Academic cross-pollination ignites sparks
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2022-03-22
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On March 14, WANG Chao, a master’s student at the College of Electrical Engineering, and LIN Xin, a PhD candidate at the School of Management, co-authored a research article entitled “Coordinating Thermal Energy Storage Capacity Planning and Multi-Channels Energy Dispatch in Wind-Concentrating Solar Power Energy System”, which will come out soon in the Journal of Cleaner Production.This interdisciplinary “pollination” started from a summer social practice program. In 2020, the Col...
ZJU establishes School of Physics
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2022-03-21
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The Department of Physics was renamed the School of Physics on March 11.President WU Zhaohui expressed his heartfelt gratitude to Prof. LIN Haiqing, a member of Chinese Academy of Sciences, for joining the Zhejiang University community as dean of the School of Physics. He hoped that the School of Physics would gear up efforts to build the world’s leading discipline, open up new vistas for physics tuned in to China’s key strategic needs, and lead the high-quality development of basic disci...
Extracellular vesicles derived from NELL1-modified mesenchymal stem cells improve acellular bone regeneration
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2022-03-17
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EVs are nanoparticles (30–200 nm) secreted by various cell types, and the lipid bilayer of EVs can retain their bioactivity for a long time and protect functional molecules inside, such as miRNAs. EVs-mediated cell-free therapy is considered a promising alternative to stem cell transplantation. Proper gene modification of EVs can significantly improve cellular uptake or therapeutic RNA delivery to promote therapeutic efficacy. Neural EGFL-like 1 (NELL1) is a protein that stimulates bone formatio...
Insight@ZJU: School of Management releases the Innovation Economy Index for 57 Chinese Cities
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2022-03-16
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[Message from the Editor: On February 25, the Blue Book of China’s Urban Innovation Economy 2020-2021 (hereinafter, the “Blue Book”) was officially released at the Alibaba Cloud Guangdong Summit 2022. Compiled by the National Institute for Innovation Management (NIIM) and the Zhejiang University School of Management, with data support from Alibaba Cloud, the Blue Book included the Innovation Economy Index for 57 Chinese Cities (hereinafter, the “Innovation Economy Index”), re...
A plant-based diet with better quality might lower mortality risk in Chinese older adults
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2022-03-15
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A plant-based dietary pattern is usually defined as a diet rich in plant-based foods and low level of animal-based foods, and has received accumulating attention for its potential health and environmental benefits. However, not all plant-based foods are necessarily beneficial to health, and most prior studies focused only on the western population, while there is limited evidence for the East Asian population with a tradition of plant-based diet.On March 7, 2022, the research team led by D...
ZJU scholars publish latest research findings about optical absorption of black carbon aerosols
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2022-03-15
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Recently, Prof. LI Weijun and doctoral student WANG Yuanyuan from the School of Earth Sciences and Prof. HUANG Jin from the College of Computer Science and Technology co-published their research findings about the optical absorption of black carbon (BC) aerosols in Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres and Geophysical Research Letters.BC, emitted by the incomplete combustion of biomass and fossil fuels, can strongly absorb sunlight in the atmosphere, affecting the...
Precise treatment for children with spinal muscular atrophy
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2022-03-14
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“There are no heroes who fall from the sky. Thanks to the medical team of the Children’s Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine (ZUCH)!” Congcong’s mother shared this message on the Wechat to express her gratitude on the 15th International Rare Disease Day after her son successfully received the ultrasound-guided intrathecal injection of Nusinersen, the first disease-modifying therapy for Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA). Congcong has suffered from SMA for 13 years. With no medic...
ZJU scientists delve into aerosol-cloud interaction using a new lidar technique
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2022-03-13
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Aerosol-cloud interaction (ACI) is a crucial aspect of atmospheric research and one of the primary sources of uncertainties in climate predictions. However, our understanding of ACI, such as the ACI mechanisms in the climate models, the influence of aerosols on serving as cloud condensation nuclei to form water cloud droplet and the evolution of water clouds, is hampered by the inadequate observational capability. Therefore, there is an urgent need for high-quality and high-resolution observatio...
Green synthesis of H2O2 using water, air, and sunlight
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2022-03-12
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Harvesting solar fuels by artificial photosynthesis has great values in the global missions on tackling climate change and environmental pollutions. Among various artificial photosynthetic reactions, solar-driven water splitting for H2O2, an emerging liquid fuel as well as a green oxidant, are attracting growing interests. Recent studies on this topic have made significant progress, yet are mainly focused on using organic polymers. This set of photocatalysts is susceptible to potent oxidants (e....
A big story in the miniatures of Chinese timber structure
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2022-03-11
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Room 208 in the Crescent Building on Zijingang campus is no less than a museum for miniatures of Chinese timber structure, whose birth-givers are the sophomores of architecture, and the midwife, Prof. ZHANG Yuyu of the College of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Zhejiang University.Lecturing on the History of Ancient Chinese Architecture since 2005, Prof. ZHANG keeps collecting the models made by students as their term assignment. Though her spacious office seems a bit crowded with ...