1. PLA scientists reveal tech breakthrough behind world’s fastest coilgun
A Chinese electromagnetic coil gun capable of firing at 3,000 rounds per minute – a rate that obliterates traditional firearms and greatly surpasses US commercial models by orders of magnitude – has been captured on video.
2. Chinese scientists prove US Air Force’s Mach 16 engine concept ‘feasible’
A state-backed Chinese research team has achieved a breakthrough in developing a hypersonic engine powered by ordinary jet fuel, reigniting global debates over the viability of a technology proposed by US military nearly 70 years ago.
3. Peking University dropout cracks ‘alien’s language’ that may upend mathematics
Zhou Zhongpeng, a 28-year-old Peking University doctoral dropout turned tech engineer, has deciphered one of mathematics’ most cryptic frontiers dubbed the “alien’s language” for its impenetrable 2,000-page framework and extraterrestrial-like notation.
4. Study debunks Covid-19 ‘lab leak’ theory, finds virus didn’t originate in Wuhan
A landmark international study has offered compelling evidence that the coronavirus that caused the Covid-19 pandemic did not originate in Wuhan, China, challenging US President Donald Trump’s laboratory leak theory.
5. Top sleep scientist Dan Yang leaves US for China role, reunites with Mu-ming Poo
After spending 35 years in the United States pioneering research on the neural circuits that govern sleep and executive brain functions of the frontal cortex, neuroscientist Dan Yang has returned to China to join the Shenzhen Medical Academy of Research and Translation (SMART) as a senior principal investigator.
6. Award-winning Chinese radar expert Li Chunsheng dies aged 62
Leading Chinese radar expert Li Chunsheng has died at the age of 62.
An obituary published by his university on Monday said he had “devoted himself to developing China’s aerospace industry”.
7. PLA researchers rank Cold War relic B-52 a bigger nuclear threat than F-35, B-2
A threat assessment by a Chinese research team into the US military’s capability of launching a tactical nuclear air strike on China has come up with some unexpected findings.
