LZU in the News

LANZHOU, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) -- Bacterial therapy could offer a promising new method for the prevention and treatment of colorectal cancer, according to a study carried out by Chinese researchers. The recent study conducted by the School of Life Sciences at Lanzhou University in northwest China's Gansu Province, has revealed that the probiotic limosilactobacillus fermentum GR-3, derived from "Jiangshui," a traditional fermented food in northwestern China, demonstrates potential for promoting ap...

LANZHOU, July 3 (Xinhua) -- The latest research has shed light on the behavior of ancient Denisovans, who lived around 160,000 years ago on the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau, uncovering clues to how they survived a highly diverse range of environments....

Due to a spike in global mutton prices over the past decade and for want of a sheep variety that can thrive on freezing plateaus, many herders in Gansu province began crossbreeding a local sheep variety that had outstanding wool-producing performance with meatier ones to increase profits....

LANZHOU, April 1 (Xinhua) -- Chinese researchers have proposed a quantum battery (QB) concept to realize remote charging, effectively solve the problem of energy dissipation, and achieve durable and efficient performance in quantum batteries. Quantum batteries make use of quantum effects to store and supply energy, which may outperform their classical counterparts, but there are still challenges in this field. One is that the environment-induced decoherence causes energy loss and aging in QBs, a...

Editor's note: Russia observed a national day of mourning on Sunday after the Moscow concert hall massacre on Friday, which President Vladimir Putin called a "barbaric terrorist attack". China Daily looks at the solidarity shown toward the attack victims and the calls made for concerted global efforts to counter terrorism....

In recent years, Western countries, the United States in particular, wielded the club of "human rights" to smear China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and vilify the country's governance of the region, accusing the Chinese Government of human rights abuses....

Special Representative of the Chinese Government on Eurasian Affairs Li Hui began a visit to Russia, the EU headquarters, Poland, Ukraine, Germany, and France on March 2 and launched the second round of shuttle diplomacy to promote a political solution to the Ukraine crisis....

Researchers from Lanzhou University, Shandong University and the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Institute of Microbiology worked together to conduct the study by analyzing the importance of the gut microbiota in human health and the problems faced by existing medicines....

Asfa Batool, a Pakistani postdoctoral fellow, does an experiment at a laboratory of the college of ecology in Lanzhou University in Lanzhou, northwest China's Gansu Province, Aug. 29, 2023. (Xinhua/Guo Gang) LANZHOU, Sept. 6 (Xinhua) -- Asfa Batool, a Pakistani postdoctoral fellow at Lanzhou University in northwest China's Gansu Province, is conducting dryland agricultural research in China. Her aim is to leverage her knowledge and different technologies to increase the grain production in Pakis...

LANZHOU, Nov. 25 (Xinhua) -- China's National Tibetan Plateau Data Center (TPDC) has recently issued and shared a dataset of lake-catchment characteristics on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, announced Lanzhou University. A research team from the Center for the Pan-third Pole Environment of Lanzhou University conducted the dataset. It provides fundamental data for the study of lakes on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, said Liu Junzhi, professor at Lanzhou University and leader of the team. Lakes collect run...