ZJU Scholar contributes to IPCC Six Assessment Report
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2021-08-13
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On Aug. 9, the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released the first instalment of the Sixth Assessment Report, Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis, which involves the contribution from a ZJU scholar.Over the past three years, a total of 234 authors from 66 countries, 15 of whom were from China, have volunteered to assess evidence from over 14,000 scientific publications. Comprising 12 chapters exploring different aspects of climate science, the repor...
ZJU scientists provide technological support for Chinese national table tennis team to repeat glory at Tokyo Olympics
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2021-08-12
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Chinese national table tennis team dominated the Olympic stage with four gold medals and three silver medals in Tokyo. Behind the dominance with a near-perfect medal sweep were players’ rigorous training, coaches’ wisdom and technological support.On July 27, the semi-final match between China’s SUN Yingsha and Japan’s Mima Ito was in full swing at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium. You wouldn’t have guessed that besides players, umpires and the few spectators in the stands, a powerful AI pla...
Dialogue@ZJU: With international faculty members and students on the trip to Anji
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2021-08-11
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[Message from the editor: Recently, School of International Studies (SIS) organized a field trip to Anji, a tranquil county in east China’s Zhejiang Province. In an interview, international faculty members and students from SIS shared with us what Anji is like in their eyes.] Dr. Salvador Santa Puche, Spain “I know that Yucun Village in Anji had been heavily polluted. However, I was really amazed in this trip that its environment was restored vigorously. So, it was a grea...
A glimpse into ZJU’s gymnasium for Asian Games 2022
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2021-08-09
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[Editor’s note: With the Tokyo Olympics coming to an end, the preparation for the 2022 Asian Games is in full swing. Let’s take a glimpse into one of sports venues for the Games located on the ZJU's campus.]Zijingang Gymnasium is located in the Sports Complex to the north of the main east gate on Zijingang Campus. During the 19th Asian Games Hangzhou 2022, basketball matches will be held here.The gymnasium's circular shape, anchored by the cables protruding from the four trusses, ...
ZJU’s XIE Zhenye joins men’s 4×100m relay final to tie national record at Tokyo Olympics
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2021-08-07
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In the attention-riveting men’s 4×100m relay final at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics on August 6, China’s relay quartet came in 4th at 37.79 seconds, equaling the national record. XIE Zhenye, a doctoral candidate in the discipline of athletic training at the Zhejiang University College of Education, was one of the members in the squad. Xie’s personal best in the 100 meters of 9.97 seconds makes him the second Chinese sprinter to record a time below the 10-second barrier, after SU Bingtian, me...
Dialogue@ZJU: With Prof. ZHAO Zhirong, Dean of School of Public Affairs
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2021-08-07
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[Message from the editor: In June, Prof. ZHAO Zhirong was appointed the new dean of the Zhejiang University School of Public Affairs. Prior to this position, he was the Gross Family Professor of Public & Nonprofit Management at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs, the University of Minnesota. His research focuses on public budgeting, public finance and urban governance. In an interview, Prof. Zhao spoke about his research and insights in the future development of public affairs and shared ...
Germanium-lead perovskite LEDs: a new way to reduced toxicity
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2021-08-06
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Metal-halide perovskites are a new class of semiconductor materials for LED display and solar-energy harvesting. However, the best-performing devices are often made from lead (Pb)-based perovskites, whose toxicity may cause potential environmental concerns. To resolve the toxicity problem, an effective method has been the use of tin (Sn) as a partial or full replacement of lead in the perovskite materials. This strategy has been particularly successful for perovskite solar cells. However, tin-ba...
ZJU freshman WU Qingfeng ranks 5th in the Women’s 50m Freestyle Final
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2021-08-03
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On August 1, WU Qingfeng, an incoming freshman from the Zhejiang University College of Education, ranked 5th in the Women’s 50m Freestyle Final at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. In the Women’s 4×100m Freestyle Relay on July 25, China came in 7th, setting an Asian record of 3 minutes 34.76 seconds. The 18-year-old Wu was also one of the quartet in the relay. This is the first time that Wu has competed at the Olympic Games. “There were surprises as well as regrets at the Olympics,” said Wu, adding ...
Professor YANG Huayong Awarded Robert E. Koski Medal by ASME
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2021-08-02
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Professor YANG Huayong, dean of the School of Mechanical Engineering at Zhejiang University, has been named the recipient of the 2021 Robert E. Koski Medal from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).The award recognizes individuals who have advanced the art and practice of fluid power motion and control through education and/or innovation. It was established in 2007 by the ASME Fluid Power Systems and Technology Division to honor Robert E. Koski's contributions to the fiel...
Interpretable machine learning predicts terrorism worldwide
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2021-07-31
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About 20 years ago, a series of coordinated terrorist attacks killed almost 3,000 people in the World Trade Center, New York and at the Pentagon. Since then, a vast amount of research has been carried out to better understand the mechanisms behind terrorism in the hope of preventing future potentially devastating acts of terror. Despite the large efforts invested to study terrorism, quantitative research has mainly developed and applied approaches aiming at describing regional cases of terrorist...