- Research team says probe managed to calculate its own location by using the X-ray from a small, distant star for reference
- Its margin of error was just 3.3km – more accurate than a similar Nasa experiment last year
A Los Angeles police officer stands by a sound cannon at a demonstration in Anaheim – Chinese scientists say they have taken the technology to a new level. Photo: AFP
Chinese scientists develop handheld sonic weapon for crowd control
- Gas-powered device passed for mass production after two years of research
Topic | China science
A Los Angeles police officer stands by a sound cannon at a demonstration in Anaheim – Chinese scientists say they have taken the technology to a new level. Photo: AFP
Controversial scientist He Jiankui as he works at a computer at a laboratory in Shenzhen in southern China’s Guangdong province in October 2018. Photo: AP
Chinese rogue scientist’s gene-edited twin babies experiment still raises more questions than answers
- In November last year, Chinese scientist He Jiankui announced the birth of the world’s first gene-edited babies, unleashing a storm of criticism
- The director of CUHK’s Centre for Bioethics recently weighed in on the topic, including on how this might not have been an isolated event
Topic | China science
Controversial scientist He Jiankui as he works at a computer at a laboratory in Shenzhen in southern China’s Guangdong province in October 2018. Photo: AP
Robot nurses could help care for the elderly and disabled and lessen nursing shortages in the UK. Photo: Piero Cruciatti/Alamy
How robot nurses could help care for world’s elderly and disabled, and ease a shortage of the human kind
- A British-built robot, Baxter, can detect if a human needs help moving or dressing, and use its sensors and dexterous fingers to lend a hand
- Japan already has robotic care at homes for the elderly, while a California firm has developed ElliQ, a robotic companion for older people
Topic | Health and wellness
Robot nurses could help care for the elderly and disabled and lessen nursing shortages in the UK. Photo: Piero Cruciatti/Alamy
A new AI system developed by Chinese and US scientists could make detecting nuclear submarines possible even in unknown waters. Photo: Xinhua
Chinese, US scientists develop AI technology to help detect submarines in uncharted waters
- Researchers say system should allow them to track any sound-emitting source – from nuclear subs to whales – using a simple listening device mounted on a buoy, underwater drone or ship
- Breakthrough builds on previous work by team from Beijing and San Diego
Topic | China science
A new AI system developed by Chinese and US scientists could make detecting nuclear submarines possible even in unknown waters. Photo: Xinhua
Chinese researchers have developed a sensor that might be able to track submarines. Photo: Handout
Could a tiny Chinese magnetic sensor be up to the huge task of tracking submarines?
- Researchers in China have shrunk their technology to the size of a computer chip but much more work needs to be done to get it into the field
Topic | China science
Chinese researchers have developed a sensor that might be able to track submarines. Photo: Handout
Drops of the liquid solution are applied to a human tooth. Photo: Zhejiang University
Chinese scientists ‘make first perfect replica’ of tooth enamel
- New material is almost identical in structure to human enamel, which does not regenerate itself
- Crystal-like mineral can grow on teeth and last permanently, researchers say
Topic | China science
Drops of the liquid solution are applied to a human tooth. Photo: Zhejiang University
A cotton picker in Xinjiang, where cases of the virus have been reported. Photo: Xinhua
Chinese medicine herbs could defeat devastating cotton virus, study suggests
- Scientists find some chemicals can kill the cotton leaf curl Multan virus and others can boost cotton plants’ immunity to it
- It is feared the virus could wreak havoc in China’s Xinjiang region, which produces most of the country’s cotton
Topic | China science
A cotton picker in Xinjiang, where cases of the virus have been reported. Photo: Xinhua
The team from the Chinese Academy of Sciences conducted the “world’s smallest work of origami” with a sheet of graphene. Photo: Handout
‘Atomic origami’: Chinese scientists master the art of folding graphene
- Researchers bend super-thin sheet using a single electrically charged atom in breakthrough that could eventually pave the way for powerful new computer processors
- Success follows decades of fruitless attempts by scientists around the world
Topic | China science
The team from the Chinese Academy of Sciences conducted the “world’s smallest work of origami” with a sheet of graphene. Photo: Handout
Tourists at Victoria Harbour in Hong Kong’s Tsim Sha Tsui. Photo: Felix Wong
Where are Chinese tourists going if they’re giving protest-hit Hong Kong a miss?
