Zhejiang University (ZJU) has been featured in a documentary developed by BBC StoryWorks in cooperation with International Association of Universities (IAU). This series, named “Aiming Higher in a Transforming World “conveys the key role of universities in addressing societal transformations.The "Aiming Higher" documentaries were unveiled during the plenary session of the IAU conference in Puebla, Mexico, held from November 13th-15th, 2019. CHEN Weiying, deputy director of Offic...

[Editor’s message: On the occasion of the TWAS Council meeting in Hangzhou (11 November) and the "Science for Future" workshop at Zhejiang University (12 November), Prof. YANG Wei accepted the interview by Global Communications，ZJU] Question: How would you envision China in relation to the world that will be in 30 to 50 years?YANG:In 30 to 50 years from now, China will still progress at a pace faster than the most countries in the world, and will be served as the role-model of a...

The latest version of the four-legged “Jueying” robot dog was released on November 1. “This new version is featured by remarkable kinetic and perceptive capabilities. It has made another major breakthrough in algorithms, particularly in bounding and jumping,” introduced ZHU Qiuguo from the Zhejiang University College of Control Science and Engineering.  The new “Jueying” robot dog is 85 centimeters in length, 65 centimeters in height when standing, and approximately 40 kilograms in we...

[Editor’s message: On the occasion of the TWAS Council meeting in Hangzhou (11 November) and the "Science for Future" workshop at Zhejiang University (12 November), Prof. M. Hassan accepted the interview by Global Communications,ZJU] Question：How would you envision China in relation to the world that will be in 30 to 50 years?Hassan：Of course one has to speculate. But I think it would be interesting to give two scenarios: The whole world now is struggling to achieve the United ...

On November 12, the “Science for Future Society” workshop, one of the events in the 2019 General Meeting for the World Academy of Sciences for the advancement of science in developing countries (TWAS), was held on Zijingang Campus at Zhejiang University.Keynote speakers include Mohamed Hassan (President of TWAS), HUAI Jinpeng (Fellow of CAS and Executive Vice President of China Association for Science and Technology), WU Zhaohui (Fellow of CAS and President of ZJU), RomainMurenzi (Executive Di...

Quantum science and technology is a key research area of 21st century, and may lead to revolutionary advancement in material science and information technology. Over the past decades, quantum information science and technology have witnessed huge achievements, but a continuous effort is still in great demand to move forward the scientific research frontier and develop disruptive applications. Zhejiang University has organized an interdisciplinary disc...

On November 5, ZJU-China, a multi-disciplinary undergraduate team from Zhejiang University, brought home a gold medal from the 2019 International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) Competition held in Boston. This is the seventh time that the team has clinched gold at iGEM.Supervised by Professor CHEN Ming from the College of Life Sciences, the team comprises 12 undergraduate students from 6 different colleges: the College of Life Sciences, the Chu Kochen Honors College, the School of Me...

Zhejiang University ranked No. 20 in the world out of 500 academic institutions and 6th among Chinese universities for publication of scientific research, according to the latest report from the Nature Index.  The ranking is based on research results published in 82 high-quality scientific journals. The rate of our inclusion in those prestigious journals in chemistry, life sciences, physical sciences and earth and environmental sciences is taken into account and co-authorship is adjusted fr...

Normal07.8 磅02falsefalsefalseEN-USZH-CNX-NONE“Excuse me, has the information session of Oxford started already?”several students rushed to the registration desk, panted, “yes, 3rd floor”, answered by the staff working in Office of Global Engagement. To offer our students a wide range of overseas study opportunities, the 2nd ZJU Study Abroad Fair is held as scheduled on Oct. 31st. About 30 representatives of ZJU international partner institutions, including universities from Europe...

The central nervous system was previsouly assumed as the major “culprit” behind depression and anxiety. Little attention was paid to the role that other organs played in this process. Recently, researchers from the JIN Jin Lab at the Zhejiang University Life Sciences Institute found that physical stress-induced leukotriene B4 triggers severe mitochondrial fission in CD4+ T cells, which further leads to a variety of behavioral abnormalities including anxiety, depression, and soci...