Jueying was the name of a fine horse belonging to an ancient Chinese warlord. It suggests that the horse ran so fast that it even left its own shadow behind. Now we have a different "Jueying", a cool robot dog made by ZJU!With the Year of the Dog close at hand, a “robot dog” from ZJU makes its debut. This quadruped robot dog, called “Jueying”, is able to clamber up a steep slope, walk on thick snow and regain its balance even after getting a heavy hit.Jueying is devised b...

The Chinese Ministry of Education has recently selected and released the first batch of 490 national-level MOOCs. Among them, nine courses are offered by Zhejiang University –  - The Basics of Game Theory by Prof. JIANG Wenhua- Chinese Modern and Contemporary History by Prof. DUAN Zhiwen- Overview of New Media by Prof. WEI Lu- Probability and Statistics by Prof. ZHANG Guofen- Classics of Tang Poems by Prof. HU Kexian- Arts of Classroom Conve...

The National Development and Reform Commission as given its seal of approval to Zhejiang University for leading the construction of Centrifugal Hyper-gravity and Interdisciplinary Experiment Facility (CHIEF) as part of China’s key sci-tech infrastructure recently. Centrifugal modeling first proposed by the French scientist E. Philips in 1869CHIEF—a comprehensive hyper-gravity and interdisciplinary experiment facility with the largest capacity and the most extensive application worldwide—is expe...

A fraction of severe cancer patients may suffer from an unbalanced immune system. As a consequence, they are subject to viral disease and thereby develop and even die of certain complications. It is evident that malignancies can compromise innate immunity, but their mechanisms remain largely obscure at present.The research team led by Prof. Zhang Long of the Life Sciences Institute, Zhejiang University, discovers that, via tumor-derived exosomes (TEXs), cancers are able to transfer the activated...

No one can ever ignore this rising disruptor in China. From automated retail stores to car vending machines, New Retail has revolutionized the structure of commerce and customer shopping habits.  The future of New Retail was the focus of a joint forum co-hosted by Zhejiang University and Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group on January 28.  A term coined in 2016 by Alibaba Founder Jack Ma, “New Retail” refers to the integration of online, offline logistics and da...

Mutations in transmembrane channel like (TMC) proteins TMC1 and TMC2 cause deafness and vestibular defects in mammals. However, their precise action modes are elusive. On January 25, Professor KANG Lijun's group published a research article entitled “TMC Proteins Modulate Egg Laying and Membrane Excitability through a Background Leak Conductance in C. elegans” in the top-tier research journal Neuron. They revealed a novel role of TMC proteins in regulating of resting membrane potentia...

ZJU has landed a new donation for education, with an alumni company giving ¥500,000 to its College of Electrical Engineering.SUN Xihang, a ZJU alumnus and board member of Zhejiang Kinlead Innovative Materials Co. Ltd, made the donation on January 26. The money will be used to support education at the College of Electrical Engineering, from which SUN graduated.SUN recalled the time when he studied at the College and his experience in starting a business. "Time at ZJU has ...

In 1817, English doctor James Parkinson published an essay describing the characteristic resting tremor, abnormal posture and gait, paralysis and diminished muscle strength, and the way that the disease progresses over time. Hence this disease was named Parkinson’s disease (PD) in honor of James Parkinson.Illustration of Parkinson's disease by William Richard Gowers, first published in A Manual of Diseases of the Nervous System (1886).“PD is a long-term degenerative disorder of the ce...

A fraction of severe cancer patients may suffer from an unbalanced immune system. As a consequence, they are subject to viral disease and thereby develop and even die of certain complications. It is evident that malignancies can compromise innate immunity, but their mechanisms remain largely obscure at present.According to the findings of a research team led by Professor ZHANG Long in ZJU’s Life Sciences Institute, via tumor-derived exosomes (TEXs), cancers are able to transfer the activat...

CAI Tianxin, a professor at ZJU’s School of Mathematical Sciences, has won a national award for his book Legends of Mathematics: Those Great Mathematicians.A book written by ZJU professor CAI Tianxin has won the second prize of China’s National Science and Technology Progress Award for 2017.The book, titled “Legends of Mathematics: Those Great Mathematicians”, rewrites about some representative figures in the history of mathematics, including their inner world, life experiences and grow...