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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

Chinese team finds ‘garden-like’ ecosystem blooming in deepest ocean trenches

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The Fendouzhe crewed submersible was used to explore seven hadal trenches, fracture zones and basins in the Indo-Pacific. Photo: Kareen Schnabel, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research

Chinese team uses supercomputer to cut drug screening time from years to seconds

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Innovative drug research and development typically takes more than 10 years to yield results. Photo: Shutterstock

AI is massively increasing China’s new weapon development speed: scientists

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Traditional bearing design relies heavily on experienced engineers, lengthy trial-and-error processes and expensive testing. Photo: Shutterstock

Concerns mount in China’s space sector that Musk’s Starship will be a failure

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The Starship and Super Heavy Booster create sound waves on lift-off for the 12th test flight from the SpaceX launch complex in Texas on Friday. Photo: Reuters

How Lionel Messi’s favourite drink is sparking a major health craze in China

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The yerba mate plant is native to the Paraguay and Parana river basins in South America. Photo: Getty Images
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The Fendouzhe crewed submersible was used to explore seven hadal trenches, fracture zones and basins in the Indo-Pacific. Photo: Kareen Schnabel, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research
Mainland China

Chinese team finds ‘garden-like’ ecosystem blooming in deepest ocean trenches

Rich community of organisms discovered living on rocks at depths of more than 9km, feeding on organic debris from the surface.

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Tianjin

Chinese team uses supercomputer to cut drug screening time from years to seconds

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Mainland China

AI is massively increasing China’s new weapon development speed: scientists

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Mainland China

Concerns mount in China’s space sector that Musk’s Starship will be a failure

Is the world’s most powerful rocket hitting a wall similar to the engineering limitations experienced decades ago by the Soviet N1?

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The Starship and Super Heavy Booster create sound waves on lift-off for the 12th test flight from the SpaceX launch complex in Texas on Friday. Photo: Reuters
Mainland China

How Lionel Messi’s favourite drink is sparking a major health craze in China

Ancient South American fusion may reduce risks of Parkinson’s and is enjoyed by top footballers, but the indigenous drink should be shared.

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Mainland China

‘New form of war’: an insider view of China’s AI strategy in electronic warfare

Fusing AI with radio waves can create faster, smarter and more resilient radars and communication methods designed to confuse enemy jammers.

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Mainland China

Chip prodigy Da Bo returns to China after his role in TSMC’s 3nm plant in Japan

The acclaimed researcher’s goal is to bring Chinese semiconductor equipment, materials and components up to global standards.

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After working on the frontline of computer chip development in Japan, a Chinese researcher is taking his skills home to China. Photo: Shutterstock
Cancer

Chinese scientists develop handheld cancer detection device

The new system is about 10,000 times more sensitive than traditional methods at detecting early-stage lung cancer.

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Mainland China

China merges space programmes as race to the moon with US heats up

The country releases further details about how it is ‘combining experiences and expertise’ from its crewed and uncrewed lunar missions.

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Hong Kong

Hong Kong’s first astronaut lifts off into space on Shenzhou-23 mission

The payload specialist is a part of a three-person crew, one of whom will be spending a year in space.

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The Shenzhou-23 mission blasts off for China’s Tiangong space station from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in Gansu province on Sunday night. Photo: Reuters
Mainland China

Can China’s AI-powered food monitoring avoid US military-style meal complaints?

An integrated digital platform that tracks every step of the process is solving an age-old problem for Chinese forces.

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The food management system was developed after repeated complaints from grass-roots units, a Chinese media outlet has reported. Photo: CCTV
Britain

China’s desire for endless youth is wiping out donkeys – can scientists help?

Brazilian researchers are developing a lab-grown alternative to ejiao, a traditional medicine made from donkey skin.

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Mainland China

Why China is looking to coal waste as a source of critical metals

China is leaning into its industrial strengths to extract germanium, aluminium, lithium and gallium from fossil fuel.

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Medicine

Chinese scientists grow heart’s ‘master conductor’ that could replace pacemaker

Shanghai researchers engineer biological pacemaker that could offer a new way to control abnormal heart rhythms.

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The findings of Chinese scientists may offer possibilities for future biological pacemaker strategies, according to their paper. Image: Shutterstock
Mainland China

Hong Kong’s first astronaut Lai Ka-ying picked for space station mission

The former police officer will become China’s fourth woman in space, taking part in the Shenzhou-23 mission as a payload specialist.

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Lai Ka-ying (left) will join the Shenzhou-23 mission as a payload specialist, alongside astronauts Zhu Yangzhu (centre) and Zhang Zhiyuan (right). Photo: Xinhua
Mainland China

Will science scandals ruin reputation of century-old journal Nature in China?

Chinese academic watchdogs and online detectives are exposing growing numbers of problematic papers in Nature journals.

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Hong Kong

Chinese-Dutch team turns corn to sustainable plastic, inspired by spider silk

Up to 80 per cent of polymers derived from corn protein zein degrade within a month in simulated natural soil conditions, researchers find.

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Ukraine

China’s Tsinghua University honours German Gref, Russian banker sanctioned by US

Sberbank CEO accompanied Vladimir Putin during Russian leader’s recent trip to Beijing for summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

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Sberbank CEO German Gref (right) at the Great Hall of the People ahead of a signing ceremony during Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to China, in Beijing on Wednesday. Photo: Reuters
Xinjiang

China swaps Middle East oil for Xinjiang coal. What does it mean for the world?

With the war in Iran choking global oil supplies, China is tapping its 390 billion tonnes of coal reserves to build its own energy source.

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History

Can China team’s Greek dig unveil an untold truth in ancient world history?

A joint archaeological project between Greece’s culture ministry and a Chinese team of researchers is breaking new ground.

China-Russia relations

China-Russia joint statement on Xi-Putin summit

The two countries issued a statement following this week’s meeting in Beijing between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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SCMP Highlights

Omega-3 could hurt the brain, China’s new war on deserts: 7 science highlights

From China’s new war on deserts to Singapore-based physicist’s big move, here are some highlights from SCMP’s recent science reporting.

A rare earth mine at Bayan Obo, in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region of China, seen in 2011. Photo: VCG via Getty Images
Xinjiang

How a remote patch of Gobi Desert became central to China’s national security

A national energy and chemical hub being built on a 15,500 sq m site in the Gobi Desert is set to modernise coal mining.

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Britain

SMILE: China-EU satellite to study Earth’s solar defence defies trade tensions

Launch of satellite to study Earth’s magnetic shield hailed by lead scientists as result of ‘true 50/50 collaboration’.

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Russia

How China and Russia could team up to shift global science ‘centre of gravity’

Scientists say they hope Xi-Putin summit will bring more support for collaboration as Moscow and Beijing sign deals on tech and innovation.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) and Chinese President Xi Jinping (left) walk together during their meeting in Beijing on May 20, 2026. Photo: EPA/ Sputnik/ Kremlin Pool
Mainland China

China ‘outpacing the US’ in biotech race to find cure for Parkinson’s disease

A leading Chinese neurologist says publicly available data shows a clear lead in the development of stem cell treatments.

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More than 5 million people in China are living with Parkinson’s disease. Photo: Shutterstock
Mainland China

China hails latest breakthrough on space solar power technology

Researchers build system that can send energy to multiple moving targets, taking another step towards dream of an orbiting power station.

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United States

China confirms death of hypersonic weapon expert Fang Daining in South Africa

The Chinese Academy of Sciences has announced Fang’s death, confirming an SCMP report in March.

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