For more than a century, microscopes have relied on a seemingly obvious principle: To see something, you have to shine something on it.But that illumination comes at a cost.Now, researchers in China have developed a way to produce super-resolution images without relying on external light excitation. Instead, the technique harnesses the faint light generated by chemical reactions.The approach, described on August 12 in Nature by researchers at Zhejiang University and the Harbin Institute of ...

As the quiet of dawn still blankets the campuses of Zhejiang University (ZJU), the university canteens are already bustling with activity. From kneading dough and simmering porridge to steaming buns, the kitchen staff work diligently to prepare a wide array of breakfast options, ensuring that students and faculty do not have to rush through their mornings on an empty stomach.Nutritionists emphasize that a balanced breakfast is essential to replenish energy after a night's sleep. Skipping bre...

When a football match is underway, fans keep their eyes on spectacular goals. For researchers at Zhejiang University, however, even a damaged patch of turf may sow the seed of a new idea for ecological restoration.On a football pitch, damaged turf can be quickly replaced. Workers use a square cutting frame to remove the affected section, roots and all, and lay down a pre-grown replacement patch. In less than half an hour, the worn-out area is transformed back into a smooth stretch of green.This ...

On July 10, 2026, a delegation from Kiang Wu Nursing College of Macau and the Macau Alzheimer’s Disease Association, led by President VAN Iat Kio, visited the Yuhang Campus of the First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine (FAHZU), for an exchange on nursing education, geriatric nursing, and dementia care.The meeting was chaired by LU Fangyan, Executive Deputy Director of the Nursing Department of FAHZU. WANG Huafen, Assistant President of FAHZU and Director of the Nursin...

Seven nursing professionals from the University of Jordan and Zarqa University have successfully completed a four-week Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic (HPB) Nursing Workshop at the First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine (FAHZU), marking another milestone in the hospital's commitment to advancing international nursing education and strengthening healthcare collaboration between China and the Arab world.Designed to bridge academic learning with clinical practice, the wo...

For more than three decades, one of the biggest obstacles to unlocking the potential of transition-metal dichalcogenide (TMDC) nanotubes has remained unresolved: how to precisely control their chirality during synthesis.Now, an international research team led by XIANG Rong from the School of Mechanical Engineering at Zhejiang University has achieved the first preferred synthesis of TMDC nanotubes with a well-defined armchair configuration, overcoming a longstanding challenge that has limited the...

The Madagascar periwinkle is an unassuming flowering plant. Hardy, drought-tolerant and common in gardens around the world, it hardly looks like the source of one of modern medicine’s most important anticancer drugs.Yet the plant remains the only known natural source of vinblastine, a chemotherapy drug widely used to treat leukemia, lymphoma and several other cancers. The problem is that vinblastine occurs in exceedingly small amounts: producing just one gram requires roughly 2,000 kilograms of...

For decades, chemists have assumed that breaking down plastics requires powerful catalysts, high temperatures, and energy-intensive processing. A new study suggests otherwise.A research team led by WANG Yong at Zhejiang University, in collaboration with researchers from Cardiff University (UK), the University of Tokyo (Japan), Zhejiang University of Technology, China Jiliang University and other institutions, has discovered that water and oxygen alone can drive the degradation of common plastics...

The 9th International Conference on Interdisciplinary Urban Studies (City+2026@Mytilene) was successfully held in Mytilene, Greece, from 1–5 July 2026 under the theme “Improving Liveability for Urban and Rural Settings.” Hosted by the University of the Aegean, the conference was jointly organised through the City+ platform in partnership with Zhejiang University, Elsevier, and other international collaborators. Bringing together leading scholars, publishers, policy makers, and early-caree...

For the past decade, under the framework of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), ZJU School of Pharmacy has been building bridges between China and Indonesia — through research collaborations, student exchanges, and health products that serve local communities, all rooted in a shared commitment to unlocking the value of traditional medicine.It began with a two-day journey. Professor YU Yongping and his team traveled from China to Jakarta, then overland to Sumatra — traversing dense rainforest and...