viewers noticed something unexpected.

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Will China’s ultra-thin 2D metal sheets lead way to next-generation electronics?

Chinese team hammers out atom-thin materials that may enable smaller, faster devices.

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