In 2018, Chinese state media announced one of the most ambitious weather engineering projects ever proposed, an attempt to ...

China’s main research funding agency will increase its number of prestigious grants for early-career scientists by 50%. The move is part of the country’s promise to step up support for young ...

A drone photo taken on June 27, 2026 shows the toroidal-field superconducting magnet for the fusion reactor in Hefei, east ...

A new China rocket mission is generating interest beyond low Earth orbit. Here's why space agencies around the world are ...

The device, part of the CRAFT artificial sun reactor, sets new international benchmark in push for clean energy.

This story is part of Sixth Tone’s 10-year anniversary series, Ten Years in Transition. SHANGHAI – Thirty meters underground on the outskirts of Shanghai, engineers are painstakingly fitting together ...

China launched Shenzhou-23 to Tiangong, starting a historic one-year mission with over 100 experiments. See the future of space travel.

China’s decision to halt work on what was meant to be the world’s largest particle accelerator has reshaped the global race to probe the Higgs boson and the fabric of the universe. Instead of ...

China's mobile science popularization facilities, backed by sustained government efforts, have served a total of 664 million people, underscoring China's push to bring science to every corner of the ...

The National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) supported 58,800 science fund projects last year, allocating a total ...

After spending one month aboard China's Tiangong space station, the Shenzhou-23 crew has continued a range of space science ...