The presence of ZJU expert in the Conference on Dialogue of Asian Civilizations2019-05-20The Conference on Dialogue of Asian Civilizations was held in Beijing on May 15. President XI Jinping delivered a keynote speech entitled “Creates a new platform for civilizations in Asia and beyond to engage in dialogue and exchanges on an equal footing to facilitate mutual learning ” at the opening ceremony.Prof. ZHOU Guping, Director of the Center for Research Regional Coordination Devel... READ MORE |
A bio-glue to patch “cuts” in heart surgery2019-05-20A UV-activated exceedingly adhesive hemostatic biomimetic hydrogel stops high-pressure bleeding of beating heart in 20s without suture.Yesterday we reported a recent work from the Department of Chemistry on flexible zeolite-cotton fiber to stop external bleeding. To treat internal bleeding, the research team led by Prof. OUYANG Hongwei from the School of Medicine designs a biomimeti... READ MORE |
A T-shirt to help stanch bleeding2019-05-19The first flexible zeolite-cotton hybrid fabric in the world show great procoagulant activity. Blood is the source of life and hemorrhage is the leading cause of mortality. Statistics reveal that approximately 1.9 million people die from excessive blood loss on a yearly basis worldwide. Therefore, the immediate and effective prevention of bleeding is essential to ensuring the survival of a patient... READ MORE |
A brief introduction to ZUMAA2019-05-18Today is Museum Day of 2019. There might be no better way to celebrate the Day than to take a trip down to a nearby museum. Luckily, ZJUers will soon have one close enough. Located in the southwestern end of the Zijingang Campus, the Zhejiang University Museum of Art and Archaeology (ZUMAA) is expected to open on Sep. 8, 2019.Basic facts about ZUMAA- A teaching museum with strong focus on lib... READ MORE |
ZJU mathematics delegation on Paris trip2019-05-17On May 6 and 7, Dean Prof. BAO Gang led a School of Mathematical Sciences delegation on a trip to Paris, which is a part of a series of engagements that aim to further strengthen ties between ZJU and French universities. The delegation also includes Prof. SHENG Weimin, Prof. ZHANG Ting and Prof. XU Xiang.The delegation visited four top institutions, nam... READ MORE |
A new type of catalyst developed to reduce energy costs2019-05-13As a clean energy source, hydrogen is characterized as pollution-free, high in combustion value and abundant. Water can be split into hydrogen and oxygen via electrolysis. The electric/ photoelectrocatalytic oxygen evolution reaction (OER) process is a complex reaction process involving four-electron transfer, marked by slow-reaction kinetics and high overpotentials, thereby inhibiting the overall... READ MORE |
Journal of Entrepreneurship Education officially inaugurated2019-05-12Entrepreneurship Education — the first English academic journal about entrepreneurship education in the Asia-Pacific region — is co-published by Zhejiang University UNESCO Chair in Entrepreneurial Education and Springer. Prof. XU Xiaozhou, chair of the UNESCO EE-Net National Chapter in China and director of Zhejiang University UNESCO Chair in Entrepreneurial Education, serves as Editor-in-Chi... READ MORE |
LU Yingying: Doing research is a spiral of trial and error2019-05-10Editor's note: Recently the Beijing News interviewed Dr. LU Yingying from ZJU’s College of Chemical Engineering about her research. Here is a translated extract of the interview.Born in 1988, LU Yingying is one of the youngest PhD supervisors at ZJU. As a scientist in chemical engineering, LU believes doing research is a spiral of trial and error, and encourages women to think independently.1... READ MORE |
AI facilitates the prediction of CO2 adsorption2019-05-10With the acceleration of the global modernization process, CO2 emissions have escalated tremendously and the greenhouse effect has intensified, contributing to global warming and rising sea levels. The human living environment and the ecological balance have thus been deleteriously affected. It has become the focus of scholars to engage in researching into technologies concerning CO2 sep... READ MORE |
ZJU student named China’s University Student of the Year 20182019-05-08TU Dezhan, a third-year master’s student majoring in control science and engineering, wins the China’s University Student of the Year 2018 Award for his exceptional work and dedication to research into the leakage detection system for urban water supply pipelines.TU Dezhan is assiduous and perseverant. While preparing for the “Challenge Cup” Competition of Science and Technology, he committed ... READ MORE |
Novel neurobiological circuit architecture uncovered for flight response2019-05-07When facing life-threatening stimuli, animals show various types of fear behaviors, ranging from risk assessment and freezing to flight. Freezing, a passive coping strategy, is elicited when the danger stimulus is inescapable, whereas flight, an active defense response, is evoked when the stimulus is controllable or escapable. The thalamic reticular nucleus (TRN), a shell-shaped nucleus... READ MORE |
New chapter of sesquicentennial relationship open for Chinese and UK physicians2019-05-06Recently, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University (SAHZU) signed an agreement with the Federation of the Royal Colleges of Physicians (RCP) of the UK to launch a joint teaching program, making it the first partner of the Federation in the Chinese mainland.The Federation, based in the UK and with international reach, is a partnership between the Royal College of Physici... READ MORE |
International student wins the title of “Ten Outstanding Young Talents in Hangzhou”2019-05-05On April 25, 2019, Hangzhou City celebrated the 100th anniversary of the May Fourth Movement and presented the “Ten Outstanding Young Talents Award”. Tim Clancy, an Australian student at Zhejiang University, won this coveted title. It is the first time that an overseas youngster has received this award. Tim Clancy is an undergraduate student majoring in clinical medicine. In his spare time,... READ MORE |
The University celebrates National Youth Day2019-05-04Today is National Youth Day. It also marks the 100th anniversary of May Fourth Movement.ZJUers across the globe celebrate this special day with a classical patriotic song, “Sing in Praise of our Motherland”. With deep feelings of the new era, we yearn for a more glorious future of China.Guess who are the singers?Prof. LI Lanjuan, epidemiologist and member of Chinese Academy of EngineeringPr... READ MORE |