China’s ‘electric eel’ sensor allows robots to feel an object without touching it
Electric eels hunt in pitch-black, murky waters by generating electric fields around their bodies. Now, Chinese scientists have…
A big step forward for optical core of China’s Taiji gravitational wave project
In the sci-fi novel The Three-Body Problem, humans build “gravitational wave antennas” to broadcast to the cosmos. Now,…
Chinese lithium battery electrolyte could double EV range and run in extreme cold
Chinese scientists have created an all-weather electrolyte that could improve lithium batteries, allowing them to operate more efficiently…
China’s ‘artificial photosynthesis’ method converts CO2 into petrol
A team of Chinese scientists has unveiled a breakthrough method that turns carbon dioxide and water into valuable…
China’s first-of-a-kind ABF crystal creates most energised solid-state laser beam
The shortest wavelength of a laser beam generated from a crystal has been realised in a laboratory at…
Chinese scientists discover how Earth’s deep mantle water made planet habitable
This image taken by onboard monitoring cameras of the ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) on Aug 20,…
China builds advanced satellite power system for particle beam and other space weapons
Particle beams – streams of atoms or subatomic particles accelerated to nearly the speed of light – have…
Chinese scientists discover new mechanism in treatment of depression
LUO JIE / CHINA DAILY BEIJING – Chinese scientists have uncovered a common mechanism behind two rapid-acting depression…
Chinese scientists’ discovery may pave the way for self-charging smartwatches
Chinese scientists have created the world’s first rubber band that converts body heat into electricity, potentially paving the…
China’s Tsinghua University helps to break 40-year-old maths cap on computer speed
Chinese computer scientists have solved a 40-year-old mathematics bottleneck, an advance that might help boost performance in hi-tech…