Researchers make groundbreaking discovery that could solve major issue with common waste: ‘A promising route’
Plastic food packaging often ends up trashed soon after it’s made, contributing to a pollution problem that’s overrunning…
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…
Chinese team builds optical chip AI that is 100 times faster than Nvidia’s market leader
Chinese scientists have unveiled an optical computing chip that outperformed Nvidia’s leading AI hardware by over a hundredfold…
China narrows AI gap with US 3 years after initial ChatGPT shock
Chinese government authorities sent urgent requests to various experts, including professors from Tsinghua University, to provide briefings on…
China could meet half of construction demand with recycled sand: Study
A project led by Chinese researchers is exploring the conversion of construction waste into a valuable resource. A…
China’s DeepSeek makes rare public comment, calls for AI ‘whistle-blower’ on job losses
Chinese artificial intelligence start-up DeepSeek made a rare appearance at a state-backed industry event on Friday as a…
China’s vow to shield manufacturing aims to ward off industrial decline
Beijing has pledged to prevent industrial hollowing-out by safeguarding the share of manufacturing in its economy, noting that…
China bids farewell to Nobel Prize-winning physicist Chen-ning Yang
Chinese President Xi Jinping sent a wreath to the funeral on Friday of Chen-ning Yang, a Nobel Prize-winning…
Chinese Nobel Prize-winning physicist Chen-ning Yang dies, aged 103
Nobel Prize-winning theoretical physicist Chen-ning Yang, died in Beijing on Saturday at the age of 103. Yang died…
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…
Open Questions | Dong Yu on why ‘every chapter’ of China’s 5-year plans boils down to income
Dong Yu has been executive vice-president of the China Institute for Development Planning at Tsinghua University since 2019.…
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…