“We want to find out the most valuable seller and the most prospective buyer among 100 million subscribers,” one of the digital engineers with Ant Financial Services Group talks about this challenge at work.“The framework we have created may help,” replies HE Shibo, a prinicipal investigator with the College of Control Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, “At the core of this issue is the evaluation of every single node in a multilayer network.”The research team led by Prof. CHEN ...

A well-fed mouse is dozing off. All of a sudden, a yellow optical fiber in its brain evokes its feeding behavior and it starts to devour food ravenously again.This scene can be observed in a lab of the School of Medicine, Zhejiang University. Neurologist WANG Hao discovers a set of neurons which can “unplug” mice’s feeding behavior.The relevant finding is published in the July 16 issue of Cell Reports. This “on/off switch”—GABAergic cells as an inhibitor—is located in the anterior vent...

Three projects designed by the Architectural Design and Research Institute of Zhejiang University (UAD) won the World Architecture Awards 2019 recently, which marks a significant milestone for UAD.1. Yiwu Culture Square  Construction site: Yiwu, ZhejiangConstruction area: 82,360 m2Design year: 20102. Permanent Site of UN Geospatial Information Management Forum, Deqing County  Construction site: Deqing County, ZhejiangConstruction area: 72,063 m2Design year: 20133. Newly ...

Dr. Hailan Hu, professor at the Center for Neuroscience of ZJU's School of Medicine, is awarded the Twelfth IBRO-Kemali International Prize for Research in the field of Basic and Clinical Neurosciences. This is the first time that the IBRO-Kemali Prize has been awarded to a scientist outside of Europe and North America since it was established in 1998. Dr. Hu will be awarded the prize and its award of 25,000 EUR by the IBRO President at the next FENS Forum in Glasgow, Scotland...

Antineoplastic drugs work by targeting and killing rapidly dividing cancerous cells, but this process is fraught with several obstacles, such as poor water solubility, off target effects and elimination by immune system. To facilitate a better circulation in the body, produce a more effective treatment or reduce the harmful effect of antineoplastic drugs on normal tissues, researchers have been constantly endeavoring to use nanomaterials to encapsulate antineoplastic drugs in the biochemical fie...

On July 4, Zhejiang University held a ceremony to welcome Prof. DONG Yanping to join the ZJU community as a Leading Scholar in Humanities.WU Xiaocheng, deputy secretary of the CPC Zhejiang University Committee, extended his cordial welcome to Prof. DONG Yanping. He expressed his hope that Prof. DONG Yanping will play a leading role in her future work and lend generous support to talent cultivation and inter-disciplinary research at the University.“Zhejiang University is a magnet for a gala...

RoboCup 2019—an international competition showcasing the cutting edge of robotics technology—was held in Sydney, Australia, on July 7. Zhejiang University clinched the robot soccer championship of the world after defeating German team ER-Force 1-0. It is the fourth time that Zhejiang University has claimed the top prize.RoboCup 2019 includes five categories, the Soccer League, the Industrial-Logistics League, the Rescue-Robot League, the Home League and the Junior League.  “Our team has le...

With the Archaeological Ruins of Liangzhu City inscribed onto the UNESCO World Heritage list during the 43rd session of the World Heritage Committee, attention has been immensely drawn to this ancient and vigorous land. Liangzhu Civilization Series, which made its debut at Zhejiang University on the morning of July 7, is to lift “the mysterious veil” of this new world heritage.Liangzhu Civilization Series is published by Zhejiang University Press and compiled by Zhejiang Provincial I...

Over 1,800 leaders, including heads of state and government, business, civil society, academia and the arts, from across the world gathered at the three-day annual meeting of the New Champions of the World Economic Forum (WEF) 2019 on July 1-3. Also known as WEF Summer Davos, this year the meeting was held under the theme of 'Leadership 4.0—Succeeding in a New Era of Globalization'. The meeting allows participants to pool ideas as they seek to achieve sustainable, inclusiv...

On July 4, Zhejiang University and Ant Financial Services Group signed a strategic partnership agreement with a view to mapping out a plan for commercial modes, technological innovation and talent cultivation in the era of digital economy.WU Zhaohui, president of Zhejiang University, and JING Xiandong, CEO and director of Ant Financial, delivered speeches. HE Lianzhen, vice president of Zhejiang University, and HU Xiaoming, president of Ant Financial, signed the strategic partnership agreem...