
A team of paleontologists has discovered the first-known evidence of a bone tumor in a vertebrate preserved in amber, in the form of a 99-million-year-old lizard specimen that offers a rare glimpse into the ancient origins of disease.
For residents of Zhanjiang, Guangdong province, few pleasures compare to savoring fresh seafood year-round. And for Liu Kaidong and Liang Fengyan, the local delicacies have yielded far more than culinary delight.

Chinese scientists have developed a lithium metal battery that boasts an energy density of more than 700 watt-hours per kilogram and stable performance at extremely low temperatures.

It can predict stellar atmospheric parameters and elemental abundances in one go, perform spectral-similarity searches, and even help identify peculiar celestial objects.

Scientists in Australia have developed a simple blood test that detects circulating tumor cells to pinpoint head and neck cancer patients at higher risk of relapse after surgery.

A new species of bent-toed gecko has been discovered in Cambodia's renowned Kirirom National Park, said a joint press release seen on Wednesday.
A baby elephant and its mother are pictured in the Maasai Mara National Reserve in Kenya, on Sept 7."The automated alerts allow field teams to respond before conflict escalates." Because of this innovation, Kenya is emerging as a continental leader in wildlife conservation.

The 2026 AI Impact Summit in New Delhi has concluded with a sweeping vision for the democratization of technology, signaling a shift in the global digital order.
From the afternoon of February 20 to the early hours of February 21, the Xueying 102 aircraft made more than a dozen shuttle flights between Qinling Station and the icebreaker Xuelong, successfully transferring 69 summer team members and supplies to the vessel.
Just a year ago, many humanoid robots were still at a rudimentary stage, able to do little more than basic movements. This Spring Festival, they once again stepped onto the stage of the China Media Group gala and executed a full sequence of extremely difficult movements with astonishing fluency. The speed of iteration is difficult to ignore.

China's digital push in the manufacturing sector has entered a stage of broad-based adoption, with the vast majority of large industrial enterprises implementing digital upgrades, a report said.

The Year of the Horse's Spring Festival Gala, the world's most-watched television event, has delivered a powerful statement: China's technological spotlight has decisively shifted to robotics.
The first stage of the Long March 10 carrier rocket is fished out and retrieved from the sea on Friday, marking China's completion of its first-ever rocket first-stage booster maritime salvage and recovery mission.
China's Ministry of Commerce on Friday urged efforts to restore the smooth, stable operation of the global semiconductor supply chain, after a Dutch court announced a ruling related to semiconductor manufacturer Nexperia.

China has developed a new 3D printing technology capable of producing millimeter-scale complex objects in just 0.6 seconds, setting the fastest speed recorded so far, according to a study published on Wednesday in Nature.

President Xi Jinping has called for strengthening the strategic, forward-looking, and systematic layout of basic research and supporting scientists and researchers in delivering more original innovations.

China's first C909 airplane hospital successfully completed its first onboard eye surgery in Laos on Tuesday, with the patient recovering well after the operation.

Chinese tech company Byte-Dance has launched the latest version of its artificial intelligence video-generation model Seedance 2.0, intensifying China's push in generative AI at a time when the United States'OpenAI appears to have slowed development of its similar product, Sora.

Chinese Premier Li Qiang on Wednesday called for a comprehensive push in the technological innovation, industrial growth and application of artificial intelligence (AI) to foster new quality productive forces and promote high-quality development.
"Backed by China's advanced innovation ecosystem and strong engineering capabilities, this product is designed to address the complex information integration demands of emergency scenarios," he added.
Premier Li Qiang has called for greater efforts to advance both basic and applied research on rare earths, accelerate breakthroughs in core technologies in key fields, and strive to build a leading hub for rare earth technological innovation.
A low-altitude demonstration and verification flight test for the Long March 10 carrier rocket and a maximum dynamic pressure abort flight test for the new-generation crewed spaceship system Mengzhou are successfully conducted at the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in South China's Hainan province, Feb 11, 2026.

A wave of initial public offerings is sweeping China's graphics processing unit, or GPU sector, marking a critical phase in the nation's push for self-reliance in advanced computing power.

China successfully conducted a low-altitude demonstration and validation flight test of the Long March-10 launch vehicle system, along with a maximum dynamic pressure abort flight test of the Mengzhou crewed spacecraft system, at the Wenchang Space Launch Site in south China's Hainan Province, on Wednesday, according to the China Manned Space Engineering Office.

China's self-developed Snow Leopard 6×6 wheeled vehicle recently completed extreme environment testing in the Antarctic interior, traveling more than 10,000 km with zero failures, China's 42nd Antarctic expedition team said on Tuesday.

China's digital services exports surged in 2025, with trade in telecommunications, computer, and information services exceeding 800 billion yuan (about $116 billion), according to data released by the State Administration of Foreign Exchange.
A wave of public offerings is sweeping China's graphics processing unit, or GPU sector, marking a critical phase in the nation's push for self-reliance in advanced computing power.
China's semiconductor supply chain companies are making steady progress in core technologies and materials as US-led export controls and the possibility of more restrictions on advanced chip-making equipment catalyze the country's drive for greater self-sufficiency.

Multiple Chinese authorities have jointly issued guidelines to bolster the information and communication sector, aiming to support the development of low-altitude infrastructure.

Chinese astronomers said they have likely captured the first direct evidence of a mid-sized black hole ripping apart and consuming a white dwarf star, shedding new light on a long-theorized but rarely observed cosmic process.
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