In Vienna and Beijing, the First Nuclear Clocks Begin to Tick
Telling time is an affair of counting ticks and tocks. Whether it’s the dulcet swoosh of a pendulum…
How electroacupuncture calms inflammation and the super microscope that showed it
A cutting-edge microscope has allowed scientists to capture in real time how electroacupuncture directs the movement of immune…
Sun Fanglin, Chinese scientist who paved the way for new cancer drugs, dies aged 58
Leading Chinese scientist Sun Fanglin, whose work on how cells age and form tumours helped pave the way…
Chinese scientists have bad news on having babies in space. But there is a silver lining
If the future of humanity lies in the vast expanse of space, could humans actually perpetuate the species…
Did Chinese scientists simulate what could be the ‘end of the universe’?
If a certain tiny bubble suddenly appeared somewhere in the cosmos, physicists say, it could expand and erase…
Exclusive | Bai Chongen on China’s new economic paradigm and closing the US tech gap
Bai Chongen is a prominent Chinese economist and government adviser. He is the dean of Tsinghua University’s School…
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…
‘Lighthouses in space’: the Chinese jam-proof satellite network to fill GPS gaps
Chinese researchers say they have built an 11-satellite network for a jam-resistant, high-accuracy optical navigation system, designed to…
Discover the Top Universities for Architecture and the Built Environment in 2026, According to QS Rankings
Dipoli – Aalto University Main Building / ALA Architects. Image © Tuomas Uusheimo Share Share Facebook Twitter Mail…
How China opened the door to creating a direct rival to US payment systems
China’s recent changes to the rules governing its global payment system could pave the way for turning it…
Economic Security 101: why China’s officials now have to study rare earths and supply chains
In his decades toiling as a health official in a coastal Chinese province, Alan Chen has rarely had…
Wilczek’s Multiverse | Revisiting the peaks of Nobel laureate Chen-ning Yang’s remarkable career
In the latest instalment of his exclusive series for the South China Morning Post, American theoretical physicist and…