Russian President Putin said if the situation escalates too far there will be no winners.

China has launched a national major science and technology project on brain science and brain-inspired research, with a kickoff convened by the Beijing Institute of Brain Science and Brain-inspired Research. The programme funds three projects: development and clinical translation of a flexible, high-throughput semi‑invasive brain‑machine interface (BMI) system for motor-function restoration; R&D and clinical application of implantable, high‑density medical feedthroughs and system‑integration technologies for BMIs; and multi‑region motor encoding/decoding and long‑term stable motor BMI system research. Authorities say the projects will drive domestic innovation in semi‑invasive BMI systems, feedthrough technology and motor‑control research and strengthen China’s BMI R&D and clinical application capacity.

The National Energy Administration and other departments issued guidance aiming for significantly strengthened domestic gas-turbine innovation by 2030. Targets include whole-machine and key-component R&D and manufacturing capability, rising performance and reliability, and progress on digitalization, greening and integration. The plan calls for building a self-reliant end-to-end R&D–manufacturing–testing–maintenance industrial chain to basically meet domestic demand for gas turbines used in distributed energy, offshore oil and gas platforms and long-distance pipeline compressors, and for heavy gas-turbine power-generation pilot projects to deliver phased results.