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

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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.

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Belt and Road Initiative

To expand TCM use, China to train 1,300 practitioners in belt and road nations

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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 - 1:18AMvideocam

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 - 4:00PMvideocam

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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

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 - 9:11AMvideocam

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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 - 10:00PMvideocam

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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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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.

6 Dec 2024 - 5:00PM

China had significantly more biosafety research collaborations with the US between 2007 and 2023 than with any other country. Photo: AFP

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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.

6 Dec 2024 - 4:16PMvideocam

A wind farm along the highway from Turpan to Urumqi in Xinjiang, China. Photo: Shutterstock

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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.

6 Dec 2024 - 9:53AMvideocam

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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.

6 Dec 2024 - 12:50AMvideocam

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

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

4 Dec 2024 - 6:00PMvideocam

Mathematician Vladimir Markovic, was awarded the Simons Investigator Award in 2016 for his contributions to the theory of three-dimensional manifolds and for resolving several long-standing problems. Photo: Wikimedia

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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.

4 Dec 2024 - 3:00PM

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

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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.

4 Dec 2024 - 2:00PM

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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.

4 Dec 2024 - 12:00PMvideocam

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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.

4 Dec 2024 - 1:14PMvideocam

David Baker, of SWIMS in Hong Kong, says partnerships with mainland Chinese institutions are important to further marine research. Photo: Handout

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US-China relations

US blasts China’s export ban on key minerals, vows ‘necessary steps’

Beijing’s new restrictions on germanium and gallium exports ‘underscore the need to diversify away from China’, US State Department tells the Post.

4 Dec 2024 - 9:18AMvideocam

China holds a large proportion of the world’s supply of gallium and germanium. Photo: Reuters

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Why is a simple neck surgery raising hopes for Alzheimer’s patients across China?

Chinese doctors say affordable procedure works in ‘60 to 80 per cent’ of patients, but some medical experts are sceptical.

3 Dec 2024 - 2:00PMvideocam

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China opens its first atmospheric monitoring station in Antarctica

Data from the station will ‘support the global response to climate change’, according to China Meteorological Administration.

2 Dec 2024 - 8:00PM

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Dead whale in Hong Kong, how dinosaurs got more stupid: 5 weekend reads

From Donald Trump potentially meeting Kim Jong-un again to a dead whale in Hong Kong, here are five stories you may have missed over the weekend.

2 Dec 2024 - 1:31PM

Staff from the Hong Kong Ocean Park Conservation Foundation dissect the deceased whale at the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department Marine Parks Management Centre in Shek Pik. Photo: Eugene Lee

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