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Latest news on research and breakthroughs by Chinese scientists, as the country ramps up investment in science and innovation as part of its ambitions to become a world-leading power by 2035, and other developments worldwide.
LATEST China Science NEWS

China’s glueball ‘triumph’; SpaceX rocket debris on video: 7 science highlights

The Beijing Spectrometer III particle detector at the Beijing Electron Positron Collider in Beijing, where researchers have found the strongest evidence yet for the long-sought glueball. Photo: Handout

Fruit fusion: how will the market react to China’s lychee-longan creation?

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Chinese scientists have crossed a lychee with a longan, producing a hybrid fruit called Cuimi that breaks long-standing reproductive barriers between plant genera for the first time. Photo: Guangzhou Daily

Beijing’s tree die-off shows hidden risks of rapid underground water recovery

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In Jinzhandian Park wetland, thousands of trees have reportedly died across four wooded areas near the water. Photo: Handout

China’s hypersonic weapons can be guided by the stars if GPS fails: report

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Before the age of electronic instruments, sailors steered by the North Star. Image: Shutterstock

China says US tried to buy its super magnet that has ‘40% higher’ performance

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The magnets were used to upgrade the Beijing Electron-Positron Collider. Photo: IHEP
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The Beijing Spectrometer III particle detector at the Beijing Electron Positron Collider in Beijing, where researchers have found the strongest evidence yet for the long-sought glueball. Photo: Handout
SCMP Highlights

China’s glueball ‘triumph’; SpaceX rocket debris on video: 7 science highlights

From China’s plan against desertification to nuking a ‘doomsday asteroid’, here are some highlights from SCMP’s recent science reporting.

Food and agriculture

Fruit fusion: how will the market react to China’s lychee-longan creation?

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Environment

Beijing’s tree die-off shows hidden risks of rapid underground water recovery

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Mainland China

China’s hypersonic weapons can be guided by the stars if GPS fails: report

Guangdong researchers build prototype star sensor after developing a way to accurately predict how starlight bends at extreme speeds.

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Before the age of electronic instruments, sailors steered by the North Star. Image: Shutterstock
United States

China says US tried to buy its super magnet that has ‘40% higher’ performance

America’s Brookhaven lab once ‘monopolised’ the specialist technology, but China says it is now ’winning’ in that field.

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Mainland China

Tougher than armour, hard as diamond: China’s unbreakable crystal breakthrough

Scientists use carbon nanotubes to build an internal support structure that overcomes the brittle glasslike nature of diamonds.

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Mainland China

2,300-year-old wine found near Great Wall ruin reveals ancient brewing secrets

Archaeologists uncover 3.7 litres of well-preserved liquid in a Qin cemetery, confirming the use of millet-based brewing near the frontier.

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A well-preserved bronze Warring States-era wine vessel containing 2,300-year-old wine was discovered at the Shanjiabao cemetery. Here it is pictured in the lab. Photo: Handout
Mainland China

Chinese researchers use microbubbles to shrink aggressive liver tumours: paper

Cancer patients who received the experimental treatment in combination with standard therapies saw improvement, study finds.

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Mainland China

China enables free access to DNA-screening AI tool to help fight rare diseases

The team hopes the open-source AI framework will help decode rare diseases and provide equitable access to precision medicine.

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Mainland China

China using AI facial recognition to track fish in Tibet’s largest river

Round-the-clock tracking system helps to identify and monitor species travelling through a dam fishway on the Yarlung Tsangpo River.

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China is using AI to identify and track fish populations travelling through a fishway at Zangmu Hydropower Station on the Yarlung Tsangpo River in Tibet. Photo: China Out/AFP
Archaeology and palaeontology

Why were there no teeny-tiny dinosaurs like we have with mammals and birds?

New research investigates why there were never any dinosaurs the size of, say, a mouse, and it seems like mammals could be to blame.

A model of a Microraptor (front) is wheeled out for display at the American Museum of Natural History in New York. The crow-sized Microraptor was one of the smallest-known dinosaurs, weighing about 430 grams. Photo: Reuters
United States

US and Israeli physicists hail China’s glueball discovery as a ‘triumph’

Global experts praise team for solving 50-year-old puzzle, while Chinese social media buzzes with Nobel Prize predictions.

