- Samples are collected by a needle that can detect quantities invisible to the naked eye
- They are then vaporised by a powerful flashlight for almost instant analysis
Yang Chen-ning and his wife Weng Fan. Photo: Handout
Award-winning scientists give up US nationality to become Chinese citizens, state media reports
State TV report says men were born in China and include a joint winner of the Nobel Prize for physics
Topic | China science
Yang Chen-ning and his wife Weng Fan. Photo: Handout
An international research team used solar power to generate a supply of drinking water. Photo: Chinese Academy of Sciences
The solar-powered ‘tree’ that turns the sea into drinking water
- Material that generates heat from sunlight could provide self-maintaining water supply on remote islands
Topic | China science
An international research team used solar power to generate a supply of drinking water. Photo: Chinese Academy of Sciences
Alemaz Negede collapses on stage but the prize giving continues.
Marathon bronze medallist collapses on stage in China, but prize giving continues
- Organisers of Liupanshui International Marathon say attending awards presentation is an honour for the winners
- They say the bronze medallist is fine and has promised to come back next year
Topic | China Society
Alemaz Negede collapses on stage but the prize giving continues.
A prototype soft robot, which is about the size of a postage stamp, was developed by a group of researchers from China and the US. Its design was inspired by the capabilities of the hardy cockroach. Photo: Handout
This tiny ‘cockroach robot’ could be the future of search and rescue when disasters strike
- Chinese and US researchers take inspiration from the hardy insect to design a robot that moves fast and is hard to squash
Topic | Robotics
A prototype soft robot, which is about the size of a postage stamp, was developed by a group of researchers from China and the US. Its design was inspired by the capabilities of the hardy cockroach. Photo: Handout
The 10-metre prototype line, combining high-voltage electricity and liquefied natural gas. Photo: Chinese Academy of Sciences
China develops superconducting hybrid power line that could span the country
- Prototype tested last month transports high-voltage power and liquefied natural gas side by side
- It could cut the high cost and waste involved in sending energy from the far west to the east coast
Topic | China science
The 10-metre prototype line, combining high-voltage electricity and liquefied natural gas. Photo: Chinese Academy of Sciences
The University of Kansas, which has seen one of its associate professors Feng “Franklin” Tao indicted on federal fraud charges that he failed to disclose ties to a Chinese university while doing research funded by the US government. Photo: Alamy
US pharmaceutical chiefs and scientists back Chinese researchers living in ‘climate of fear’
- ‘Recent actions’ by government agencies and universities prompt open letter of support from 150 industry leaders
- Chinese and Chinese-American scientists targets of suspicion and scrutiny
Topic | US-China tech war
The University of Kansas, which has seen one of its associate professors Feng “Franklin” Tao indicted on federal fraud charges that he failed to disclose ties to a Chinese university while doing research funded by the US government. Photo: Alamy
Professor Liu Kaizhou, who developed the autopilot for China’s manned Jiaolong submersible, says his team has designed a vessel that can move through water like a plane moves through the air. Photo: Xinhua
Chinese engineers follow the Sea Dragon with new submersible that can ‘fly’ through water like a plane in the air
- Developers say their prototype craft could dive to 1,000 metres in five minutes
- Liu Kaizhou, who also worked the Jiaolong submersible, says ‘We are in uncharted water’
Topic | China science
Professor Liu Kaizhou, who developed the autopilot for China’s manned Jiaolong submersible, says his team has designed a vessel that can move through water like a plane moves through the air. Photo: Xinhua
Lake Chao, where algae outbreaks poison fish and contaminate drinking water. Photo: Sohu
Scientists find way to stop algae poisoning China’s dirtiest freshwater lake
- Lake Chao is ranked bottom by the central government for water quality
- Discovery of virus could allow algae to be controlled
Topic | China science
Lake Chao, where algae outbreaks poison fish and contaminate drinking water. Photo: Sohu
