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China is training super-pilots with qigong for stealth jet and drone battle
As the physical demands on top Chinese pilots continues to rise, an ancient form of exercise is keeping them fighting fit.
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China-US study replicates ancient rice wine identified from 10,000 years ago
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SpaceX and 7 dwarves: Chinese space firms line up to enter reusable rocket race
12 Dec 2024 - 2:24PM
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China’s hypersonic jumbo jet prototype hits Mach 6 in Gobi Desert test flight
Chinese institute reveals test footage of aircraft that could help turn dream of ‘one-hour global travel’ into reality.
12 Dec 2024 - 12:10AM
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Video footage released this week shows the prototype’s 2021 test flight, which had been kept under wraps for years because of the sensitivity of the project. Photo: Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
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China intrigued by Russia’s planned rail link to planet’s largest coalfield
A Chinese association reveals it is keeping an eye on a project that aims to unlock potentially trillions of tonnes of the fossil fuel.
11 Dec 2024 - 2:42PM
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Hopes for hepatitis B ‘cure’ with China-led treatment advance
Drug combination reaches key threshold for ‘functional cure’ of chronic liver infection that affects more than 250 million people worldwide.
11 Dec 2024 - 10:00AM
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US must engage China’s ‘wickedly competitive’ hi-tech firms: trade group leader
Mainland companies striving to overcome slower domestic growth and oversupply while multinationals need R&D talent to stay globally viable.
11 Dec 2024 - 6:02AM
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A silicon wafer during the photolithography process inside a computer chip production machine. Semiconductor manufacturing has been targeted by both the US and China with trade restrictions. Photo: Shutterstock
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Scientists discover 3,000-year-old silk at China’s mysterious Sanxingdui ruins
Archaeologists believe the silk – the first found at enigmatic Sichuan site – was used in rituals to ‘communicate between heaven and earth’.
10 Dec 2024 - 7:56PM
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The Chinese lidar researchers diving deep to ‘fish for a needle in the sea’
Best paper prize recognises world’s first single-photon laser-based underwater detection technology that can operate at 1,000-m depths.
10 Dec 2024 - 6:03PM
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For US to edge China in tech, add visa options to lure quantum workers: official
‘Significant’ labour shortfall runs into tens of thousands as Washington and allies worry about Beijing cracking their encryption.
11 Dec 2024 - 12:01AM
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Chinese gene unchanged for 3,000 years in cradle of civilisation: study
Examination of genomic sequences in the Central Plain region of China finds ‘no major shift’ since the Stone Age, despite upheavals.
9 Dec 2024 - 6:00PM
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Researchers in China compared the genomes of individuals in Henan province with Neolithic genetic material and found no major shift, according to a paper. Photo: Reuters
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The hi-res imaging technique that could sharpen remote sensing and astronomy
A team in China have come up with a way to improve the resolution of digital sensors.
9 Dec 2024 - 3:42PM
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To expand TCM use, China to train 1,300 practitioners in belt and road nations
About 1,300 overseas health workers will be part of the first batch to learn about the approach.
9 Dec 2024 - 11:04AM
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Top mathematician says Chinese scientists have no choice but to leave US
Many feel ‘uncomfortable’ because of discrimination, according to Yau Shing-Tung.
9 Dec 2024 - 2:17PM
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Countdown to NEO brain-computer interface clinical trial in China
At least 30 patients are expected to be implanted with Chinese BCI technology, developer says.
9 Dec 2024 - 1:18AM
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Three patients have been implanted successfully with the NEO technology and a bigger clinical trial is scheduled for next year. Photo: Shutterstock Images
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Tomb of Chinese emperor Liu He gives up Han dynasty battle secrets
6,000 multi-material armour scales represent a first for Han dynasty discoveries and are also ‘the smallest ever unearthed’ from the era.
9 Dec 2024 - 1:53AM
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Chinese scientists shed light on how animals ‘run away’ from deadly viruses
Researchers from China find healthy organisms can outpace infected counterparts to leave them behind in a ‘migratory culling’.
8 Dec 2024 - 4:00PM
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China’s ‘explosive’ ironmaking breakthrough achieves 3,600-fold speed boost
A new method for making iron is not only faster and cheaper, but also better for the environment, according to Chinese researchers.
8 Dec 2024 - 2:43PM
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A new method for ‘flash ironmaking’ has the potential to revolutionise steel manufacturing. Photo: Shutterstock
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The English impediment: why Chinese scientists can’t use Chinese
In the world of science, English is the standard language. But could this be limiting talented Chinese academics?
9 Dec 2024 - 9:11AM
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Chinese rocket scientists find ICBMs age much faster than they thought
Hundreds of intercontinental ballistic missiles could be unusable, according to new research into the shelf life of missile fuel.
7 Dec 2024 - 10:00PM
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Chinese scientists say low-cost foam can remove microplastics from water
Researchers in China develop sustainable substance derived from squid bones and cotton to tackle harmful plastic particle pollution.
7 Dec 2024 - 5:00PM
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