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...

Thermoelectric materials are characterized by its Seebeck effect in converting heat into electricity and the Peltier effect in converting electricity into refrigeration in an efficient way, thereby becoming a promising type of environmentally-friendly energy source. The primary drawback with current thermoelectric materials is the fact that their thermoelectric figure of merit can hardly reach one.However, researchers have reported an extraordinary thermoelectric conversion efficiency of ZT = 2....

1. First Prize Winner of the State Technology Invention Award: Development and application of key technologies concerning ultra-low emission of coal-fired units Participating Researchers: GAO Xiang, WU Guochao, ZHU Songqiang, ZHENG Chenghang, HU Daqing and CEN KefaAbout the Project: Coal burning is the major culprit of severe haze in certain areas. The ultra-low emission of coal-fired units is of immense significance to cope with coal pollution in China. Researchers have made a series of br...

  

An alliance between Chinese and French institutions of higher education to promote artificial intelligence (AI) is established so as to apply innovation to a wider spectrum of domains by means of cross-disciplinary international cooperation.Eight educational institutions from the two countires, including Tsinghua University, Zhejiang University and Sorbonne University, set up the France-China AI Consortium.“This alliance brings together a galaxy of AI experts from China and France and is of imm...

XIA Changliang, member of Chinese Academy of Engineering, has become a chair professor at ZJU.On January 6, Zhejiang University held an appointment ceremony to welcome XIA Changliang, an accompolished member of Chinese Academy of Engineering, to join his alma mater as Qiushi Chair Professor. ZOU Xiaodong, secretary of the Party Committee of ZJU, presented XIA with an appointment certificate. Present at the ceremony were heads of relevant departments of ZJU as well as students and faculty fr...

Led by LI Lanjuan, Member of Chinese Academy of Science, “Major innovations and technological breakthroughs in the prevention and treatment system of emerging infectious diseases: Prevention of human infection with H7N9” won the grand prize of the State Science & Technology Progress Award. Emerging infectious diseases have long posed a severe threat to global safety and constituted a significant challenge to mankind all over the globe. This research team achieved 6 major innovations and te...

With the rapid development of modern intensive agriculture and its reliance on high-yielding and genetically uniform varieties, many traditional agricultural systems have been progressively abandoned, resulting in the loss of local genetic resources and indigenous technical knowledge. How to preserve heritage resources in the agricultural system has captured immense attention globally.A research team led by Professor CHEN Xin and Dr. TANG Jianjun at ZJU’s College of Life Sciences have foun...

Atherosclerosis, a disease in which the inside of an artery narrows due to the build of plaque, can result in coronary artery disease, stroke, peripheral artery disease, or kidney problems depending on the arteries which are affected.At present, coronary artery disease can be effectively cured via stent implantation. However, this therapy may well induce the abnormal growing thickness of vascular intima, thereby causing the recurrence of cardiovascular cases. Thus, it is of immense significance ...

Rice fish. Credit: NOZOGenetic DiversityWith the rapid development of modern intensive agriculture and its reliance on high-yielding and genetically uniform varieties, many traditional agricultural systems have been progressively abandoned, resulting in the loss of local genetic resources and indigenous farming techniques. How should we preserve heritage resources in the agricultural system?ZJU findingsProfessor CHEN Xin and his colleagues at ZJU’s College of Life Sciences examined how tra...