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Some students have told local media they remain uneasy about privacy concerns over automated classroom discipline. Photo: Shutterstock

Chinese university stops using AI to spot absent-minded students after outcry

Outrage flares after leaked images show software tracks not only late arrivals and attendance but also ‘head-up rate’ to map attentiveness.

7 Nov 2026 - 8:00PM

China’s chemogenetic therapy trial cuts seizures in epilepsy patients by 92.6%

6 Nov 2026 - 9:00PM

Beijing approves giant Long March 9 rocket for deep-space and lunar base runs

6 Nov 2026 - 7:05PM

Chinese space firm builds wooden rocket nose cone for cheaper, regular launches

The Jiangsu-based firm uses a lightweight plywood outer skin and metal frame to cut costs and time for commercial satellite launches.

6 Nov 2026 - 4:00PM

Chinese commercial space firm Light Year Explorer has produced a rocket fairing with a wooden outer skin to cut costs and time. Photo: qq.com

Chinese scientists chill atoms to record low on Tiangong space station

Scientists brought thousands of rubidium atoms to less than 10 trillionths of a degree above absolute zero.

6 Nov 2026 - 9:36AM

Lithuania builds world’s biggest ultra-fast laser factory amid China tensions

Ties between Beijing and Vilnius remain strained over Taiwan, but Litilit CEO says supply chain realities can override political posturing.

5 Nov 2026 - 9:00PM

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China performs world-first precision laser-cutting experiment in space

Researchers use a device mounted on the outside of the Tiangong space station to make millimetre-scale cuts.

5 Nov 2026 - 6:16PM

Precision laser cutting involves focusing a beam of light to slice or melt material with extreme accuracy. Photo: Shutterstock

Star mathematician Ma Xiao leaves the US for China – and a career pivot to AI

The 28-year-old helped achieve a breakthrough on Hilbert’s sixth problem and now he’s embracing the ‘new era’ of artificial intelligence.

5 Nov 2026 - 9:27AM

Chinese scientists make toothbrush that uses electric shocks to reduce plaque

The self-charging devices can generate tiny currents designed to disrupt the spread of bacteria in the mouth.

5 Nov 2026 - 3:36AM

How are parts of Tibet’s ground ice thickening despite rapid warming?

Research counters expectations but the region remains extremely vulnerable to climate change, study warns.

6 Nov 2026 - 5:58PM

Scientists in China used satellite data and borehole observations to reconstruct 40 years of variations in the ground ice in the Tibetan Plateau region. Photo: Getty Images

On This Day | China’s historic first space docking in 2011 – SCMP archive

Fifteen years ago, China’s unmanned Shenzhou VIII spacecraft successfully docked with Tiangong-1 – a first for the country.

3 Nov 2026 - 4:15PM

A 3D animation shows China’s Shenzhou VIII spacecraft docking with Tiangong-1 space lab module on a screen at the Beijing Aerospace Control Center on November 3, 2011. Photo: Xinhua

Chinese drug iza-bren doubles lung cancer survival window in phase 3 trial

The treatment is already approved for some indications in China and could mark a shift in how cancers are treated, researchers say.

3 Nov 2026 - 4:00PM

Chinese culture

Echoes of Rome in ancient China? What Beijing’s 1,800-year-old ship find reveals

Researchers unveil details of ‘the first physical evidence of ancient inland water transport’ in the Chinese capital.

2 Nov 2026 - 10:45PM

Turkey signed US-led Artemis Accords. Its moon rovers will hitch a ride with China

Turkish scientists come up with rovers for China’s Chang’e-8 mission to the lunar south pole, months after Ankara joined the accords.

2 Nov 2026 - 7:53PM

A prototype of the rover is put through its paces. Photo: METU

Chinese mechanic reports short-lived GE engine blades in Boeing 787

Aviation expert reports turbine blades in GE Aerospace engines can develop cracks within 1,000 flights as US manufacturing crisis deepens.

2 Nov 2026 - 3:39PM

A Chinese study has found turbine blades in the GE GEnx engine which power many Boeing 787 aircraft can develop cracks within 1,000 flights. Photo: GE Aerospace

China found giant ‘chimneys’ in deep water that could impact submarine warfare

Discovery of how surface wind energy plunges to the ocean floor could improve underwater acoustic detection and marine communication: study.

2 Nov 2026 - 11:13AM

Chinese archaeologists prepare for hi-tech excavations with AI and deep-sea robots

Scientists will be tasked with deploying big data tech and underwater drones to unearth centuries of lost history under 15th five-year plan.

31 Oct 2026 - 9:30PM

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AI could turn China’s social credit system into surveillance tool: study

Artificial intelligence tracking of citizens’ online and offline activities via their algorithms may lead to discrimination, says scholar.

31 Oct 2026 - 6:00PM

A giant eye is displayed at a booth during Security China 2023 in Beijing. Photo: AP

Mao vs Rao: Cell Press probe clears editor but Chinese biologist keeps up pressure

Investigation finds no evidence to support bribery claims against Cancer Cell journal chief but accuser demands his resignation ‘or sue me’.

31 Oct 2026 - 12:00PM

Exclusive | Asian scientists are looking to South Korea as it becomes harder to stay in the US

Seoul university says it’s luring researchers in energy, quantum materials and biomedicine while still working with US and Chinese partners.

30 Oct 2026 - 6:00PM

Biomedicine | How China uses gut microbes to treat a range of diseases

Researchers explore the use of probiotics to tackle cancers, diabetes, brain disorders and more – and to make traditional Chinese medicine work better.

30 Oct 2026 - 2:32PM

How China uses gut microbes to treat a range of diseases

China tests powerful AI that could one day be used on submarines

Breakthrough in China’s race with the US over exploration of applying AI to military operations amid deep-sea trials in Philippine Basin.

29 Oct 2026 - 10:45PM

Submersible pilot Tang Jialing (right) checks the manned deep-sea submersible Jiaolong on October 15. Photo: Xinhua

Chinese astronomers find planets that somehow avoided death by red giant stars

Study suggests the long-term fate of the solar system, including Earth, ‘may be far more complicated than predicted’, according to scientist.

29 Oct 2026 - 1:08AM

In China gene-editing trial, 2 children improved and 1 died

Recent study reveals a harsh reality: promising experimental treatments still force parents to gamble with their children’s lives.

30 Oct 2026 - 1:00PM

China formally launches project to build aircraft carrier-sized ‘science island’

Due for completion by 2030, the semi-submersible twin-hull platform is the world’s first mobile, self-sustaining artificial island.

28 Oct 2026 - 1:30PM

An artist’s impression of the Deep-Sea All-Weather Resident Floating Research Facility. Photo: Shanghai Jiao Tong University

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