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A new rocket, sea launches and more: Chinese company CAS Space is thinking big

CAS Space is preparing to launch its first liquid propellant rocket, the Kinetica 2, carrying a prototype cargo spacecraft — the latest sign of China's accelerating commercial launch sector.

Space

Chinese submersible explores previously unknown giant craters at the bottom of the Pacific — and they're teeming with life

Scientists have discovered and explored a giant hydrothermal system at the bottom of the Pacific, which could provide a window into the origins of life on Earth.

LiveScience

Why is the moon's far side so weird? China's lunar sample-return mission may have figured it out

The impact that carved out the moon's huge South Pole-Aitken basin may explain the puzzling differences between the lunar near and far sides.

Space

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Breakthrough study finds subtle new early symptoms of Parkinson’s to watch out for

Behaviours like rearing, walking, and hunching were found tied to loss of neurons associated with Parkinson’s

The Independent UK

The Scottish universities accepting millions from organisations linked to China

Scottish universities have accepted millions of pounds from Chinese organisations with alleged links to the military, human rights abuses and…

The National (Scotland)

Albanese ‘would prefer’ Chinese research vessel was not off the coast of Australia

Tan Suo Yi Hao has been in New Zealand on a joint research operation and is not expected to visit any Australian ports

The Guardian - AU

Chinese scientists create 'breakthrough' solid-state DUV laser light source for chipmaking tools

The Chinese Academy of Sciences has developed a light source that produces 193-nm DUV light, but it is years away from commercialization.

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China builds spy camera so powerful it can see faces from space

Millimetre-level resolution from 100km could see the dawn of facial recognition satellites

The Independent UK

Revealed: Scale of Chinese financial investment in UK universities

Exclusive: New figures reveal the scale of Chinese investment in presitigious UK universities, amid concerns bout Bejing’s influence

The Independent UK

China Aims To Lead Global Space Science By 2050

China's space exploration ambitions include moon landings, Mars missions, and a focus on space science research for global leadership.

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China's CAS Space launches 5 satellites with its 4th rocket (video)

Commercial Chinese rocket maker CAS Space completed its fourth solid rocket launch on Tuesday (Sept. 24), sending five satellites to orbit.

Space

China wrestles with ‘quantity over quality’ in generative AI patents

China has filed for more patents than any other country, but US export controls are not its only hurdle.

Al Jazeera

Geologists raise concerns over possible censorship and bias in Chinese chatbot

GeoGPT developed in Chinese-funded earth sciences programme aimed at researchers in global south

The Guardian - UK

Scientists stunned at first live birth of ‘chimeric’ monkey

The baby only survived for 10 days, the researchers said

The Independent UK

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Scientists report first live birth of ‘chimeric’ monkey

The baby was born with ‘a high proportion’ of donor cells but survived only for 10 days, the researchers said.

The Hindu

Data | India tops AI projects in GitHub

In 2022, Indian software developers were the top contributors to AI projects on GitHub, accounting for 24.2% of the total. This information comes from Stanford’s AI Index Report. However, China leads in AI-related journal publications. In terms of international collaboration, the U.S. and China have been dominant in AI partnerships.…

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