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South China Morning Post
22-05-2025
- Science
- South China Morning Post
Award-winning Chinese radar expert Li Chunsheng dies aged 62 at conference
The leading Chinese radar expert Li Chunsheng has died at the age of 62. Li, a professor at the school of electronic information engineering of Beihang University in Beijing, became ill last week at a conference hosted by the China Radar Industry Association in Hefei, the capital of the southeastern province of Anhui. An obituary published by his university on Monday said he had 'devoted himself to developing China's aerospace industry'. Li specialised in synthetic aperture radar, with a particular focus on image processing and methods to enhance the quality of the images produced. His university said he had made 'systematic and significant contributions' to the development of the technology and that as a teacher he had helped cultivate top talent in the aerospace remote sensing sector. Li also held positions on a number of national military and aerospace organisations, including the Central Military Commission's science and technology committee. He published more than 80 academic papers and four monographs, and served as team leader and chief scientist on many major national research projects, including the National High-Tech Programme and National Basic Research Programme.
South China Morning Post
18-05-2025
- Science
- South China Morning Post
Nobel physicist Giorgio Parisi takes up complexity sciences post in China
Italian theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate Giorgio Parisi has taken up a senior position at a university in eastern China as the country strives to attract established scientists for top-tier research. The winner of the 2021 Nobel Prize for physics has moved from Rome to be a discipline leader at an international research centre for complexity sciences at Beihang University's Hangzhou campus in Zhejiang province. According to a university social media post, Beihang Communist Party secretary Zhao Changlu said he hoped Parisi would recommend more top researchers to join the university and help make it more international. Parisi said he would endeavour to 'promote more scientific cooperation between Beihang University and Italy, as well as with the rest of Europe', according to the post. The Hangzhou Innovation Research Institute, where Parisi will be based, is a joint project between the Zhejiang government and Beihang University, a training ground in Beijing for China's aerospace industry. The institute was officially opened in March 2023 and aims to become 'an international education and academic collaboration platform'. It has 20 research centres and is recruiting staff from China and abroad to join them.
The Star
03-05-2025
- Health
- The Star
Chinese researchers develop band-aid for organs, facilitating drug delivery
BEIJING, May 3 (Xinhua) -- Have you ever wondered how drugs find their way through the body? Traditional drug delivery methods work like sending a package to an unfamiliar city, often getting lost or ending up in the wrong place. But now, Chinese researchers have developed smart "band-aids" for organs that are likely to make drug delivery more precise and efficient. A collaborative research team from Beihang University, Peking University and other institutions has developed an electronic patch that acts as a band-aid for organs. According to the researchers, existing oral or intravenous drugs often float around in the bloodstream and struggle to find their exact target site. Not only is this inefficient, but it can also harm healthy organs along the way. Meanwhile, large-molecule drugs face an even tougher challenge in that they are often blocked by the cell membrane, which acts as a security gate. The team integrated flexible electronics and micro-nano processing technologies to create the ultra-thin patch, which is as thin as a regular sheet of printed paper and can be attached directly to the surface of an organ. The patch's unique structure enables its wireless power supply. It can safely perforate cell membranes at a low voltage and, through the ultra-high electric field strength formed within the nano-pores, can deliver drug molecules to the target site rapidly and precisely. "It's like creating a highway for drug delivery," said Chang Lingqian, a professor at Beihang University's School of Biological and Medical Engineering. "This study has already been applied in medical aesthetics and skin trauma repair, and it holds great promise for future treatments of major health issues like cancer and trauma," Chang added. The findings of the study were published in the international academic journal Nature on April 30.
South China Morning Post
29-03-2025
- Science
- South China Morning Post
What's in a Chinese name: scientists fight for identity when forced to use Latin alphabet
In academic research, identifying authorship is a unique challenge for Chinese researchers when their names are presented solely in pinyin and might be shared by other researchers whose names are spelled differently in Chinese characters. Advertisement Chinese scientists told the Post that publishing under just their pinyin name – in English-language journals in which Mandarin is represented in the Latin alphabet – was challenging when it came to academic exchanges, and they appreciated publications that accepted authors' names written in Chinese. To make identification easier, a team based in Vienna and led by a Chinese researcher is working to address the challenges of accurately identifying people from their pinyin names. Their goal is to develop a better system to determine whether a series of papers published under a pinyin name were written by one scientist or more than one researcher bearing the same name, and to enable broader analyses of the scientific community, such as those related to gender equality. 08:30 Why are more Chinese scientists leaving the US to return to China? Why are more Chinese scientists leaving the US to return to China? 'Without a Chinese name, it can be difficult to accurately identify authors in domestic academic exchanges,' said Yuan Bo, an associate professor who researches liquid metal at Beihang University in Beijing. Advertisement 'Often, an author's exact Chinese name could only be found through platforms like WeChat public accounts. It affects the systematic nature and recognisability of their work, especially for younger scholars who are building their reputation,' Yuan said, adding that she had published Chinese-language articles on social media to promote her work.
South China Morning Post
26-03-2025
- Science
- South China Morning Post
Tiny Chinese drone conquers Earth's deepest point, beyond reach of US Navy
In the western Pacific Ocean just east of the island of Guam and a strategic gateway to the second island chain, lies the deepest point on Earth – the Mariana Trench . In the crushing darkness of this hidden realm, China has unveiled a deep-sea technological marvel: a miniature drone, no larger than a briefcase, engineered to succeed where no other machines can reach, including those of the US Navy. Advertisement Developed by researchers at Beijing's Beihang University, the transformer-like robot harnesses smart metal actuators that convert extreme water pressure into propulsion, enabling it to swim, glide and crawl across the trench's 10.7km (6.6 mile) abyss. 'At a depth of [10km], the pressure (equivalent to 1,000 atmospheres) is like a robot bearing the weight of an iceberg,' said professor Wen Li, chief researcher of the project at Beihang University, in an article posted on the university's website on March 20. The achievement, detailed in a landmark Science Robotics study last week, underscores a widening gap between Beijing and Washington. While China completed 246 deep-sea dives in 2024 alone – more than all other nations combined – the United States relies on ageing submersibles like the 61-year-old Alvin, which maxes out at 6,500 metres (21,300 feet). Wen's robotic drone uses shape memory alloys for deep-sea soft actuation. The technology cannot only drive the robot under pressure but also helps the submersible's robot arm carry out various underwater tasks. The miniature deep-sea drone is deployed to swim into the Mariana Trench. Photo: Beihang University The team developed the deep-sea morphable robot with a centimetre-scale soft actuator designed using tube-sealed shape memory alloys (SMAs).
