Converting propane into propene is expected to be more affordable and efficient
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2021-04-09
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The global pandemic has brought in its wake a steep rise in the consumption of face masks and an acute shortage of their raw material—propene. In 2020, the consumption of propene added up to 116 million tons globally. To meet the increasing demands for propene, oxidative dehydrogenation of propane (ODHP) has emerged as one of the key industrial technologies. In this regard, researchers, including XIAO Feng-Shou and WANG Liang from the Zhejiang University College of Chemical and Biological E...
ZJU scientists discover that watermelons grow faster at night
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2021-04-08
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Wearable sensing technology is an essential link to future personalized medicine through seamlessly monitoring heart rate, body temperature, and physical activities of human body. Recently, a wearable electronic sensor for plants has been jointly developed by LIU Xiangjiang and YING Yibin from the College of Biosystems Engineering and Food Science, WANG Xiaozhi from the College of Information Science and Electronic Engineering and HU Zhongyuan from the College of Ag...
Hollow AgAu-DTTC-BSA: a promising imaging assisted photothermal agent
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2021-04-02
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Surgical resection is currently the primary treatment option for most malignant tumors. However, it remains to be a formidable challenge to remove tumor lesions in a precise and thorough manner. Recurrent abdominal malignancies, such as colon and ovarian cancers, are highly invasive and metastatic, and can migrate to surrounding tissues and critical organs in an immersive way. For this reason, imaging techniques, such as positron emission tomography (PET) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), ar...
ZJU scientists discover physiological function of CNOT4 subunit in XY chromosome crossover during male germ cell meiosis
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2021-04-01
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On March 16, the lab led by FAN Hengyu from the Zhejiang University Life Sciences Institute published an open-access article entitled “The CNOT4 Subunit of the CCR4-NOT Complex is Involved in mRNA Degradation, Efficient DNA Damage Repair, and XY Chromosome Crossover during Male Germ Cell Meiosis” in the journal Advanced Science. It is the first time that researchers have reported the physiological function of the CNOT4 subunit of the CCR4-NOT complex during the process of embryo developme...
Congratulations graduates
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2021-03-31
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On March 30, the convocation ceremony was held for the Spring 2021 degree candidates on Yuquan Campus. In the congratulatory remarks, President WU Zhaohui said, “In today’s world, the 4th Industrial Revolution and the 2nd Machine Revolution are highly integrated, acting as a catalyst for changes in economic growth, civilization evolution, and scientific and educational development. Innovation-driven development cannot be achieved without the leadership of youth.”He inspired graduate...
ZJU scientists publish an opinion article about de-domestication
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2021-03-29
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The research team led by Prof. FAN Longjiang from the Zhejiang University College of Agriculture and Biotechnology published an opinion article entitled “De-Domestication: An Extension of Crop Evolution” in the journal Trends in Plant Science on February 26, 2021. It summarizes the latest research into de-domestication and proposes that crop evolution should extend from three nodes (wild plantsàlandraceàmodern cultivars) to four nodes (wild plantsàlandraceàmodern cultivarsà...
Dialogue@ZJU:With Prof. FAN Longjiang, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology
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2021-03-29
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[Message from the editor: Prof. FAN Longjiang, featured in the newly released university video, discovered the cause for weedy rice in paddies, improving weed control and crop yield.] Quotes from the interview: - Now we adopt the latest approaches such as genomics and bioinformatics to better understand rice. Meanwhile, with a large amount of genomic data we can improve our breeding efficiency.- Through a large-scale global study of the genome, we discovered that the so-called wee...
Dialogue@ZJU:With Prof. WU Xiaobo, School of Management
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2021-03-28
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[Message from the editor: Prof. WU Xiaobo, featured in the newly released university video, pioneered research in innovation management and big data business models.] Quotes from the interview: - In the end of 1980, I was a PhD student, studying the innovation management. During that time, not so many people believe in innovation, so I got to explain what innovation was and how important innovation was.- China is changing so fast for the education, especially for the business edu...
Dialogue@ZJU:With Prof. LI Lanjuan, a member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering
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2021-03-27
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[Message from the editor: Prof. LI Lanjuan, featured in the newly released university video, is China’s renowned epidemiologist, leading her team to fight against SARS, H7N9 and COVID-19.] Quotes from the interview: - In terms of H7N9 research, our work on the clinical characteristics of the emerging infectious disease and the treatment of the artificial liver support system were published in The New England Journal of Medicine. These studies have played a very important role in...
Dialogue@ZJU:With Dr. WANG Tun (’95, Cryogenics), Director of the Institute of Care-Life in Chengdu
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2021-03-26
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[Message from the editor: Dr. WANG Tun (’95, Cryogenics), one of the main characters featured in the newly released university video, built the world’s largest earthquake early warning system, protecting hundreds of millions of lives.] Quotes from the interview: - The Wenchuan earthquake in 2008 struck while I was doing my postdoctoral work in Austria. It was on that moment that I decided to return to China to work on disaster early warning.- We have built China’s first ...