China Gadgets

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  Giant Ancient Collision May Have ‘Flipped’ the Moon’s Interior, Study Suggests

  Scientists analyzing lunar samples from China’s Chang’e-6 mission have uncovered evidence of a colossal ancient asteroid impact. Elevated levels of heavy potassium isotopes suggest extreme heating that drove lighter elements into space, potentially explaining why the Moon’s far side lacks dark volcanic plains seen on the near side.

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  World’s Biggest Alien Search Enters Final Stage With 100 Mystery Signals

  SETI scientists are using China’s FAST radio telescope to examine the final 100 unexplained signals from the historic SETI@home project. While experts expect most to be radio interference, the search marks the culmination of a massive global citizen science effort and sets new standards for future hunts for extraterrestrial intelligence.

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  Astronomers Detect Rare Rogue Planet Drifting Alone 10,000 Light-Years from Earth

  Astronomers have confirmed a rare rogue planet, drifting without a star nearly 10,000 light-years away. Using gravitational microlensing, their distance and mass were measured, suggesting that free-floating planets may be abundant across the Milky Way. Upcoming telescopes, including NASA’s Roman Space Telescope and China’s Earth 2.0 mission, ar...

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  Space Rocket Crashes in 2025: Why This Year Saw an Unusually High Number of Orbital Launch Failures

  A wave of launch failures marked the global space race in 2025, with rockets from the US, China, Japan, India, South Korea and Europe suffering fiery mishaps. From Starship test explosions to failed orbital insertions and crashed lunar landers, setbacks underscored the risks of rapid innovation.

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  Physicists Push Superconducting Diodes to Higher Temperatures

  Researchers in China have demonstrated the first high-temperature superconducting diode, operating above liquid nitrogen temperatures without magnetic fields. Using cuprate materials, the device enables clean supercurrent flow and could reduce noise in quantum computers. The breakthrough marks an important step toward practical superconducting elec...

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  China Launches Three Long March Rockets in Under 19 Hours, Setting New National Record

  China made spaceflight history by launching three Long March rockets within just 19 hours, setting a national record. The missions expanded broadband satellite networks and deployed new military and communications spacecraft, highlighting the country’s rapidly growing launch capabilities and ambitious space expansion efforts.

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  Sberbank CEO Herman Gref on Developing AI Amid Sanctions and Bringing AI to India

  Sberbank plans to expand its presence in India and hopes to secure a full banking licence within three years. CEO Herman Gref told Gadgets 360 that the bank built its own AI infrastructure despite Western sanctions, drawing on long-term investment, Chinese support and thousands of in-house engineers. Sberbank now wants to share its AI capabilities,...

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  China's Zhuque-3 Reaches Orbit but Booster Explodes in Failed Landing Attempt

  China’s private launch company, LandSpace, successfully sent its Zhuque-3 rocket to low Earth orbit on its maiden flight, delivering its payload with an expendable upper stage. But the mission took a dramatic turn during recovery when one of the booster’s engines stalled in the landing burn, causing the stage to erupt in flames just meters from...

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  China Tests Humanoid Robots to Guide Travellers at Border Crossing

  China has begun testing UBTech’s Walker humanoid robots at a border facility near Vietnam, aiming to use them for guiding travellers, managing queues and supporting logistics tasks. The robots, arriving in December, feature autonomous battery-swapping for extended operation. The US$37 million contract reflects Beijing’s ambition to dominate glo...

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  China’s Massive JUNO Experiment Delivers Its First World-Class Neutrino Results

  China’s Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory has delivered world-class results after only 59 days of data collection, achieving the most precise measurements yet of two major neutrino oscillation parameters. JUNO’s early performance surpasses all previous experiments, confirming a small but intriguing discrepancy between solar and reactor ...