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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

Did volcanic eruptions ruin China’s Ming dynasty and undermine the Qing?

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Parker Volcano, now known as Mount Melibengoy, on the southern Philippine island of Mindanao. Its powerful 1640 eruption had a documented impact on regional weather patterns. Photo: Handout

The waste-to-sand plant that could pave the way for China’s zero waste coal goal

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With its latest breakthrough, China has almost achieved the comprehensive clean utilisation of coal wastes. Photo: Shutterstock

Chinese materials scientist Pei Qibing takes up new post in Macau

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Pei Qibing is taking on a new role at the University of Macau. Photo: Handout

Why SpaceX may not be a model for Chinese companies to copy

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SpaceX employees celebrate the firm’s record-breaking IPO in New York on Friday. Photo: AFP

Chinese team flags life-threatening weakness in Nasa’s Artemis programme

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A Chinese team has flagged a “glaring weakness” in Nasa’s Artemis programme which could be life threatening. Photo: Reuters
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Parker Volcano, now known as Mount Melibengoy, on the southern Philippine island of Mindanao. Its powerful 1640 eruption had a documented impact on regional weather patterns. Photo: Handout
The Philippines

Did volcanic eruptions ruin China’s Ming dynasty and undermine the Qing?

New study upends conventional thinking that has blamed Ming’s fall on eunuch dictatorship, factionalism, peasant uprising and rise of Manchus.

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Mainland China

The waste-to-sand plant that could pave the way for China’s zero waste coal goal

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Mainland China

Chinese materials scientist Pei Qibing takes up new post in Macau

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Aerospace: Science

Why SpaceX may not be a model for Chinese companies to copy

A leading economist argued the country’s space industry could take a ‘big leap forward’ by building up its satellite infrastructure.

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SpaceX employees celebrate the firm’s record-breaking IPO in New York on Friday. Photo: AFP
United States

Chinese team flags life-threatening weakness in Nasa’s Artemis programme

Researchers say China’s lunar lander has three backup engines, unlike US design which relies on one main power source.

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Mainland China

Chinese team builds first commercial ‘3-lane highway’ in optical fibre

Newly activated system allows substantially more data to travel through existing infrastructure.

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United States

PLA scientists propose a plan to destroy US carrier groups from 3,000km away

China’s military proposes a strategy to attack out-of-reach American military assets as distance becomes a shield.

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Aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) moored pier side at Naval Base Guam in Micronesia. The US military has quietly pulled its most precious military assets away from Asian coasts, beyond the reach of most conventional missiles. Photo: US Navy/AFP
United States

China’s Zhejiang University tops Harvard in Nature Index world academic rankings

Mainland institutions dominate in 2026, accounting for nine of top 10 in list based on research output in high-quality academic publications.

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United States

US-China vaginal microbiome differences challenge broad-spectrum solutions

Findings underscore need for localised medical treatments rather than standardised care drawing on data largely from Western populations.

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United States

Exclusive | Deep-sea cable cutting can be a weapon of deterrence, RETN CEO says

Global internet service provider says the true threat of subsea cable cutting tech is its psychological power rather than sabotage.

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China and the US were notably absent from a list of 17 Asian and European countries calling for collaboration on defence strategies to protect vulnerable submarine cables during conflicts. Photo: Shutterstock Images
Australia

For 5 million years, whales have come to this place in the Indian Ocean to die

Graveyard discovered by Chinese team is Earth’s deepest and most extensive for whale fossils, carcasses and the ecosystems they support.

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A scientific team from China discovered the deepest and most extensive whale graveyard in the depths of the Diamantina Trench. Photo: Handout
Mainland China

China launches new satellite to test high-speed communication tech

Long March 5 rocket’s lift-off marks pivotal step in validating technologies for next-generation orbital connectivity speeds and reliability.

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Mainland China

Don’t panic if you see a snake on a Chinese power line. It might be a robot

In Kunming, robot dogs are also being deployed to ensure the energy supply during the high-stakes college entrance exams.

