Is China’s commercial rocket now cheaper than Elon Musk’s SpaceX Falcon 9?
The Kinetica-2 Y1 carrier rocket, also known as the Lijian-2 Y1, took off on its inaugural flight on…
Warming and wetting could turn alpine grasslands into emerging nitrous oxide hotspots in arid northwest China
By measuring N₂O fluxes along an elevation gradient from 313 to 2,901 meters above sea level, the team…
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…
Quantum tech breakthrough: China’s double-photon device breaks efficiency ceiling
Chinese scientists have cracked a long-standing puzzle in quantum optics, creating a tiny device that spits out pairs…
Chinese scientists use AI model to crack mystery of moon’s far side
Chinese scientists have used AI to determine the chemical make-up of the moon’s far side, offering new insights…
China team’s space laser breakthrough takes communication speeds to high orbit
Chinese scientists have reported a milestone in space laser communications, sustaining a high-speed, hours-long laser link with a…
Smaller, faster, smarter: Chinese transistor ready for future AI chips
A team of Chinese scientists has unveiled the world’s smallest and most energy-efficient transistor in a breakthrough poised…
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…
CRISPR Unlocks a New Path to Stronger Medicinal Plants
Newswise — Medicinal plants synthesize a wide range of specialized metabolites that form the foundation of many modern…
China’s new crystal smashes vacuum ultraviolet laser record at 158.9nm
Chinese scientists have pushed solid-state vacuum ultraviolet laser technology to a new milestone by achieving a record-short wavelength…
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…
This New Optical Crystal Could Power Next-Generation Quantum and Semiconductor Tools
Chinese researchers have developed a new type of optical crystal that addresses existing supply bottlenecks and opens new…