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17 storiesChina launches satellite internet low-orbit group 27 on Long March 12 rocket
China launched the satellite internet low-orbit group 27 satellites at 03:27 on Oct. 10 from the Hainan commercial spacecraft launch site on a Long March 12 rocket, Xinhua reported. The satellites entered their planned orbit and the mission…
China's FAST telescope finds first still-evolving primordial pulsar triple system
Researchers at the National Astronomical Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, led by Han Jinlin (韩金林), have shown that pulsar J0435+3233, discovered by the FAST radio telescope, belongs to the first known primordial triple syst…
Nvidia pledges $1 billion over five years to support US scientific research
Nvidia announced on October 8 that it will put $1 billion over the next five years into advancing US science, with outlets naming superintelligence and quantum computing among its focus areas. The company said the money will support US univ…
SpaceX Dragon returns four astronauts from space station, splashes down off Los Angeles
A SpaceX Dragon spacecraft carrying four astronauts undocked from the International Space Station at 08:05 US Eastern Time on October 7 and splashed down in waters near Los Angeles, California, at 11:34 US Eastern Time on October 8, after m…
Three scientists win 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
The Karolinska Institute announced on October 5 local time that the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine went to three scientists: Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel. The award cites their discoveries concerning light-gat…
Chinese team builds first 3D cell atlas of rice life cycle, published in Cell
A Chinese multi-institution team said it has constructed the world’s first three-dimensional spatiotemporal cell atlas covering rice from seed germination to flowering and fruiting, with the paper published online in Cell on the evening of …
Nobel physics prize 2026 goes to Francis Halzen for IceCube neutrino work
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics to Francis Halzen, a physicist at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and principal researcher at the IceCube Neutrino Observatory. The citation recognises his de…
Two scientists win 2026 Nobel Chemistry Prize for asymmetric synthesis work
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry to French chemist Henri B. Kagan and Japanese chemist Kenso Soai for the discovery of non-linear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis, Chin…
Francis Halzen wins 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics for IceCube neutrino work
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics to Francis Halzen for his decisive contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and the discovery of high-energy astrophysical neutrinos. Halzen, born in Bel…
Tsinghua-led team develops nuclear optical clock, Nature publishes results
Tsinghua University and multiple domestic research teams said they developed the world’s first “nuclear optical clock”, moving quantum precision measurement from electron transitions to atomic nucleus transitions, according to China News Se…
Chinese scientists begin joint China-Nepal Himalayan glacier disaster survey
More than 50 researchers from over ten Chinese universities and research institutes left Chengdu on Oct 4 for a joint China-Nepal emergency survey of the Himalayan cryosphere and lithosphere, Chinese outlets reported, citing CCTV. The surve…
Chinese scientists develop new high-efficiency carbon-capture membrane
A team at Tianjin University led by Jiang Zhongyi and He Guangwei has developed a new all-organic mixed-matrix membrane for carbon capture, according to CLS and Jiemian. The outlets said the work overcomes the difficulty of balancing membra…
South Korea's Nuri rocket succeeds in fifth launch, satellites deployed
South Korea's domestically developed Nuri rocket launched at 12:25 local time from the Naro Space Center in Goheung, Jeollanam-do, and its fifth mission succeeded, the Korea AeroSpace Administration said. The rocket carried five Earth obser…
2026 Nobel Chemistry Prize awarded to Kagan and Soai for chiral synthesis work
The 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to Henri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai for discovering nonlinear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis, according to Chinese reports. Their work explains how reactions can favor on…
2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine awarded for optogenetics
The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel for discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics, the Nobel Foundation announced on October 5. The technique l…
2026 Nobel Chemistry Prize awarded to Kagan and Soai for asymmetric synthesis
The 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to Henri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai for discovering nonlinear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced the prize on Oct. 7, and rep…
Shenzhou-23 crew mark National Day and Mid-Autumn in orbit with science work
Astronauts Zhu Yangzhu, Zhang Zhiyuan and Li Jiaying of the Shenzhou-23 crew stayed aboard China's space station through the National Day holiday and Mid-Autumn Festival, with more than four months already spent in orbit, China News Service…