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NASA has cancelled plans for a lunar-orbit space station, opting to repurpose components to build a US$20 billion moon base and to develop a nuclear-powered spacecraft for Mars, under new NASA chief Jared Isaacman.
Chinese researchers say they ignited a solid rocket motor at 200 metres underwater, a depth beyond typical submarine-launch conditions, raising questions about future deep-sea weapon concepts.
The NTSB says a chain of failures likely caused a deadly collision at LaGuardia when an Air Canada jet hit a fire truck; PBS discussed the investigation with Miles O’Brien.
CERN scientists in Geneva successfully conducted a first‑of‑its‑kind truck test transporting antiprotons, a delicate demonstration of safe antimatter handling.
Al Jazeera asked a simple but profound question — what if humanity encounters extraterrestrial life — sparking reflection on the scientific, ethical and geopolitical consequences of such a discovery.
An international study modeling climate change and battery degradation finds that recent and projected advances in EV battery technology should largely mitigate the effects of future warming on battery lifespan.
Peking University researchers led by Jiao Ning published a Nature paper describing a method to convert olefins—cheap industrial feedstock—into high-value alkynes, resolving a 160-year chemical puzzle.
A Chinese robotic system reduced complex brain imaging time by about 29% in tests at Peking Union Medical College Hospital, shaving nine minutes off a standard manual procedure and marking a milestone for the first approved cerebrovascular intervention system.
China’s ship research centre in Wuxi has designed a tourist submersible rated to 1,000 metres, with a prototype planned this year and commercial service targeted by 2030 for up to four passengers.
An unmanned smart ratoon‑rice farm in Hunan, developed by a biotech firm and research institutes, produced yields 50% higher and could bolster China’s aim to grow 90% of its grain by 2032.
A USTC team led by Pan Jianwei built a strontium optical clock that would drift less than one second over about 30 billion years, putting China among the world leaders in timekeeping and potentially influencing a future redefinition of the second.
Zhang Jinshui, a prominent Chinese remote-sensing scientist who helped apply satellite technology to bolster food security, has died at 47, Chinese media report.