Cambridge, Massachusetts — At Harvard, a team of researchers is studying the axolotl, the salamander with the superpower to regrow body parts. “And we want to find out the secrets, like, the actual, molecular secrets of how they regenerate limbs,” Jessica Whited, an assistant professor of stem cell and regenerative biology at the Harvard Stem…
Michael Sandel is a political philosopher and the Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of Government at Harvard University. His course on justice was the first at Harvard to be made freely available online and has been viewed by tens of millions of people. Sandel recently received the 2025 Berggruen Prize for Philosophy and…
Catch up on some of SCMP’s biggest China stories of the day. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. ‘Amazing’ Xi-Trump summit, as it happened – deals struck as trade war thaws Chinese President Xi Jinping has held talks with his American counterpart Donald Trump, their first in-person…
All have returned to China in recent months from top overseas institutions. Their homecoming reflects a broader and accelerating trend: China’s strategic pivot towards cultivating and recruiting elite scientific minds, both from overseas and within its own borders. Source link
Chinese statistician returning from US: Liu Jun, one of the world’s leading statisticians and a long-time professor at Harvard University, has returned to China full-time, as per a report. Last month, he officially accepted the “Xinghua Distinguished Chair Professor” position at Tsinghua University, the institution’s highest academic title, as per a SCMP report. Liu Jun’s…
Mathematics plays a big role in developing advanced weapons, top mathematician Shing-Tung Yau said in an interview with a Chengdu-based media outlet after watching China’s military parade in Tiananmen Square on Wednesday. “The development of cutting-edge weapons relies heavily on foundational disciplines such as mathematics and physics. Without original innovations and deep accumulation in basic…
In July 2025, the Trump administration paused export controls on advanced AI chips to China in an effort to restart trade talks. The decision drew criticism from national security circles concerned about China’s expanding tech dominance. Yet a quieter and more enduring pipeline of technological transfer remains largely overlooked: America’s elite universities. Institutions such as…
Hong Kong’s plans to impose a required residency period for children of non-local talent before they can apply for subsidised tertiary education is part of efforts to ensure fairness and the reasonable use of public funds, a minister has said. Secretary for Education Christine Choi Yuk-lin on Saturday defended the coming policy change, noting the…
(Reuters) -The Trump administration escalated its feud with Harvard University on Wednesday, saying the Department of Homeland Security planned to issue subpoenas for information about alleged misconduct by foreign students. The Departments of Education and of Health and Human Services also said in a statement they had notified the school’s accreditor that it had violated…
The University of Hong Kong (HKU) is not about to “take advantage” of international students and scholars facing difficulties in the United States but it will just focus on welcoming and nurturing talent, its head has said, revealing it was handling over 100 transfer applications. Vice-chancellor Xiang Zhang, a renowned scientist, told the Post that…