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...

The latest Essential Science Indicators (ESI) database reveals that Zhejiang University comes in 130th place globally and ranks 4th in China on the top university ranking list by ESI papers. Among the total 22 specific fields of research, 18 disciplines of ZJU have entered the global top 1%. Eight disciplines of ZJU have made it through to the dazzling global top 0.1% and five disciplines are among global top 50 - the results make ZJU a front-runner among universities on Chin...

The Third International Prominent Forum on the Rule of Law and Reform was held in Hangzhou on November 11-12. Hosted by Zhejiang University and supervised by the China Law Society, this year’s forum centers around Law and Society and helps consolidate academic wisdom for building a rule-of-law society.This year’s forum was jointly organized by the National “2011 Plan” Collaborative Innovation Center of Judicial Civilization, Guanghua Law School, and the Academy of Humanities and Social Scien...

The leaves of gingko trees are painted golden and the Alumni Woods displays a wide range of carnival colors on ZJU’s Zijingang campus.On this special occasion, 120 newlyweds who have graduated from ZJU attended the Love@ZJU group wedding ceremony in their alma mater on November 12. They walked the line to the altar with the best wishes and greetings from their instructors, counselors, friends and families.Professor ZOU Xiaodong, secretary of the Party Committee of Zhejiang University, presided ...

Recently, the research team headed by Dr. ZHOU Min with ZJU’s Institute of Translational Medicine, and the research team from ZJU’s Second Affiliated Hospital, have invented high-efficient clearable nanoparticles for multi-modal imaging and image-guided cancer therapy. The relevant findings are published as a back-cover article in Advanced Functional Materials.Renal-clearable nanoparticles render it possible to overcome the toxicity by nonspecific accumulation in healthy tissues/orga...

With the successful conclusion of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, socialism with Chinese characteristics provides wisdom and new thoughts for global development, drawing extensive attention around the world.Giusto Patricio Javier, graduate student of the class of 2017 from Institute of China Studies, Zhejiang University, and professor of Politics at Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina, shared his views on the path of socialism with Chinese characteristics ...

Professor Tomas Lindahl, winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2015, delivered a lecture titled “DNA Stability and Repair” at Zhejiang University Global Lecture Series on November 6.According to the lecture, our DNAs are exposed to ultraviolet radiation and destroyed by free radicals and other cancer-inducing substances every day. Even if they are not subjected to external attack, DNA molecules are far from stable per se. Thousands of cell genomes are undergoing changes spontaneously. In a...