Researchers use China’s Tianzhou spacecraft missions since 2017 to study how microgravity and space radiation can affect biology.
17 Jul 2026 - 7:30AM videocam
On his return to China, Zhang says he looks forward to cultivating talent ‘who truly understand science, technology and industrial needs’.
15 Jul 2026 - 8:00PM videocam
Top planetary scientist will lead young university’s new astronomy department after decades shaping human understanding of the universe.
13 Jul 2026 - 9:00AM videocam
The robot, nicknamed Surgie, was remotely controlled by human surgeons as it carried out the procedure on a pig.
After a journey including study under luminaries in computer vision and AI sectors, Cao brings Silicon Valley experience to PolyU.
8 Jul 2026 - 6:50PM videocam
As former faculty vice dean swaps San Diego for Shenzhen, her lab offers jobs, training to researchers interested in sensory signalling.
The compound has a similar chemical structure to ketamine and has been classified as a controlled substance following an upswing in abuse.
2 Jul 2026 - 4:20PM videocam
Yang looks to cooperation with Europe in areas such as low-carbon technologies, digital energy and emerging sustainable solutions.
1 Jul 2026 - 5:17AM videocam
District authorities say that only one person was in the two-seater light aircraft at the time of the incident.
27 Jun 2026 - 8:36PM videocam
Wars and trade saw human genes from East and West fuse as over a million Han dynasty immigrants moved to Ningxia, genomics research reveals.
23 Jun 2026 - 12:00PM videocam
Award-winning biomedical engineering professor leaves United States to join Nanjing University’s school of biomedical engineering.
21 Jun 2026 - 9:22PM videocam
New study upends conventional thinking that has blamed Ming’s fall on eunuch dictatorship, factionalism, peasant uprising and rise of Manchus.
15 Jun 2026 - 4:00PM videocam
The artificial muscles and skin specialist from UCLA will head a physics and engineering institute.
Mainland institutions dominate in 2026, accounting for nine of top 10 in list based on research output in high-quality academic publications.
12 Jun 2026 - 8:00PM videocam
The physicist who received a fellowship reserved for the ‘brightest young scientists’ in North America has joined Fudan University.
5 Jun 2026 - 8:00PM videocam
Six weeks of resistance training with a new wearable device more than doubled spinal muscular atrophy patients’ leg strength, study finds.
4 Jun 2026 - 12:00PM videocam
With the most cases of the two leading neurodegenerative diseases, and affected population rising as country ages, China needs to find new treatments.
Recent discovery provides evidence to support ancient texts about a herbal anaesthetic that was said to have been used during surgery.
The trio faced heightened scrutiny after a former doctoral student and blogger known as Student Geng raised questions about their work.
The acclaimed researcher’s goal is to bring Chinese semiconductor equipment, materials and components up to global standards.
4 Jun 2026 - 11:09AM videocam
The new system is about 10,000 times more sensitive than traditional methods at detecting early-stage lung cancer.
25 May 2026 - 9:00AM videocam
Prominent young professor becomes doctoral supervisor at leading Chinese research university amid high-level recruitment drive.
15 May 2026 - 4:44PM videocam
Former head of GenAI at Microsoft Asia has focused on machine intelligence in previous research.
14 May 2026 - 12:00PM videocam
Multiple investigations into Chinese researchers at the University of Michigan in recent months involved members of Xu’s laboratory.
12 May 2026 - 9:00AM videocam
Army Medical University researchers issue grim warning after findings show high doses of fish oil tablets may accelerate Alzheimer’s decline.
9 May 2026 - 4:27PM videocam
China’s coastal aquaculture ponds span the largest area in the world but they are shrinking – and that is a good thing.
Talented young scientist’s links with Beihang University raised in recent article but questions remained unanswered.
30 Apr 2026 - 10:04AM videocam
Original therapy integrating stem cell tech and gene editing could treat a blood disorder with 350 million carriers worldwide.
28 Apr 2026 - 4:21PM videocam
Chinese biotech firms tackle urgent initiative to create four new pharmaceutical drugs to treat world’s fastest growing form of dementia.
27 Apr 2026 - 9:34AM videocam
Team overcomes key artificial breeding challenge by simulating conditions found in the depths of the Pacific Ocean’s Mariana Trench.
21 Apr 2026 - 6:00PM videocam