24 h. ago US diplomats in China face relationship ban, Xiaomi’s fatal car crash: SCMP’s 7 highlights

From FBI’s raids on a Chinese-American scientist to ByteDance founder’s citizenship status, here are highlights from SCMP’s recent reporting.

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3 d. ago Chinese scientists find way to make seawater uranium extraction 40 times more efficient

With uranium demand tipped to cross 40,000 tonnes by 2040, China is likely to increasingly turn to marine extraction for the heavy metal.

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3 d. ago Chinese scientists make seawater uranium extraction 40 times more efficient

With uranium demand tipped to cross 40,000 tonnes by 2040, China is likely to increasingly turn to marine extraction for the heavy metal.

Politics

3 d. ago Chinese team makes marine uranium extraction 40 times more efficient

Chinese team makes marine uranium extraction 40 times more efficient  South China Morning Post

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4 d. ago ‘Giving machines a heart’: China urged to dig deeper in AI development

Top Chinese scientist Zhu Songchun calls on Beijing to go beyond ‘surface-level’ achievements to advance theory and philosophy of AI.

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5 d. ago Largest gallium wafer at lowest cost: how China leads on next

A world-first N-polar GaN wafer created by Chinese scientists is set to be a game changer for the semiconductor industry.

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6 d. ago What’s in a Chinese name: scientists fight for identity when forced to use Latin alphabet

Chinese researchers seek ways to be distinguished in a world where their work is not published using their Mandarin name.

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6 d. ago What’s in a Chinese name: scientists bid for identity when using Latin alphabet

What’s in a Chinese name: scientists bid for identity when using Latin alphabet  South China Morning Post

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2 w. ago Chinese scientists propose giant telescope on far side of moon to understand early cosmos

Array would leverage robotic and crewed lunar missions and China-led International Lunar Research Station set to take shape by 2035.

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2 w. ago Chinese scientists propose a giant telescope on the far side of the moon

Chinese scientists propose a giant telescope on the far side of the moon  South China Morning Post

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2 w. ago Chinese nuclear scientists identify flaw in Nasa’s lunar reactor design

China could power ahead of the US in the moon race thanks to a few structural differences in its lunar base reactor, engineers say.

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2 w. ago Chinese scientists turn tumours into ‘pork’ in radical cancer treatment

Researchers in China have used the body’s own immune system to kill cancerous cells in a pioneering new therapy.

Science

2 w. ago Chinese scientists turn tumours to ‘pork’ in radical cancer treatment

Chinese scientists turn tumours to ‘pork’ in radical cancer treatment  South China Morning Post

Science

2 w. ago Can the US ban them all? China just identified a quadrillion possible fentanyl compounds

As the US struggles to keep ahead of the deadly fentanyl trade, Chinese scientists create a simple way to identify new variants.

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3 w. ago Chinese scientists create nuclear battery that could last for a century

Battery based on carbon is designed to last 50 years and could be used to power pacemakers, spacecraft and devices in extreme environments.

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3 w. ago Have Chinese scientists just dashed humanity’s last hopes to win in air combat?

Have Chinese scientists just dashed humanity’s last hopes to win in air combat?  South China Morning Post

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3 w. ago Was sudden death of top Chinese materials scientist due to ‘insane’ workload?

Social media post said to be by Liu Yongfeng’s wife calls for health protections for scientists after Zhejiang University professor died last week at 47.

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3 w. ago ‘Stay calm. Be patient’: Zheng Yongnian’s antidote for China’s Trump shock

Chinese political scientist says if the country’s private enterprises can’t thrive, foreign capital won’t either.

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4 w. ago Chinese scientists build world’s first AI chip made of carbon and it’s super fast

Chinese researchers have developed a chip that it could be a game-changer in modern computing.

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