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Chinese company CAS Space has achieved the country’s first commercial suborbital capsule recovery with its Lihong-1 vehicle. The mission, reaching 120 km altitude, conducted microgravity experiments including space-based 3D-printing before a successful parachute-assisted touchdown.
At CES 2026, dozens of Chinese smart eyewear makers like Rokid, Xreal, and LLVision unveiled AI-powered glasses, directly challenging Meta’s Ray-Ban. With global shipments doubling and a powerful supply chain enabling sleek designs, China is emerging as a powerhouse in the race for your face.
Researchers from the China Aerodynamics Research and Development Centre used their novel PADJ-X software to simulate the US B-21 stealth bomber, finding potential for a 15% increase in aerodynamic efficiency and major stability improvements, showcasing a powerful tool for reverse-engineering advanced aircraft designs.
Chinese entities have filed plans with the UN to launch more than 200,000 satellites, a move that escalates the space race with Elon Musk’s SpaceX. The filings, including two proposals for 96,714 satellites each, come just as Beijing criticized Starlink for crowding orbits and increasing collision risks.
Scientists from China’s Purple Mountain Observatory have released the world’s first lunar timekeeping software. It solves the problem caused by the moon’s weaker gravity, which makes clocks run 56 microseconds faster per day, and is essential for coordinating future missions and a lunar “GPS.”
Walmart and Alphabet’s Wing Aviation are supercharging drone delivery, planning to add the service at 150 stores within a year to reach 40 million Americans. Building on success in Dallas and Atlanta, the expansion to cities like Los Angeles and Miami aims to create a network of over 270 locations by 2027, making last-minute essentials just minutes away.
UK startup Space Forge has fired up the first commercial semiconductor factory in space aboard its ForgeStar-1 satellite, generating 1,832°F plasma. This breakthrough paves the way for making materials in microgravity that could slash electronics’ energy use by up to 60%, according to CEO Joshua Western.
Swiss researchers at ETH Zurich have discovered that electrons in ultra-thin materials don’t move instantly with atomic nuclei, lagging by up to 30 femtoseconds. Led by Professor Ursula Keller, the study challenges a core physics assumption and offers new pathways toward nano-scale opto-electronic devices.
US scientists at Washington University in St. Louis have discovered how electrically charged dust storms actively reshape Mars’ surface and atmosphere. Led by Dr. Alian Wang, the research links Martian electrostatic discharges to unusual isotope signatures measured by NASA and ESA missions, revealing dust as a powerful chemical engine on the Red Planet.
South Korean scientists at Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) have built an ultra-fast quantum tunneling device designed for the 6G terahertz era. Led by Professor Hyeong-Ryeol Park, the team reduced required electric fields to one-quarter of previous levels, solving a durability problem that has long limited terahertz quantum technologies.
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