Shanghai

Starlink rival Qianfan hits satellite milestone, but is it too slow and costly?

Constellation now has 201 satellites in orbit but the company is said to be under pressure to ramp up launches.

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A Long March-12B Y1 rocket blasts off from the Dongfeng Commercial Space Innovation Pilot Zone on June 1, carrying satellites for the Qianfan constellation. Photo: Xinhua
Archaeology and palaeontology

Scientists find woolly mammoth DNA while digging through squirrel poo

A treasure trove of ancient genetic material was stashed away by the rodents before being ‘frozen in time’ by permafrost.

Squirrels pack their burrows with nuts, seeds, leaves, bones, fur and anything else they can find. Photo illustration: dpa
Russia

China delivers first samples collected from far side of the moon to Russia

The rocks were collected during the Chang’e-6 mission and the handover is the first time foreign scientists will have a chance to study them.

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Japan

China’s rail gun milestone: guided projectile prototype passes real firing test

Breakthrough as a delicate silicon shell fitted with a guidance chip is shot from an electromagnetic rail gun, survives and records the ride.

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Mainland China

China performs world’s first combined transplant of pig liver and kidney to human

The organs worked for several days, offering evidence that transplanting multiple organs between the species is feasible.

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Despite the potential of animal-to-human xenotransplantation, there are still many barriers scientists and doctors have to overcome before it can become a clinical practice. Photo: Universal Images Group via Getty Images
Mainland China

China’s test flight of a giant coil array: can it detect nuclear submarines?

Groundbreaking study details the engineering feat of making an airborne electromagnetic detection system capable of hunting down submarines.

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Mainland China

Spying in Xinjiang? No, I was reporting from China’s energy heartland

Senior reporter Dannie Peng visited Xinjiang in April to see first-hand how a vast industrial ecosystem is rapidly taking shape.

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United States

China begins large-scale delivery of gallium chips for space-ground 6G network

Critical to the planned communications system are millions of third-generation semiconductors that use a silicon-based platform.

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Chips made from gallium nitride (GaN) are smaller and more powerful than silicon-based semiconductors. Photo: Shutterstock
Xinjiang

Chinese team injects moss gene into Xinjiang cotton to beat fungus, boost output

Scientists report potential to boost cotton yield by nearly a quarter after inserting stress-resistance gene from a species of steppe moss.

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A team led by scientists from the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography say they genetically modified cotton for resistance to “cotton cancer”. Photo: Xinhua
Energy storage

New Energy | China’s new battery tech set to turbocharge EVs, energy storage

Car batteries that charge in under 10 minutes, innovations in renewable-energy storage – Chinese advances make alternatives to fossil-fuel power more appealing.

China technology

Tibet quartz discovery boosts China’s self-sufficiency push for hi-tech materials

China’s discovery of rare quartz used to make solar panels and semiconductors could help rewrite US import dominance.

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Mainland China

Nuclear weapons scientist Du Xiangwan clarifies role in China’s war on waste

Veteran physicist has been one of the strongest advocates for waste-to-energy incineration in China.

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Nuclear weapons scientist Du Xiangwan during an interview on CCTV. Photo: China Media Group Mobile
Space

China wants to build the world’s largest astronomy base on Saishiteng Mountain

Telescopes at the remote site are set to surpass Hawaii’s Mauna Kea in light-gathering power by the mid-2030s, scientists say.

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Saishiteng Mountain’s high altitude, dry weather and low light pollution make it one of the best stargazing spots on Earth. Photo: Ling Xin
United States

Chinese black hole-hunting scientist Dai Liang quits US for Shanghai post

The physicist who received a fellowship reserved for the ‘brightest young scientists’ in North America has joined Fudan University.

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Mainland China

China debuts world’s first superfast quantum memory enabling practical computing

Advance establishes core element required for general-purpose quantum computing that can read massive amounts of data.

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