Expected lunar impact however said to underscore critical lack of debris management rules as US, Chinese and private moon activity ramps up.
14 May 2026 - 5:00PM videocam
Mainland China accounted for 44 per cent of the top 50 institutions contributing to the ICLR in Rio de Janeiro, according to analysis.
14 May 2026 - 9:00AM videocam
Wang Ping has been fired as dean of life sciences school, demoted by two ranks, and issued a 24-month ban on promotions, funding and awards.
8 May 2026 - 12:37AM videocam
Lingsheng or LineShine, built from home-grown CPUs, is designed to surpass America’s El Capitan, the world’s fastest supercomputer.
5 May 2026 - 8:14PM videocam
Petition signed by 2,300 scholars from 80 countries urges ‘World Cup’ to be moved due to American policies towards foreign academics.
Plans are under way to add three more modules to the Chinese facility but no timeline has been released to complete the work.
30 Apr 2026 - 9:00PM videocam
The 77-year-old has taken up a full-time role as a professor with one of the leading teaching hospitals in the country’s northeast.
Advocacy group holds vigil for scientist who took his own life after being questioned by US federal agents.
11 May 2026 - 5:44PM videocam
Shenyang team focuses on how to produce strong structural parts efficiently, and how to connect them reliably.
23 Apr 2026 - 3:18PM videocam
Domestic AI amounts to 1,882,000,000,000,000,000 calculations per second, vastly more than Western rankings suggest.
23 Apr 2026 - 9:00AM videocam
World-first crystal tunes laser light to power ultra-precise, compact nuclear clocks which could guide submarines and deep-space probes.
11 Apr 2026 - 10:00PM videocam
Methane risks, sonic boom and rocket debris make the open ocean an attractive option for increasing launch traffic.
10 Apr 2026 - 4:02PM videocam
Scientist described by dean as a ‘promising and brilliant young mind’ took own life after questioning by US federal law enforcement.
7 Apr 2026 - 8:00PM videocam
Revamped orbital technology can potentially send steerable microwave beams to Earth, capable of jamming or securing military communications.
5 Apr 2026 - 10:00PM videocam
Flight anomaly delays ambitions for Tianlong-3 to start delivering satellites for Chinese megaconstellations.
3 Apr 2026 - 8:44PM videocam
As Artemis II heads for lunar orbit, Nasa’s moon landing delays have given Beijing a window to close the gap.
System places powerful light sources on satellites to send coded signals for drones, self-driving cars, space missions to navigate.
30 Mar 2026 - 7:09PM videocam
Study found the device was able to carry out a full set of error-detecting logical operations, according to Shenzhen researchers.
27 Mar 2026 - 12:59PM videocam
‘Octopus tentacle’ robotic arm is a commercial project designed to extend the lifespan of spacecraft.
26 Mar 2026 - 9:31AM videocam
Chinese scientists have created an optical clock that may lead to development of space-based versions that are smaller, stable and portable.
21 Mar 2026 - 2:46PM videocam
Hukeda-2, with its flexible robotic arm designed to smoothly dock with target spacecraft, was launched on Monday, state media said.
20 Mar 2026 - 9:23AM videocam
The distinguished academic continued working after he was disgraced by a kissing scandal but rarely appeared in public.
Highly dexterous robot built on a wheeled platform will traverse the lunar surface while performing construction, maintenance and sampling.
14 Mar 2026 - 8:00PM videocam
Beijing urged to focus on installing computing system in orbit to analyse data from satellites making information gathering more effective.
10 Mar 2026 - 1:12AM videocam
Experiment sustains uninterrupted high-speed data transmission between satellite and Earth for more than three hours, team reports.
4 Mar 2026 - 9:30PM videocam
Scientist Duan Baoyan says the Zhuri project could also act as a ‘space-based power bank’ to charge satellites and other facilities.
3 Mar 2026 - 5:00PM videocam
Chinese researchers will no longer be reimbursed for paper publication charges in Nature Communications, among other titles.
2 Mar 2026 - 3:15PM videocam
British Nobel laureate who has kept close ties with Chinese researchers says he is drawn to Hong Kong’s distinctive East-West synergy.
26 Feb 2026 - 10:18PM videocam
County judge says the family’s key claims are strong enough for the case to continue.
25 Feb 2026 - 9:41PM videocam
Permanent magnets scientist Zhu Ziqiang is continuing his globally renowned research in his new role.
24 Feb 2026 - 2:00PM videocam