Congratulations to the research team led by Prof. FAN Longjiang from the Zhejiang University College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, whose paper “Genomic evidence of human selection on Vavilovian mimicry” published in Nature Ecology & Evolutionhas been recommended in F1000Prime as being of special significance in its field by F1000 Faculty Member LONG Manyuan, Edna K Papazian Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Chicago. He recommended the paper as “having expa...

The ability of animal cells to sense and adapt to oxygen availability is essential for life activities. William G. Kaelin Jr., Peter J. Ratcliffe and Gregg L. Semenza are awarded the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their discoveries of how cells sense and adapt to oxygen availability. Mitochondria are the most crucial oxygen-consuming organelles in cells and are also the core sites of cell metabolism, providing sufficient energy and substances for cells. Due to the rapid grow...

When a cup of dense saltwater is continuously heated, there will appear small crystalized particles. The research team led by Prof. TANG Ruikang of the Zhejiang University Department of Chemistry “intercepted” a special precursor—ionic oligomers in their endeavor to “suspend” this crystallization process. Amazingly, oligomers can be cross-linked like polymer materials, thereby forming continuous and bulky inorganic materials. This means that inorganic materials are expected to be m...

With seven gold medals, Zhejiang University wins the 1st place in the 5th College Students’‘Internet+’Innovation & Entrepreneurship Competition.This year’s competition was hosted by Zhejiang University. The competition took place from the 12th of October to the 16th of October, 2019.The competition was planned for students from colleges, vocational schools, high schools and overseas universities. This year more than 4.57 million college students from with over 109,000 entries signed up f...

A delegation led by Prof. HE Lianzhen, Vice President of Zhejiang University, paid a visit to University College London (UCL), SOAS University of London (SOAS), Imperial College London, the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and RWTH Aachen University (RWTH) with a view to deepening partnership between ZJU and world-class universities in England and Germany.On the morning of September 23, HE Lianzhen met with Dr. Dame Nicola Brewer, ViceProvost (International) of UCL. Both parties reviewed a s...

Researchers from Zhejiang University, the Georgia Institute of Technology, and the University of California, Berkeley, engage in collaborative research to find out the truth about high-entropy alloys (HEAs). Their findings on outstanding toughness and plasticity of HEAs are published in the October 10 issue of the journal of Nature. HEAs, a class of materials that contain five or more elements in near-equiatomic proportions, display exceptional mechanical performance, including superb stren...

The research team led by CHEN Yangkang of the Zhejiang University School of Earth Sciences conducted research based on USArray data and put forward a novel approach to reconstructing missing traces and suppressing noise simultaneously. Relevant findings are published online in the Sept. 30 issue of the journal of Nature Communications.USAarray, a key seismology component of the national earth science program EarthScope, is extensively distributed across the North American continent and...

Today is the day of celebrations. Today is the day to enjoy the parade.Hi ZJUers across the globe,Let us celebrate the 70th anniversary of founding of China and take pride in our prospering motherland.And best wishes on the National Day!

On September 27, 2019, an alumni reunion was staged for the program of Bai Xian Asia Institute Asian Future Leaders of School of Public Affairs, Zhejiang University. Alumni of five successive grades of the program were reunited by Qizhen Lake on Zijingang Campus. They reminisced about the past together and looked forward to the future. The joy of partying with old friends lingered long on the campus.The beautiful day started with a time travel. On 9:00 a.m. our alumni gathered at Mengminwei Buil...

On September 17, the Sino-Norwegian Center for the Study of Society and Environment (SINORSE) was announced to be officially established by Zhejiang University and the University of Oslo (UiO). Meanwhile, the 2019 Sino-Norwegian Workshop on Social and Environmental Research was also hosted.ZJU Vice President HE Lianzhen delivered a welcome speech at the opening ceremony. “ZJU and UiO have long cemented ties between each other, thus promoting the establishment of the Center. I hope that the...