- Singapore has emerged one of several big winners in Southeast Asia as mainland holidaymakers eye alternatives amid Hong Kong’s escalating violence
- However, with the US-China trade war pinching purses across the region, people might be travelling, but are they spending?
Topic | Chinese tourists
Tourists at Victoria Harbour in Hong Kong’s Tsim Sha Tsui. Photo: Felix Wong
A man holds up his hand to symbolise the five demands of Hong Kong protesters as demonstrators protest in the background. Photo: AFP
Singapore Yale-NUS College’s class on dissent ‘not training for Hong Kong-style protests’
- Programme organiser Alfian Sa’at defends week-long course after liberal arts school scraps event citing law banning ‘partisan politics’ on campus
- Classes included a workshop on banner design and screenings of several films including a documentary about Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong
Topic | Singapore
A man holds up his hand to symbolise the five demands of Hong Kong protesters as demonstrators protest in the background. Photo: AFP
Controversial scientist He Jiankui as he works at a computer at a laboratory in Shenzhen in southern China’s Guangdong province in October 2018. Photo: AP
Chinese rogue scientist’s gene-edited twin babies experiment still raises more questions than answers
- In November last year, Chinese scientist He Jiankui announced the birth of the world’s first gene-edited babies, unleashing a storm of criticism
- The director of CUHK’s Centre for Bioethics recently weighed in on the topic, including on how this might not have been an isolated event
Topic | China science
Controversial scientist He Jiankui as he works at a computer at a laboratory in Shenzhen in southern China’s Guangdong province in October 2018. Photo: AP
Robot nurses could help care for the elderly and disabled and lessen nursing shortages in the UK. Photo: Piero Cruciatti/Alamy
How robot nurses could help care for world’s elderly and disabled, and ease a shortage of the human kind
- A British-built robot, Baxter, can detect if a human needs help moving or dressing, and use its sensors and dexterous fingers to lend a hand
- Japan already has robotic care at homes for the elderly, while a California firm has developed ElliQ, a robotic companion for older people
Topic | Health and wellness
Robot nurses could help care for the elderly and disabled and lessen nursing shortages in the UK. Photo: Piero Cruciatti/Alamy
A new AI system developed by Chinese and US scientists could make detecting nuclear submarines possible even in unknown waters. Photo: Xinhua
Chinese, US scientists develop AI technology to help detect submarines in uncharted waters
- Researchers say system should allow them to track any sound-emitting source – from nuclear subs to whales – using a simple listening device mounted on a buoy, underwater drone or ship
- Breakthrough builds on previous work by team from Beijing and San Diego
Topic | China science
A new AI system developed by Chinese and US scientists could make detecting nuclear submarines possible even in unknown waters. Photo: Xinhua
Chinese researchers have developed a sensor that might be able to track submarines. Photo: Handout
Could a tiny Chinese magnetic sensor be up to the huge task of tracking submarines?
- Researchers in China have shrunk their technology to the size of a computer chip but much more work needs to be done to get it into the field
Topic | China science
Chinese researchers have developed a sensor that might be able to track submarines. Photo: Handout
Drops of the liquid solution are applied to a human tooth. Photo: Zhejiang University
Chinese scientists ‘make first perfect replica’ of tooth enamel
- New material is almost identical in structure to human enamel, which does not regenerate itself
- Crystal-like mineral can grow on teeth and last permanently, researchers say
Topic | China science
Drops of the liquid solution are applied to a human tooth. Photo: Zhejiang University
A cotton picker in Xinjiang, where cases of the virus have been reported. Photo: Xinhua
Chinese medicine herbs could defeat devastating cotton virus, study suggests
- Scientists find some chemicals can kill the cotton leaf curl Multan virus and others can boost cotton plants’ immunity to it
- It is feared the virus could wreak havoc in China’s Xinjiang region, which produces most of the country’s cotton
Topic | China science
A cotton picker in Xinjiang, where cases of the virus have been reported. Photo: Xinhua
The team from the Chinese Academy of Sciences conducted the “world’s smallest work of origami” with a sheet of graphene. Photo: Handout
‘Atomic origami’: Chinese scientists master the art of folding graphene
- Researchers bend super-thin sheet using a single electrically charged atom in breakthrough that could eventually pave the way for powerful new computer processors
- Success follows decades of fruitless attempts by scientists around the world
Topic | China science
The team from the Chinese Academy of Sciences conducted the “world’s smallest work of origami” with a sheet of graphene. Photo: Handout
