{
  "id": 566344,
  "title": "China says US tried to buy its super magnet that has ‘40% higher’ performance",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/china-says-us-tried-to-buy-its-super-magnet-that-has-40-higher",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-11T12:00:37.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3363680/china-says-us-tried-buy-superconductor-magnet-outperforms-american-ones-40"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A US laboratory that once dominated the field of superconducting magnets is now hoping to buy Chinese technology used in a leading particle accelerator, official Chinese media reported on Tuesday. The US Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory once “monopolised” this type of specialised technology, according to Science and Technology Daily. But in May last year it contacted the…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}