AGP Executive Report
Last update: 26 minutes agoPrecision Timekeeping: A Tsinghua University-led team has built a nuclear optical clock using thorium-229 and a homegrown ultraviolet laser. The results, published in Nature, mark an early step in a race to use atomic nuclei as exceptionally stable timekeepers. Rail Innovation: China’s 2026–30 plan sets targets for 30 railway research bases, 100 key technology breakthroughs and 500 major results, including work on 600-km/h maglev. Memory Chips: Chinese maker CXMT says it has advanced a denser DRAM design, rattling global chip stocks as investors weigh a possible challenge to Samsung, SK Hynix and Micron. AI Infrastructure: China is expanding data centers and forming a large research task force focused on mathematical AI, as it pushes to compete with leading U.S. labs. Biotech Deals: Roche agreed to pay China’s Rona Therapeutics at least $100 million upfront for an experimental obesity drug, with potential payments taking the deal above $1 billion.
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