Feel the cultural imprint of the 1,500-year-old Xumishan Grottoes2021-09-18The 1,500-year-old Xumishan Grottoes, located in Guyuan City in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, is home to over 160 caves and more than 1,000 statues.Standing on Mount Xumi, one can see uniquely charming grottoes, Buddha statues, temples, ancient trees and strange rocks. No one would have imagined that what was a little-known mountain decades ago has become a famous historical and cultural scenic s... READ MORE |
Zhejiang University seeks to realize UN’s sustainable goals2021-09-16The BRIDGE Design Week 2021 wrapped up in Zhejiang University on Sept 11, with 10 teams of students from 17 universities around the world presenting their design proposals to help achieve five of the United Nations’ sustainable development goals (SDGs): Quality Education; Decent Work and Economic Growth; Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure; Sustainable Cities and Communities; as well as Resp... READ MORE |
ZJU welcomes new graduate students2021-09-14On Sept. 12, Zhejiang University held the Opening Assembly to welcome the newest cohort of graduate students on Zijingang Campus. More than 12000 new graduate students attended the ceremony online and offline, marking the official start of their unique intellectual journey at ZJU.Zhejiang University Council Chairman REN Shaobo, President WU Zhaohui and other university leaders were present at the ... READ MORE |
Welcome to ZJU, Class of 2025!2021-09-12On the evening of Sept. 10, Zhejiang University held the Opening Convocation ceremony on Zijingang Campus to welcome the Class of 2025.Zhejiang University Council Chairman REN Shaobo, President WU Zhaohui and other university leaders were present at the ceremony.President Wu, in his remarks, inspired the incoming freshmen to develop their unique edge by combining theoretical learning and practical... READ MORE |
Teachers’ Day Special: Meet the winners of the Yongping Distinguished Teaching Award2021-09-10[Editor’s note: Yongping Teaching Award is the highest accolade for teaching at Zhejiang University. Set up by Mr. DUAN Yongping ('82, Wireless Electronics Engineering) in 2011, the Award was conferred annually in the first seven years and now in the even-numbered year. In recognition of outstanding dedication and accomplishment in teaching, the Award is composed of three categories: the... READ MORE |
Dialogue@ZJU: With Grand Prize winners at CUPT2021-09-08[Editor’s note: The 12th China Undergraduate Physics Tournament (CUPT), supported by the Ministry of Education, was hosted online by Harbin Normal University from August 21 to 24, with 63 teams from 62 institutions of higher education across China participating. The team from Zhejiang University won the Grand Prize with flying colors, and WANG Hongru, one of the team members, clinched the honorar... READ MORE |
A novel regulator enhances both texture and nutritional quality2021-09-07Fruit softening is a key component of ripening, causing the damage and loss in the fruit food supply chain. It has thus become a scientific and industrial hotspot in the field of post-harvest biology, storage and logistics. Modern breeding often sacrifices fruit quality, such as flavor, aroma and nutrition. Biotechnology has become an important pathway to improving agronomic traits of fruit. One o... READ MORE |
ZJU scientists discover the molecular mechanism of RBSDV inducing cell autophagy in Laodelphax striatellus2021-09-06Rice viruses are prevalent in many rice-growing countries and often cause serious damages to rice production. Among them, the rice black-streaked dwarf virus (RBSDV), transmitted by the small brown planthopper Laodelphax striatellus, causes tremendous losses in China’s grain yields every year. Therefore, discovering the transmission mechanism of RBSDV is of immense significance for its effective ... READ MORE |
BRIDGE Design Week kicks off2021-09-04“To achieve the UN’s SDGs, we need to consider multiple aspects – technology, art, culture, humanity, and business – and come up with creative, practical solutions to specific development challenges,” Prof. SUN Shouqian, secretary-general of Innovation Design Alliance of China, said at the opening ceremony of the BRIDGE Design Week 2021, which was held on Sept. 4 at Zhejiang University. BRIDGE&... READ MORE |
ZJU continues to rise in the THE World University Rankings2021-09-02Zhejiang University continues to rise in the newly released Times Higher Education World University Rankings, climbing 19 places to rank 75th in the world.The table is based on 13 carefully calibrated performance indicators that measure an institution’s performance across four areas: teaching, research, knowledge transfer and international outlook.ZJU maintains its strength in the knowledge ... READ MORE |
Effects of high temperature on two mirid predators in rice ecosystem2021-09-01In recent years, atmospheric temperature has been on the increase and extreme heat events have occurred frequently, which may not only affect the growth and development of individual organisms but also disturb the inter-species balance in competition, predation and parasitism, thereby exerting deleterious impacts on biodiversity and the ecosystem. Many studies have concluded that global warming ma... READ MORE |
Scientists design peptidic positive allosteric modulators targeting TRPV12021-08-31With the expeditious development of structural biology techniques represented by single-particle cryo-electron microscopy, the 3D structures of an increasing number of important proteins have been revealed. Taking ion channels as an example, at present, the structure of at least one member of virtually every major ion channel family has been successfully resolved. It is thus one major research dir... READ MORE |
Crucial role of circadian clock in plant thermomorphogenesis2021-08-30Global warming has a dramatic impact on plant ecosystems as well as on crop productivity. Plants are able to sense ambient temperatures and transduce these signals to trigger subsequent responses for physiological adjustment and developmental adaptation. Mild-warm temperatures induce morphological changes, including hypocotyl / petiole elongation, leaf hyponasty, and accelerated flowering, known a... READ MORE |
Insight@ZJU: Professor WEI Longbao shares the main points of the new book co-published by ZJU and FAO2021-08-29[Editor’s Note: Recently, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and Zhejiang University co-published the Digital Agriculture Report: Rural E-commerce Development Experience from China, exploring the role of rural e-commerce in transforming the agri-food systems in China. Just as Mr. QU Dongyu, the FAO Director-General, wrote in the Foreword, the report “marks a step on th... READ MORE |