When Gordon Bray and his Homebush Boys High schoolmates ruled their rugby world
It’s not easy for Gordon Bray to name his favourite memory from a lifetime involved with rugby union.…
China’s gravity-detecting SQUID gets closer to spotting US nuclear submarines
Chinese researchers unveiled a gravity detector with world-leading precision last month, potentially expanding the military applications of the…
Next-generation smartwatches might be powered by body heat, thanks to new material
ⓘ pratik prasad via Unsplash A smartwatch Researchers have broken a performance bottleneck by designing a sponge-like thermoelectric…
China shatters space-ground transmission record with 120 Gbps laser link
ⓘ Jack B via Unsplash A skyline featuring a light beam By reconfiguring satellite software in orbit, researchers…
Could China’s Yaogan-47 satellite have a lens as wide as the Hubble Telescope?
One of China’s latest Earth observation satellites operating in low orbit could feature an optical aperture at a…
China joins space factory race against US with breakthrough in inflatable module tech
China’s “in-orbit factory” has taken shape following a technological breakthrough in the form of an inflatable, reconfigurable space…
Chinese physicists produce most powerful stable magnetic field on Earth
An all-superconducting magnet built by Chinese scientists has generated a world-record steady magnetic field of 35.1 tesla, about…
Chinese Taipei Olympic boxer Lin Yu-ting will not compete at world championships: official
Olympic boxing gold medallist Lin Yu-ting will not compete at the world championships starting this week, Chinese Taipei’s…
Meet Cambricon: how 2 ‘genius brothers’ created China’s potential rival to Nvidia
The hottest company in China right now is Cambricon Technologies, an artificial intelligence chipmaker whose stock has surged…
Meet Cambricon: how 2 ‘genius brothers’ created China’s potential rival to Nvidia
The hottest company in China right now is Cambricon Technologies, an artificial intelligence chipmaker whose stock has surged…