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The High Intensity Heavy-ion Accelerator Facility, or HIAF, is up and running in Huizhou, Guangdong province. Photo: Handout

China fires up powerful particle accelerator to unlock secrets of atoms

Facility in country’s south will help scientists answer some of the biggest questions in nuclear physics, according to its chief designer.

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Hong Kong loses 2030 maths congress to Glasgow. Does Asia need a stronger voice?

22 Jul 2026 - 8:00PM

China’s high-orbit satellite uses rare metal the US struggles to obtain

22 Jul 2026 - 12:00PMvideocam

Chinese AI agent outperforms Anthropic’s Claude Code in autonomous research

Zhejiang University’s Qiushi Engine topped the ResearchClawBench leaderboard, but it can’t reliably make new discoveries yet.

22 Jul 2026 - 4:15AMvideocam

Large language model-based AI systems are increasingly being used as research assistants and integrated into scientific instruments. Photo: Xinhua

How Chinese police infiltrated and monitored the dark web with the help of AI

Researchers linked to law enforcement collected data and devised tools to help classify sensitive and illegal material.

21 Jul 2026 - 2:00PM

Chinese team’s new microscope shows ‘therapeutic mechanism’ of acupuncture

System could enable study of complex biological processes in live animals over long periods with less tissue damage than previous methods.

20 Jul 2026 - 6:40PMvideocam

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Bridging the divide: how AI scientists unite despite growing geopolitical rifts

As US-China differences deepen, a global cohort of innovators seeks to forge a collaborative, borderless future.

20 Jul 2026 - 5:07PMvideocam

For policymakers in Beijing and Washington, artificial intelligence has become a high-stakes arena for their strategic rivalry. Photo: Getty Images

China can turn plastic waste to jet fuel at a low cost: study

The world produces 460 million tonnes of plastic a year, creating a devastating environmental problem. China may have an answer.

20 Jul 2026 - 4:25PMvideocam

China’s AI weather warning system Mazu expanding across Global South

The system has been designed to provide ‘tailored’ services that help developing countries better prepare for extreme weather events.

19 Jul 2026 - 9:00PMvideocam

China plans to hit an asteroid with a Mach 26 projectile in planet defence test

Spacecraft to hit at 9km/s, equivalent to over 26 times the speed of sound near sea level and nearly 50 per cent faster than Nasa’s mission.

19 Jul 2026 - 8:00PMvideocam

China has revealed plans to hit an asteroid at 9km per second, equivalent to more than 26 times the speed of sound, before 2030. Photo: Shutterstock

China team cuts 3D optical chip production time from hours to seconds

New fabrication method speeds up production time for photonic chips via parallel processing technology.

19 Jul 2026 - 2:19PMvideocam

Photonic chips are at the centre of the race to develop next-gen AI hardware. Photo: Getty Images

Chinese fossil find shows birds shed their dinosaur tails step by step

A Jurassic fossil dating back 150 million years fills in a vital part of the evolutionary puzzle of how birds took to the skies.

18 Jul 2026 - 12:00PMvideocam

Sun Fanglin, Chinese scientist who paved way for new cancer drugs, dies at 58

The Tongji University professor, who specialised in the study of how cells age and form tumours, led several national research programmes.

18 Jul 2026 - 9:00AM

Chinese scientists have bad news on having babies in space

Researchers use China’s Tianzhou spacecraft missions since 2017 to study how microgravity and space radiation can affect biology.

17 Jul 2026 - 7:30AMvideocam

The study marks the world’s first successful differentiation of human embryonic stem cells into germ cells in a space environment, according to paper published in Science Advances. Photo: Shutterstock

Aerospace: Geopolitics

How is China hunting hidden space rocks that could ‘devastate a small country’?

Beijing will use ground telescopes and orbital satellites to track dangerous space rocks that currently go undetected.

17 Jul 2026 - 7:05AMvideocam

While scientists believe the vast majority of near-Earth asteroids over 1km wide have been detected, most space rocks under 140 metres wide are yet to be spotted, but could cause catastrophic damage if they hit Earth. Photo: Shutterstock

China’s lab monkey prices hit Covid-era highs on new drug R&D demand

Long macaque breeding cycles and fully pre-booked colonies have forced some researchers to put critical studies on hold.

16 Jul 2026 - 4:17PMvideocam

Why the US-China space race could come down to a thin metal cap

Propellant tank dome that is only millimetres thick must withstand extreme internal pressures and is very difficult to mass-produce.

15 Jul 2026 - 9:00PMvideocam

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Award-winning chemist Zhang Wei leaves US to join China’s Great Bay University

On his return to China, Zhang says he looks forward to cultivating talent ‘who truly understand science, technology and industrial needs’.

15 Jul 2026 - 8:00PMvideocam

Zhang Wei’s research covers topics from two-dimensional materials and porous organic materials, to sustainable and recyclable polymers, molecular separation and carbon capture. Photo: Handout

China is now world’s No 1 science power, top Russian scientist says

After receiving Chinese award, chemist and materials researcher says it gives him confidence that he’s ‘on the right track’.

15 Jul 2026 - 7:07PMvideocam

Accidents and disasters in China

‘China’s real-life transformer’: new rescue tech used in dramatic flood evacuation

Rapid-deployment, heavy-duty pontoon barge deployed to ferry 6,000 stranded people from flooded college in southern China.

15 Jul 2026 - 9:51PMvideocam

SCMP Highlights

China’s satellite engine outpaces US, new SpaceX rival: 7 science highlights

From China unveiling microwave weapons to top neurobiologist leaving US, here are some highlights from SCMP’s recent science reporting.

15 Jul 2026 - 1:10PM

A communications satellite equipped with the 750 newton test engine takes off from the Wenchang launch site in southern China on board a modified version of the Long March-7 rocket on June 23. Photo: Xinhua

Will AI kill English classes? Chinese university to drop them as tech booms

The institution will replace English lessons with intercultural communication courses as translation tools bridge language barriers.

15 Jul 2026 - 12:00PM

Shenzhen University of Advanced Technology in southern China has announced it will do away with standard English courses in favour of classes that emphasise cross-cultural skills. Photo: SUAT

China used a giant net to land a reusable rocket. Does the idea have legs?

It’s an unconventional approach that has sparked debate over how it stacks up against America’s landing-leg system.

14 Jul 2026 - 11:27PMvideocam

The young Chinese scientist behind ‘impossible’ breakthrough on sodium batteries

Award-winner Lu Yaxiang and her team are working towards making commercially viable batteries from the abundant, low-cost mineral.

14 Jul 2026 - 8:00PM

Using AI could reduce exam scores by a fifth, a study on Chinese students finds

Researchers in Sweden and Hong Kong say students may experience a deceptive sense of fluency – AI makes tasks feel effortless.

14 Jul 2026 - 9:03AMvideocam

By comparing AI users with non-users, researchers from Sweden and Hong Kong found a clear gap: AI boosted short-term efficiency but harmed long-term learning. Photo: Shutterstock

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