[Editor’s Note: the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics was officially opened on February 4. In addition to the crystal white world of ice and snow, the Beijing 2022 is featured by another bright color—green, the symbol of environmental protection. The Games embodies the concept of “greenness” in every dimension, such as ecology, buildings and transportation. This is Part II of a two-part story, showcasing how ZJU scientists have contributed to a “green and clean” Winter Olympics.] A new lida...

[Editor’s Note: the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics was officially opened on February 4. In addition to the crystal white world of ice and snow, the Beijing 2022 is featured by another bright color—green, the symbol of environmental protection. The Games embodies the concept of “greenness” in every dimension, such as ecology, buildings and transportation. This is the first installment of a two-part story, showcasing how ZJU scientists have contributed to a “clean and green” Winter Olympics.]Gr...

Long-term hematopoietic stem cells (LT-HSCs) generate and maintain lifelong blood cell production through their self-renewal and multi-lineage capacity. In the steady state, this rare population of adult stem cells is quiescent, resulting in decreased reactive oxygen species (ROS) and thereby preserving genome integrity. Driving the quiescent HSCs into cycling due to physiological stress such as infection or chronic blood loss leads to a rapid increase in the levels of oxidative DNA damage, incl...

Laser is dubbed as “the fastest burin”, “the most precise ruler” and “the brightest light”. Since the invention of the first laser in the early 1960s, it has been widely used in various aspects of our lives. Laser is recognized as one of the four greatest human inventions in the 20th century. Usually, it can be divided into two types: continuous laser and pulsed laser. In the 1980s, scientists invented a peculiar ultra-short pulsed laser—femtosecond laser, which is featured by its ult...

The 2022 Beijing Olympic Winter Games will kick off in several days. As the only major new indoor venue, the National Speed Skating Oval—dubbed the “Ice Ribbon”—has dazzled the world with its impressive “China Solution”. Prof. LUO Yaozhi, Prof. DENG Hua and Prof. YUAN Xingfei from the Zhejiang University College of Civil Engineering and Architecture contribute their wisdom to the construction and maintenance of the ultra-large-span cable network structure.The round-the-clock ...

To the ZJU community and our international friends, Warmest greetings from the Office of Global Engagement for a Happy Chinese New Year!  2022 is a year of the Chinese zodiac sign “Tiger”, beginning from February 1st, 2022 and ending on January 21st, 2023. The tiger is known as the king of all beasts in China and is associated with bravery, confidence and strength. In 2022, may the heroic tiger bring you joy, hope and well-being.

The real-time cumulative number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 throughout the world has exceeded 330 million with more than 5.5 million deaths, according to the statistics from Johns Hopkins University [1]. The global outbreak of the epidemic caused by SARS-CoV-2 has been lasting for more than two years, hitting hard nations all around the world. Under the current circumstance of the uncertainty in drug efficacy, vaccination is considered to be the most promising approach to contain the vir...

The use of natural enemies to control pests in agriculture is not only an environmentally-friendly and ecologically-safe biological control technology but also one of the important measures to ensure green vegetable production. Prof. CHEN Xuexin’s team has been committed to this field for the past 30 years and achieved a series of theoretical breakthroughs and technological innovations. This achievement earned him the second prize of the 2020 State Scientific and Technological Progress Award.In...

Turn the spotlight on this scene: in a common classroom in ZJU’s Xxi campus, students in lab-gown were operating the optical fibers, trying to build a spectral measuring system by connecting them to fiber optic spectrometer. Alongside them were the classmates observing the sample by polarization microscope.Exclusive to students of science? Not exactly! This scene was familiar to Cultural Heritage Conservation Lab, an undergraduate course in ZJU’s School of Arts and Archaeology. In this class, ...

On January 20th, the International School of Medicine, Zhejiang University (ZJU) and the Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI) held an international academic symposium and signed a memorandum of understanding. The opening session was presided over by WANG Kai, associate dean of the International School of Medicine.At the opening ceremony, HUANG Hefeng, dean of the International School of Medicine, ZJU and Oron Shagrir, vice president of HUJI delivered speeches. “if Zhe...