Prof. LI Binbin received the President's Special Fund for Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities
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ZHANG Weidong: innovator in the next generation of battery
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2022-01-03
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[Editor’s note: ZHANG Weidong, a doctoral candidate from the College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, has been honoured one of the Ten Best ZJU Students. In today’s writeup, we cover his dedication to the research on the next generation of lithium batteries.]Start by being interested!Zhang Weidong chose Chemical Science as his undergraduate major out of pure interest 7 years ago. While strengthening his scientific foundations, Zhang took advantage of the numerous resources provided by t...
ZJU scientists’ research work hailed as one of China’s Top 10 Sci-tech Breakthroughs of the Year
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2021-12-29
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On December 20, Science and Technology Daily, a newspaper co-founded by the Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology, the State Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense, the Chinese Academy of Sciences and China Association for Science and Technology, unveiled China’s Top 10 Scientific and Technological Breakthroughs 2021. The research on elastic ice microfibers, completed by Prof. TONG Limin and his team at the College of Optical Science and Engineering, ...
Genetic basis of root economic spectrum
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2021-12-25
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By analyzing the acquisition-conservation tradeoff in root systems among different plants, ecologists put forward the root economics spectrum (RES) hypothesis. Some plant species have finer and cost-effective absorptive roots which contribute to rapid nutrient uptake but have shorter lifespans whereas others have thicker and less cost-effective absorptive roots marked by slower nutrient acquisition but longer lifespans. The RES hypothesis reflects the correlations among different root traits, wh...
Rapid morphological shifts in response to habitat fragmentation
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2021-12-20
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Habitat fragmentation is one of the leading causes of biodiversity loss. The body size in terms of body mass and body length is associated with many biological traits, such as life history strategy and interspecific competition. Differences in space and time in body size are also the outcome of adaptive evolution. As compared with mainland species, island species have undergone remarkably striking changes in shape and body size.Prof. DING Ping at the Zhejiang University College of Life Scie...
Scientists explore the role of volcanic-induced climate stress on societal collapses
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2021-11-14
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A comprehensive assessment of the influence of climate on past societal changes is key to understanding human vulnerability to present and future climate change. However, few studies have advanced beyond qualitative associations and often indulge in environmentally deterministic or overly simple monocausal explanations. Even where links can be convincingly argued in individual cases, such as between an abrupt change in climate and the collapse or fall of a civilization, major questions remain re...
Scientists discover more cost-effective way to mitigate PM2.5 air pollution
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2021-11-10
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Nitrogen is intimately related to our life, and reactive nitrogen in the atmosphere is primarily comprised of ammonia (NH3) and nitrogen oxides (NOx), which are the main precursors of PM2.5. NOx stems principally from urban production activities while NH3 is emitted chiefly from agricultural production.In a study published in Science on Nov. 5, researchers analyzed for the first time the contribution of ammonia (NH3) and nitrogen oxides (NOx) in the formation o...
Zhejiang University hosts Carbon Peak & Neutrality Summit
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2021-10-12
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On October 10, the 245th West Lake Forum and the Carbon Peak & Neutrality Summit were held on Zijingang Campus in the hybrid format. More than 150 scholars convened at the forum, sharing the future possibilities for scientific and technological development in terms of how intelligent electric energy serves the carbon peak & neutrality strategy. “In response to climate change, Zhejiang University has been unswervingly committed to bringing into full play its solid disciplinary and r...
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...
Forum held on Urban Energy Internet Development and Cooperation Under the Goal of Achieving Peak Carbon Dioxide Emissions and Carbon Neutrality
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On July 16, the Forum on Urban Energy Internet Development and Cooperation Under the Goal of Achieving Peak Carbon Dioxide Emissions and Carbon Neutrality was held on Haining International Campus, Zhejiang University. The forum gathered over 200 participants from Tsinghua University, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Zhejiang University and key renewable energy enterprises. Prof. QIU Aici, a member of Chinese Academy of Engineering and honorary dean of the School of Electrical Engineering at Xi’an Ji...