Cheaper fresh water in China, potential Parkinson’s treatment: 7 science highlights

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1. China desalination tech makes fresh water cheaper than tap water – plus hydrogen

China has launched a revolutionary facility in the eastern province of Shandong that produces fresh water from seawater for just two yuan (US$0.28) per cubic metre, generating green hydrogen as a by-product in a breakthrough that could redefine global water and energy systems.

2. Chinese physicists prove Einstein wrong and put century-old debate to an end

Albert Einstein is seen in Princeton, New Jersey, in 1954. Photo: AP

Albert Einstein is seen in Princeton, New Jersey, in 1954. Photo: AP

For the first time, scientists in China have faithfully recreated a thought experiment proposed by Albert Einstein nearly a century ago, showing that the quantum world behaves in ways the iconic physicist never fully accepted.

3. Man behind 99% chips: semiconductor legend Chih-Tang Sah’s ashes leave US for China

The ashes of microelectronics legend Chih-Tang Sah (Sa Zhitang), whose inventions underpin nearly all modern semiconductor chips, have been transported from the US to his ancestral province of Fujian in southeastern China for burial.

South China Morning Post

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