The ZJU team Financial Geeks clinched first place in 2019 KPMG National Business Case Competition at Xiamen University on March 2, winning the entrance ticket for the grand final of KICC 2019 - KPMG Innovation & Collaboration Challenge.This year’s national competition put a greater emphasis on innovation. The participants are asked the question "What innovations would help to empower people in disadvantaged communities to take control of their own health and well-being?"...

First look at this footage may make you feel bored. If it is light that powers this micrometer-sized single-crystalline gold plate “dancing” around a microfiber about 1/50th as thick as a hair, will you be impressed?A circular dance, born in the State Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentation, made its debut on the cover of Science Advances. Driven by light, the gold plate revolves ceaselessly around the microfiber in a graceful manner. It is the first time that a micrometer-sized gold ...

Postprandial hyperglycemia is a condition that extremely high blood glucose occurs after eating a meal, which is a typical symptom of diabetes mellitus, a chronic metabolic disease affecting 371 million people worldwide. At present, alleviating postprandial hyperglycemia is a key strategy for the treatment of diabetes and its complications. α-Glucosidase inhibitors (AGIs), which prevent postprandial hyperglycemia by delaying the digestion of carbohydrates in the gut, are usually employed for co...

Receptor clustering on the cell membrane is critical in the signaling of many immunoreceptors, and this mechanism has previously been attributed to the extracellular and/or intracellular interactions.CHEN Shuqing, a professor from ZJU's College of Pharmaceutical Sciences teamed up with Prof. James J. Chou and Prof. WU Hao from the Blavatnik Institute at Harvard Medical School to conduct research into the structure and function of the transmembrane helix (TMH) of death rec...

Today is the day when we celebrate the outstanding achievements of women. We extend our sincere congratulations to all the female faculty, staff, students and alumni of ZJU, who have been playing an active role in society and making remarkable contributions. Together, we work for a gender-equal society.Below are some news about the achievements of our empowering women.Three scientific discoveries named China's Top 10 Scientific Discoveries in 2018Five ZJUers named "Innovators Under...

Just imagine one day you can leave the charger at home and top up your phone battery with your body movements, doesn’t it sound great? PING Jianfeng, a researcher in the College of Biosystems Engineering and Food Science, published an article entitled “All-electrospun flexible triboelectric nanogenerator based on metallic Mxene nanosheets” in the February 20 issue of Nano Energy. His research makes us a step closer to that goal. In this work, Mxene nanosheets are innovatively introduced ...

The 2nd International Higher Education Forum was held on International Campus yesterday. More than 40 scholars from the University of Edinburgh, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the University of Cambridge, University of Birmingham and University of Southampton joined the forum to share fresh insights on the innovation and opening-up in international education resources.“Globalization transforms the environment where universities perform their missions,” said ZJU President WU Z...

China’s large population poses great challenge on producing sufficient crops to meet growing demand on food, feed grain, oil and other consumer goods. Meanwhile it is also a critical question about maintaining the quality and quantity of resources for future generations. Therefore, it is important to conduct research on issues that affect horticultural breeding, growth, and production.Recently researchers from the College of Agriculture and Biotechnology answered three key questions regard...

In honor of the World Rare Disease Day of 2019， China Charity Federation announced six winners of the Best Advocacy Award for Rare Disease. HE Wenjiong, professor of economics at the School of Public Affairs won the prize for his contributions to welfare policies of rare disease at the provincial and state level, as well as his significant efforts towards increasing the awareness and understanding of rare diseases among the public.The diagnosis of rare diseases and the availabili...

On Feb. 28, Hangzhou Municipal Government and Zhejiang University (ZJU) signed an agreement to co-establish the ZJU-Hangzhou Global Scientific and Technological Innovation Center. In alignment with the provincial innovation-driven development strategy and ambitious plan on the construction of Greater Zhejiang Bay Area, the Center is expected to play a key role in building Hangzhou into a globally known innovation hub. As announced at the signing ceremony, this center will be located in...