ZJU develops cool technology for Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics2022-02-10Surfing and snowboarding have a lot in common in speed, jumping and spinning. Scientific research also reveals that their actual mechanism is also very similar.Based on these similarities, the Center for Chinese Water Sports Development at Zhejiang University, in partnership with Zhejiang University’s Power Machinery & Vehicular Engineering Institute and Hangzhou Dianzi University, devel... READ MORE |
ZJU scientists contribute their part to green and clean Winter Olympics (II)2022-02-09[Editor’s Note: the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics was officially opened on February 4. In addition to the crystal white world of ice and snow, the Beijing 2022 is featured by another bright color—green, the symbol of environmental protection. The Games embodies the concept of “greenness” in every dimension, such as ecology, buildings and transportation. This is Part II of a two-part story, showc... READ MORE |
ZJU scientists contribute their part to green and clean Winter Olympics (I)2022-02-08[Editor’s Note: the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics was officially opened on February 4. In addition to the crystal white world of ice and snow, the Beijing 2022 is featured by another bright color—green, the symbol of environmental protection. The Games embodies the concept of “greenness” in every dimension, such as ecology, buildings and transportation. This is the first installment of a two-par... READ MORE |
Scientists identify HMCES as a novel therapeutic target against leukemia2022-02-06Long-term hematopoietic stem cells (LT-HSCs) generate and maintain lifelong blood cell production through their self-renewal and multi-lineage capacity. In the steady state, this rare population of adult stem cells is quiescent, resulting in decreased reactive oxygen species (ROS) and thereby preserving genome integrity. Driving the quiescent HSCs into cycling due to physiological stress such as i... READ MORE |
Scientists craft a new world with an ultra-fast laser “burin”2022-02-03Laser is dubbed as “the fastest burin”, “the most precise ruler” and “the brightest light”. Since the invention of the first laser in the early 1960s, it has been widely used in various aspects of our lives. Laser is recognized as one of the four greatest human inventions in the 20th century. Usually, it can be divided into two types: continuous laser and pulsed laser. In the 1980s, sci... READ MORE |
The story behind the cool and dazzling “Ice Ribbon”2022-02-02The 2022 Beijing Olympic Winter Games will kick off in several days. As the only major new indoor venue, the National Speed Skating Oval—dubbed the “Ice Ribbon”—has dazzled the world with its impressive “China Solution”. Prof. LUO Yaozhi, Prof. DENG Hua and Prof. YUAN Xingfei from the Zhejiang University College of Civil Engineering and Architecture contribute their wisdom to th... READ MORE |
Happy Chinese New Year2022-02-01To the ZJU community and our international friends, Warmest greetings from the Office of Global Engagement for a Happy Chinese New Year! 2022 is a year of the Chinese zodiac sign “Tiger”, beginning from February 1st, 2022 and ending on January 21st, 2023. The tiger is known as the king of all beasts in China and is associated with bravery, confidence and strength. In 2022, may th... READ MORE |
Heat treatment as a novel strategy to fight against SARS-CoV-22022-01-30The real-time cumulative number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 throughout the world has exceeded 330 million with more than 5.5 million deaths, according to the statistics from Johns Hopkins University [1]. The global outbreak of the epidemic caused by SARS-CoV-2 has been lasting for more than two years, hitting hard nations all around the world. Under the current circumstance of the uncertai... READ MORE |
30 years’ dedication to research into natural enemies for vegetable pest control2022-01-29The use of natural enemies to control pests in agriculture is not only an environmentally-friendly and ecologically-safe biological control technology but also one of the important measures to ensure green vegetable production. Prof. CHEN Xuexin’s team has been committed to this field for the past 30 years and achieved a series of theoretical breakthroughs and technological innovations. This achi... READ MORE |
DIY relic restoration: a facelift for cultural heritage2022-01-28Turn the spotlight on this scene: in a common classroom in ZJU’s Xxi campus, students in lab-gown were operating the optical fibers, trying to build a spectral measuring system by connecting them to fiber optic spectrometer. Alongside them were the classmates observing the sample by polarization microscope.Exclusive to students of science? Not exactly! This scene was familiar to Cultural Heritage... READ MORE |
ZJU and HUJI deepen collaboration in medicine2022-01-27On January 20th, the International School of Medicine, Zhejiang University (ZJU) and the Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI) held an international academic symposium and signed a memorandum of understanding. The opening session was presided over by WANG Kai, associate dean of the International School of Medicine.At the opening ceremony, HUANG Hefeng, dean of the Interna... READ MORE |
Optimization of metabolomic data processing using machine learning and parallel computing2022-01-26Metabolomics involves the qualitative and quantitative analysis of the unique chemical fingerprints that specific physiological and pathological processes leave behind. Due to its uniqueness of closely linking to the phenotypes, metabolomics is applied to a variety of stages in drug discovery (such as drug target identification, lead compound discovery, drug metabolism analysis, drug response and ... READ MORE |
Research@ZJU 2.0 officially launched2022-01-25Have you ever seen a conference like this? At the “Metaverse” AI conference, participants, dressed in hanfu, the traditional clothing of China's Han ethnic group, can choose their favorite appearance and convene in the two-dimensional setting. But what is cooler than the form is the content of the conference.Research@ZJU 2.0, a comprehensive online research platform, was officially launched ... READ MORE |
ZJU and UOE enhance partnership2022-01-24Zhejiang University and the University of Edinburgh have renewed the memorandum of understanding to update major collaborations and develop future partnership.On January 21, ZJU President WU Zhaohui and UOE Principal and Vice-Chancellor Peter Mathieson signed a memorandum of understanding as a latest step to identify new areas of collaboration and deepen future engagement in education and res... READ MORE |