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16 October, 2024
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China is training super-pilots with qigong for stealth jet and drone battle

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China’s top fighter pilots are using baduanjin, a form of qigong, to strengthen their core muscles and increase fitness. Photo: Xinhua

China-US study replicates ancient rice wine identified from 10,000 years ago

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An international archaeological study at a site in ancient China’s Lower Yangtze region has found evidence that people have long been making wines out of rice. Photo: Shutterstock

SpaceX and 7 dwarves: Chinese space firms line up to enter reusable rocket race

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China’s Tianlong-3 reusable rocket is similar in design and performance to SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket. Photo: Weibo

China’s hypersonic jumbo jet prototype hits Mach 6 in Gobi Desert test flight

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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

China intrigued by Russia’s planned rail link to planet’s largest coalfield

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The Russian port at Kharabarovsk near the Chinese border is increasing its coal terminal capacity from 30 to 50 million tonnes a year to accommodate the railway’s projected cargoes. Photo: Shutterstock
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China’s top fighter pilots are using baduanjin, a form of qigong, to strengthen their core muscles and increase fitness. Photo: Xinhua
China’s military

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

China-US study replicates ancient rice wine identified from 10,000 years ago

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China

SpaceX and 7 dwarves: Chinese space firms line up to enter reusable rocket race

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Hypersonic flight

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.

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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
China

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.

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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.

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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’.

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Scientists have found traces of silk attached to bronze and jade items unearthed from sacrificial pits at the Sanxingdui site in Sichuan province. Photo: Jonathan Wong
China

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.

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United States

My Take | Trump has been Beijing’s most effective science talent recruiter

Many fear the supposedly defunct ‘China Initiative’ – a racial profiling programme targeting Chinese-born scientists in the US – could return with a vengeance.

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China

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.

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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

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.

Tests in the laboratory and outdoors indicated that HSI significantly improved imaging quality for various targets, including flying drones, researchers say. Photo: Shutterstock
China

Top mathematician says Chinese scientists have no choice but to leave US

Many feel ‘uncomfortable’ because of discrimination, according to Yau Shing-Tung.

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China technology

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.

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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’.

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Monarch butterflies that migrate long distances have a significantly lower risk of contracting certain diseases than their non-migrating counterparts. Photo: Reuters
Environment

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.

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A new method for ‘flash ironmaking’ has the potential to revolutionise steel manufacturing. Photo: Shutterstock
China education

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?

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China’s military

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.

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Environment

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.

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Microplastics are widely found in cosmetic products and foods, and humans may ingest them without noticing. Photo: Shutterstock
China’s military

PLA looks into China-US collaboration in biosecurity research

A new study has revealed the large number of biosafety research partnerships in recent years between China and the US.

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China

Xinjiang power swing threatened China’s nationwide electricity supply in August

‘Severe threat’ to grid’s stability this summer may be linked to the region’s large-scale renewable energy sources.

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Is this huge cave China’s new testing ground for living on the moon and Mars?

Researchers want to know if volcanic lava tubes could support a moon base and they are looking for answers deep below ground on Earth.

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A conceptual image of the proposed lunar base inside a lava tube cave that could one day provide suitable living conditions for humans. Photo: Handout
Bird flu viruses

How close is the next pandemic? Chinese researchers have new clues

China’s top infectious disease expert says a strain of avian influenza virus is adapting and could make the leap from birds to mammals.

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A study led by China’s top virologist has raised concerns that a strain of the virus H2N2 recently found in the wild now has the ability to infect humans. Photo: Reuters

Wilczek’s Multiverse | 100 years on, quantum technology is all around us, and its future is bright

From even better to still better quantum tools, a rising helix of creativity will catalyse new dreams and forge new realities.

Royal Society fellow Vladimir Markovic joins China’s top maths institute

Yau Mathematical Sciences Centre welcomes award-winning Markovic from the University of Oxford.

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SCMP Highlights

China’s ghost radar, big-brained early hominid debate: 7 science highlights

From China’s latest submarine detection advance to top scientists leaving West, here are a few highlights from SCMP’s recent science reporting.

New radar technology created by Chinese scientists will help with submarine detection and also could assist communication between surface ships and submarines. Photo: QQ
Switzerland

China physics prodigy part of Swiss quantum team’s mechanical qubit breakthrough

PhD student Yang Yu, a graduate of USTC’s school for the gifted young, and his fellow researchers achieve the impossible.

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A bird’s-eye view of a section of the superconducting qubit developed by the researchers in Switzerland. Photo: ETH Zurich
China

Scientists in China achieve ‘invisibility’ in chameleon-like colour breakthrough

Molecular changes make material appear to blend seamlessly with its environment, with military and architectural possibilities, study finds.

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South China Sea

South China Sea: scientists see China collaboration as crucial for marine life

Foreign researchers hope Swire Institute of Marine Science in Hong Kong will aid fieldwork amid tension over sensitive waterways.

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