Advances in smart delivery of pesticide
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2021-04-28
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The rapid development of nanotechnology has opened up new avenues for modern agricultural science and is currently giving birth to major breakthroughs in many cross-disciplinary fields in traditional agriculture. For the first time the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) placed nano-enabled pesticides among the Top Ten Emerging Technologies in Chemistry in 2019, and nanopesticides have become a cutting-edge area in the development of pesticide formulations.Recently, the res...
ZJU Scholar invited to reflect on past and future milestones of plant breeding in honor of 25th anniversary of Trends in Plant Science
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2021-04-27
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In honor of the 25th anniversary of Trends, one of their series journals, Trends in Plant Science, invited 10 distinguished scientists from all over the world to reflect on the changes that have occurred within the field of plant breeding during the past 25 years, as well as to contemplate what the future might hold. FAN Longjiang, a professor at the Zhejiang University College of Agriculture & Biotechnology, is one of them. In the TrendsTalk special issue — “Feeding the...
ZJU scientists develop the world’s first self-healing soft pump for robots
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2021-04-26
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Soft robotic fish Robotic vehicleWhat makes this soft robotic fish swim gracefully? What makes this robotic vehicle move forward? They have a common “heart”—a soft electronic pump.This “heart”, designed by the research team led by Professor ZOU Jun at the Zhejiang University School of Mechanical Engineering, is the world’s first self-healing soft pump.“Persistent challenges with the hydraulic systems, such as leaki...
New dean appointed for School of Economics
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2021-04-23
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Prof. ZHANG Junsen, who joined Zhejiang University in 2020 as a Distinguished University Professor, has been appointed as the new Dean of the School of Economics. Prof. Zhang took up the role in March 2021, succeeding Prof. HUANG Xianhai, who has helmed the School for the past five years and assumed the position as Vice President of Zhejiang University from October 2020.“I’m deeply honored to come back to my Alma Mater. School of Economics is an energetic and inspiring environment for both our...
New approach to treating Alzheimer’s disease
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2021-04-23
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Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most common type of dementia. It is a progressive disease beginning with mild memory loss and possibly leading to loss of the ability to carry on a conversation and respond to the environment. It involves parts of the brain that control thought, memory, and language and can seriously affect a person’s ability to carry out daily activities. AD has become an increasingly severe public health and social problem. According to the Alzheimer’s Association, one patien...
Dialogue@ZJU:With Prof. GAO Xiang, Dean of College of Energy Engineering
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2021-04-22
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[Message from the editor: Today (April 22) is Earth Day, an international event celebrated around the world to pledge support for environmental protection. This year’s theme is “Restore Our Earth”. Let’s meet Prof. GAO Xiang, an expert on energy and environmental science and technology, who has been leading his team to develop a system to reduce emissions from fuel combustion.] Quotes from the interview: - For the past 30 years, I have been working on reduction of the emission of s...
ZJU scientists unravel the mystery of anger and aggression
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2021-04-21
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When we are provoked or threatened, anger often arises and it is even accompanied by certain aggressive behaviors. In the biological chain, stalking and hunting are quite common in the natural world. Aggression is a core strategy in the law of survival of the fittest. Most animals have evolved specific neural circuits to regulate aggressive behavior. Then how do brain circuits manage anger and govern aggression?The armed forces in the brainThe research team led by academician DUAN Shumin an...
Dissolvable microneedle patch for treatment of inflammatory skin disorders
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2021-04-16
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The research team led by Prof. PING Yuan from the Zhejiang University College of Pharmaceutical Sciences published their study in the journal Science Advances. They developed a dissolvable microneedle (MN) patch that can mediate transdermal co-delivery of CRISPR-Cas9–based genome-editing agents and glucocorticoids for the effective treatment of inflammatory skin disorders (ISDs).ISDs represent one of the most persistent diseases that are generally characterized by the activation o...
Dialogue@ZJU:With Prof. GUO Guoji, School of Medicine
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2021-04-15
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[Message from the editor: Prof. GUO Guoji, featured in the newly released university video, charted the first human cell landscape at the single-cell level, improving diagnostic and treatment efficiency.] Quotes from the interview: - The mouse cell atlas will enable us to gain a more insightful understanding of diversified cell types in mammals, and the human cell landscape will produce a far-reaching impact on the future diagnosis of diseases.- Zhejiang University boasts a full spectrum of...
Ingenious mechanism for sucrose metabolism in lepidopteran insects
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2021-04-15
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Recently, the research team led by WANG Huabing from the Zhejiang University College of Animal Sciences published an open-access article entitled “Horizontal gene transfer and gene duplication of β-fructofuranosidase confer lepidopteran insects metabolic benefits” in the journal Molecular Biology and Evolution. This article analyzed the molecular evolution and functional differentiation of β-fructofuranosidase and revealed that lepidopteran insects can ingeniously regulate sucrose metab...