ZJU Hosts China National Model United Nations Conference2017-11-23The 14th China Model United Nations (CNMUN) Conference was held at Zhejiang University on October 27-29. The conference was valued as a highlight event on campus as it took place during the 10th anniversary of ZJUMUN, an influential student society at the University.Around 600 students and instructors from 205 universities and colleges in China converged at ZJU for the conference. Fourteen senior ... READ MORE |
Single-Photon Emission at Room Temperature Now A Reality2017-11-23Photonic quantum information calls for highly pure, easily accessible, and scalable single-photon sources. Dr. FANG Wei from ZJU’s College of Optical Science and Engineering teamed up with JIN Yizheng and PENG Xiaogang from the Department of Chemistry and generated electrically-driven single-photon sources based on colloidal quantum dots with near-optimal antibunching at room tempe... READ MORE |
Breakthrough Research Offers New Insight into Liver Failure2017-11-21Acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) is a complex syndrome with a high short-term mortality rate. Early diagnosis and prognosis for intensive treatment of ACLF is crucial for decreasing the mortality rate. However, the definition of ACLF based on cirrhosis, irrespective of aetiology, remains controversial.A research team led by LI Jun, a professor with ZJU’s School of Medicine, has rec... READ MORE |
Team ZJU-China clinches Gold at 2017 iGEM Competition2017-11-17ZJU-China, a multi-disciplinary undergraduate team from Zhejiang University, has brought home a gold medal from this year’s International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) competition held in Boston on November 9-13. This is the fifth time the team has clinched gold at iGEM.Supervised by Professor CHEN Ming in ZJU’s College of Life Sciences, the team comprises 14 undergraduate students from ... READ MORE |
ZJU Doubles Entries on 2017 Highly Cited Researchers List2017-11-17Clarivate Analytics, the global leader in science statistics, has released its annual Highly Cited Researchers list. Zhejiang University has doubled its entries from six in 2016, with 13 influential researchers appearing on the list. The 13 researchers come from various colleges and schools at ZJU, including the School of Materials Science and Engineering, College of Control Science and Engin... READ MORE |
ZJU's Eight Disciplines Among Top 0.1% on ESI Ranking List2017-11-16The latest Essential Science Indicators (ESI) database reveals that Zhejiang University comes in 130th place globally and ranks 4th in China on the top university ranking list by ESI papers. Among the total 22 specific fields of research, 18 disciplines of ZJU have entered the global top 1%. Eight disciplines of ZJU have made it through to the dazzling global top 0.1% and five ... READ MORE |
ZJU holds International Forum on Rule of Law and Reform2017-11-15The Third International Prominent Forum on the Rule of Law and Reform was held in Hangzhou on November 11-12. Hosted by Zhejiang University and supervised by the China Law Society, this year’s forum centers around Law and Society and helps consolidate academic wisdom for building a rule-of-law society.This year’s forum was jointly organized by the National “2011 Plan” Collaborative Innovation ... READ MORE |
ZJU Alumni Attend Group Wedding Ceremony2017-11-15The leaves of gingko trees are painted golden and the Alumni Woods displays a wide range of carnival colors on ZJU’s Zijingang campus.On this special occasion, 120 newlyweds who have graduated from ZJU attended the Love@ZJU group wedding ceremony in their alma mater on November 12. They walked the line to the altar with the best wishes and greetings from their instructors, counselors, friends and... READ MORE |
Scientists Discover Novel Technology for Precise Theranosis of Cancer2017-11-15Recently, the research team headed by Dr. ZHOU Min with ZJU’s Institute of Translational Medicine, and the research team from ZJU’s Second Affiliated Hospital, have invented high-efficient clearable nanoparticles for multi-modal imaging and image-guided cancer therapy. The relevant findings are published as a back-cover article in Advanced Functional Materials.Renal-clearable nanoparti... READ MORE |
China Wisdom For the World: ZJU Graduate Speaks to State Media2017-11-14With the successful conclusion of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, socialism with Chinese characteristics provides wisdom and new thoughts for global development, drawing extensive attention around the world.Giusto Patricio Javier, graduate student of the class of 2017 from Institute of China Studies, Zhejiang University, and professor of Politics at Pontificia Univ... READ MORE |
Nobel Laureate Tomas Lindahl Speaks on DNA Repair at ZJU2017-11-10Professor Tomas Lindahl, winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2015, delivered a lecture titled “DNA Stability and Repair” at Zhejiang University Global Lecture Series on November 6.According to the lecture, our DNAs are exposed to ultraviolet radiation and destroyed by free radicals and other cancer-inducing substances every day. Even if they are not subjected to external attack, DNA molecu... READ MORE |
ZJU's Entrepreneurship Hub Teams up with Tencent Cloud2017-11-09On October 27, the Artificial Intelligence and Big Data Crowd Innovation Space was officially inaugurated in Zijin Innovation and Entrepreneurship Hub, a special area in west Hangzhou developed by ZJU and the regional government for technology transfer and business incubation.The Artificial Intelligence and Big Data Crowd Innovation Space is projected to incubate roughly 60 enterprises in such fie... READ MORE |
ZJU Professor Attends Anniversary Celebration of UNESCO Chairs Program2017-11-08Dr. KAN Yue, a professor with ZJU’s College of Education, attended the 25th Anniversary Celebration of the University Twinning and Networking (UNITWIN)/UNESCO Chairs Program on October 31 in Paris. He was invited to talk about the current development and future vision of ZJU’s entrepreneurship education at the event.The celebration took place during the 39th session of the General Conference and... READ MORE |
ZJU Researchers Win Best Paper Award for Tackling Phone Hacking2017-11-07The 2017 edition of ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS) was held from October 30 through November 3 in Dallas, Texas. A paper titled “Dolphin Attack: Inaudible Voice Commands” stood out among 11 nominated competitors and was selected as one of the five best papers.The paper was authored by the research team led by XU Wenyuan and JI Xiaoyu with the Ubiquitous Sy... READ MORE |