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Brazil

What is a glueball? Chinese-led team finds rare particle made entirely of force

After 15 years of research, scientists discover definitive evidence of glueballs using the Beijing Electron Positron Collider II.

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Mainland China

China’s lunar research station could be guarded by robot watchdogs: scientists

Custom-designed machines could identify hazards on the moon and help astronauts collect rock samples, source water ice, researchers say.

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Chinese researchers have drawn up blueprints that could see robot dogs helping astronauts scout hazards, collect rock samples and undertake detailed scientific work. Photo: CCTV
Mainland China

Chinese scientists find some Yangtze flood controls may do more harm than good

By compressing rivers and stripping away natural defences, human engineering may be worsening flood impacts, prompting a global rethink.

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An aerial view of a partially submerged temple in in Ezhou, Hebei after the Yangtze River flooded. Photo: AFP/China OUT
Mainland China

Chinese breakthrough paves way for production of graphene-based quantum chips

Researchers overcome instability problem of a rare form of the material long prized for its remarkable properties.

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Mainland China

China plans to increase mine output in world’s largest rare earth deposit by 50%

Chinese mining company to invest US$74 million in Bayan Obo in Inner Mongolia, expanding its output from 10 million to 15 million tonnes.

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United States

Chinese satellite captures video of SpaceX rocket debris crashing into the moon

Gande-1 01 is China’s first space debris monitoring satellite and the lead unit in a planned 120-satellite monitoring constellation.

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An image of the moon’s surface shows the estimated impact sites for the SpaceX rocket debris according to Chinese firm ATmoto Technology (pink) and Project Pluto (blue). Photo: QQ.com
Mainland China

Chinese AI robot delivers needle-free pig vaccinations with 93% accuracy

Beijing researchers combine artificial intelligence and a six-axis robotic arm to automate swine vaccinations.

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Xinjiang

China’s ambitious plan to conquer desertification has unlikely ally – the sun

Desert regions are being transformed into clean energy hubs that also halt deserts and create habitats for wildlife.

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Singapore

Former NTU vice-president K. Jimmy Hsia leaves Singapore for new Chinese institute

AAAS fellow who held senior roles at University of Illinois and Carnegie Mellon brings decades of cross-disciplinary leadership.

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K. Jimmy Hsia has published more than 100 papers and made substantial contributions in the fields of high-temperature deformation, micro/nano mechanics and biomaterials. Photo: Handout
Space

New images of the sun show strange patterns rippling on surface

Using a telescope in Hawaii, scientists have taken the highest resolution photos ever made of the outer solar shell.

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The sun’s surface is pictured in an image released on Monday. Photo: National Science Foundation National Solar Observatory via AP
Mainland China

PLA scientists call submarine cables carrying 99% of global data ‘easy target’

Cables that support US$10 trillion in daily cross-border transactions could be increasingly vulnerable to attack from uncrewed vessels.

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Mainland China

How an amputee Chinese scientist is fortifying the country’s military software

After life-threatening emergency, researcher returns to help make the code behind weapons and defence equipment free of bugs.

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Belgium

Shenzhen-based AI mathematician Yurii Nesterov wins top prize in applied maths

‘Crazy to stop right now’: researcher rejects retirement to build on his 40-year legacy during the golden age of artificial intelligence.

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Shenzhen-based AI mathematician Yurii Nesterov has won the highest honour in the global applied mathematics community – the Carl Friedrich Gauss Prize. Photo: Handout

Chinese observatory finds most powerful particle accelerator in the universe

Cygnus X-3 provides opportunity to test how black holes and other objects launch particles to highest energies in the Milky Way, team says.

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Cygnus X-3 is a binary system in which a black hole likely feeds on a massive companion while launching powerful jets. Illustration: Nasa’s Goddard Space Flight Centre
Brazil

How a Xinjiang weed could cut China’s reliance on Southeast Asian rubber

Dandelion that oozes milky fluid when root is broken poised to help ease country’s import reliance.

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Mainland China

China is working towards 100% renewable power at its Antarctic bases by 2035

A system that uses wind, solar and hydrogen energy already meets more than 60 per cent of demand at Qinling Station.

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