“Hadal” is the word scientists would use to describe the zone of the sea greater than 6,000 m in depth. The hadal zone, comprising mostly deep trenches on Earth, represents the most mysterious yet poorly understood habitat on our planet. An increasing knowledge of the hadal zone will help us better understand ecology, global climate and protection of the marine environment, etc.In mid-November, 14 international students from ZJU’s Ocean College had an opportunity to explore arguably the ...

November 25, 2017 marks the 91st birthday of ZJU alumnus Professor LI Zhengdao, a renowned Chinese-American physicist and Nobel laureate in physics. This article is to pay tribute to Professor LI on behalf of the entire ZJU community. Back in October, ZJU President WU Zhaohui and Academician Professor LUO Mingxing paid a special visit to LI in Los Angeles and briefed him on the latest developments of ZJU.LI expressed his heartfelt gratitude to the University and enquired about the current s...

A ZJU delegation led by Executive Vice President SONG Yonghua was invited to attend the China-Indonesia Science, Technology and Innovation Cooperation Forum held in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta on November 27.At the forum, ZJU and Indonesia’s Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology (BPPT) together unveiled a formal research partnership by establishing the China-Indonesia Joint Laboratory on Biotechnology.The joint laboratory aims primarily to develop sustainable resear...

Professor HAN Haoying, director of ZJU’s Institute of Urban and Rural Planning Theories and Technologies, has received the National Urban Planning Science and Technology Youth Award. The award ceremony was held at the Annual National Planning Conference 2017 on November 18.(HAN Haoying: first from right)The National Urban Planning Science and Technology Youth Award was initiated by the Chinese Society of Urban Planning in 2003. It aims at commending the contributions made by outstanding young s...

As a tribute to XU Zhimo (1897-1931), one of the most renowned romantic poets of 20th-century Chinese literature, 19 international students at Zhejiang University have translated his poem “Ouran” (literally “By Chance”) into 16 languages.From left to right: Rocco Forgione, Franciele Kavafara Pires, Sascha Thomas AtheyFranciele Kavafara Pires, a 25-year-old Brazilian student and an avid reader of this free-thinking poet, initiated the translation activity. When she proposed the idea...

The 14th China Model United Nations (CNMUN) Conference was held at Zhejiang University on October 27-29. The conference was valued as a highlight event on campus as it took place during the 10th anniversary of ZJUMUN, an influential student society at the University.Around 600 students and instructors from 205 universities and colleges in China converged at ZJU for the conference. Fourteen senior diplomats, including former Chinese ambassador to Canada Mr. LU Shumin, were also invited to offer t...

Photonic quantum information calls for highly pure, easily accessible, and scalable single-photon sources. Dr. FANG Wei from ZJU’s College of Optical Science and Engineering teamed up with JIN Yizheng and PENG Xiaogang from the Department of Chemistry and generated electrically-driven single-photon sources based on colloidal quantum dots with near-optimal antibunching at room temperature.This has opened up a new approach to research into practical and integrated single-photon sou...

Acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) is a complex syndrome with a high short-term mortality rate. Early diagnosis and prognosis for intensive treatment of ACLF is crucial for decreasing the mortality rate. However, the definition of ACLF based on cirrhosis, irrespective of aetiology, remains controversial.A research team led by LI Jun, a professor with ZJU’s School of Medicine, has recently developed and formulated new diagnostic and prognostic criteria for hepatitis B virus-related ...

ZJU-China, a multi-disciplinary undergraduate team from Zhejiang University, has brought home a gold medal from this year’s International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) competition held in Boston on November 9-13. This is the fifth time the team has clinched gold at iGEM.Supervised by Professor CHEN Ming in ZJU’s College of Life Sciences, the team comprises 14 undergraduate students from six colleges/schools, namely the College of Life Sciences, the Chu Kochen Honors College, the School...

Clarivate Analytics, the global leader in science statistics, has released its annual Highly Cited Researchers list. Zhejiang University has doubled its entries from six in 2016, with 13 influential researchers appearing on the list. The 13 researchers come from various colleges and schools at ZJU, including the School of Materials Science and Engineering, College of Control Science and Engineering, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, and College of Energy Engineering.Among Chinese in...