Science & Technology

Chinese astronauts Zhu Yangzhu, Zhang Zhiyuan and Li Jiaying, or Lai Ka-ying in Cantonese, will carry out the Shenzhou-23 crewed spaceflight mission, with Zhu serving as the commander, the China Manned Space Agency announced on Saturday. The Shenzhou-23 crewed spaceship is scheduled to be launched at 11:08 p.m. Sunday (Beijing Time) from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, said Zhang Jingbo, spokesperson of the agency at a press conference. The three astro

China State Shipbuilding Corporation announced on Saturday that its researchers recently completed a 537-day deep-sea material corrosion test at a depth of 10,000 meters. The test, which set a new duration record, was conducted in an "extremely harsh environment" featuring high pressure, low temperature, high salinity and extremely low dissolved oxygen, the company said. Overcoming multiple challenges, the research team established an effective, ultra-low consumption power ma

A new study has found that climate warming is driving a widespread and sustained loss of oxygen in rivers around the world, putting freshwater ecosystems at risk. The study, published in the journal Science Advances, was conducted by a research team led by researchers from the Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (NIGLAS). The researchers analyzed nearly 40 years of data from more than 21,000 river reaches across the globe. They u

China on Tuesday announced the launch of a global AI education service platform during the 2026 World Digital Education Conference in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, aiming to promote cross-border sharing of high-quality educational resources and further integrate AI into education. The launch comes as part of a broader upgrade to the Smart Education of China, a digital education platform now accessible in around 220 countries and regions. The upgraded platform expa

China launched the cargo craft Tianzhou-10 from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site on Monday morning to deliver supplies for its orbiting Tiangong space station, according to the China Manned Space Agency. A Long March-7 Y11 carrier rocket carrying the cargo craft Tianzhou-10 blasts off from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in south China's Hainan Province, May 11, 2026. (Photo: China News Service/Luo Yunfei) The Long March-7 rocket, carrying Tianzhou-10, blasted off at 8

China has achieved its first successful artificial breeding of the loach (Traccatichthys pulcher), which is a huge breakthrough in fish conservation efforts at the Datengxia Water Conservancy Hub, according to the project's developer on Thursday. The fish species, endemic to the Pearl River basin, is known for its vibrant colors. It is a popular ornamental fish and an economically important species in the Hongshui River basin. Wild populations of this loach have declined in r

The Red Cross Society of China (RCSC) helped more than 16,000 seriously ill children over the past year, including financial support for over 7,000 young leukemia patients and more than 5,000 children living with congenital heart disease, it announced at a press briefing on Thursday. A Red Cross volunteer (R) registers information at a hospital in Bouyei-Miao Autonomous Prefecture of Qianxinan, southwest China's Guizhou Province, April 24, 2025. (Xinhua/Liu Yongzhen) The RCSC

In southwest China's Guizhou Province, Tang Hanlin, chairman of a data asset operation and digital-intelligence services provider, has witnessed a dramatic surge in just four months. His company's daily token calls skyrocketed from less than 3 billion in early January to nearly 12 billion in April, while order transactions jumped from under 70,000 to over 280,000. This explosive growth is not an isolated case. Across China, the national daily token calls exceeded 140 trillion

China has achieved a breakthrough in yak breeding using a combination of whole-genome selection and somatic cell cloning, with cloned calves successfully born and early-stage scaling underway, researchers said on Monday. The results were announced in Damxung County in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, where a joint research team said the technology could significantly improve breeding efficiency in a sector long constrained by slow genetic improvement and low reprod

Scientists in Shanghai have identified a "brake" gene that could potentially halt the progression of Alzheimer's disease, following the creation of the world's first functional map of regulatory "switches" in astrocytes — cells that protect and support brain neurons — using an innovative technology. The gene has already been validated in mouse models, where it significantly alleviated cognitive impairments, bringing performance close to that of healthy mice. The research team

At a bustling store in south China's metropolis of Shenzhen, a small crowd gathers around what looks, at first glance, like an ordinary display of plush toys. They are soft, round and brightly colored, the sort of companions that have filled children's rooms for decades. But then they begin to murmur in their own uniquely programmed digital dialect. At the prompt of a young girl, the beige "creature" in her hand, one of the palm-sized AI toys known as "Fuzozo," pauses, its ti

China released its first commercial space standard system on Friday, aiming to leverage standardization's guiding role in the development of the space industry and promote high-quality development of commercial space activities. The new standard system was issued by the China National Space Administration (CNSA) and the State Administration for Market Regulation in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, at the launch ceremony of the country's 11th Space Day that fell on