The Standard Model, a cornerstone of modern physics, explains how three of nature’s four fundamental forces – the electromagnetic, the weak and strong forces – interact at the subatomic level. The groundbreaking work of Chen-ning Yang, who has died aged 103, was fundamental to the completion of this model. Alongside Albert Einstein’s theory of gravitation,…
Chinese scientists expect to soon make a breakthrough in airborne wind turbine technology, with the world’s first megawatt-level system set to take flight, according to the project team. The floating wind power generation system resembles an airship and is being held up as a possible power solution for remote locations and disaster zones where conventional…
Cambridge University physicist Yun Guolin – a pioneer in pressure-sensitive wearable tech – has returned to China to join his alma mater, the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC). Yun is now a special professor in the department of modern mechanics at the university in Hefei. He specialises in researching liquid metals and…
A video and pictures have emerged showing testing of Chinese high-flying and high-speed uncrewed air vehicles, including aerial releases from a TB-001 drone and a high-altitude balloon. The air vehicle designs are related to the MD-22, ostensibly a hypersonic testbed, which first broke cover two years ago. The bulk of the new imagery comes from…
When a group of Chinese primary school pupils with a keen interest in astronomy were asked what language the research on China’s Chang’e-6 lunar soil samples should be written in, they stopped smiling. The pupils of Fangcaodi International School, a state-run primary school in Beijing with an emphasis on science education, have closely followed China’s…