Founded in 1895 as Peiyang University, Tianjin University is the oldest institute of higher education in China, and pioneered the development of modern Chinese education.
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Tianjin University Develops On-line Integrated Diagnosis and Treatment System “Tianmu”
?Optimized plans for surgical operations can now be efficiently completed after a CT scan. This achievement comes from the “Tianmu” system developed by the start-up team, which consists of teachers and students from theSchool of Mechanical Engineering at Tianjin University.The wide application of the “Tianmu” system will dramatically increase the reduction accuracy of clinical fracture surg...
2019-08-28Research
Fungus-initiated Catalytic Reactions Occur at Hyphal-mineral Interfaces
The ability of fungi to withstand a wide range of minerals influences plant nutrition and enhances global biogeochemical cycles of life-essential elements. The fungus-mineral interface plays a key role in weathering, but the specific mechanisms underlying these processes remain poorly understood.Researchers from Tianjin University’s School of Surface-Earth System Science examined fungal-minera...
2019-08-23Research
TJU Scientist Develops New Type of Hydrogel Promising in T1DM Treatment
An anti-biofouling balanced charged hydrogel that can serve as an excellent immunoprotective material for islet transplantation therapy is developed by Tianjin University research group led by Prof. Zhang Lei, posing a promising treatment for 30 million patients worldwide suffering from type 1 diabetes mellitus(T1DM).Multiple daily exogenous insulin injections are the common treatment for patie...
2019-06-05Research
Laba Garlic: A Possible Solution for Natural Antimicrobial Peptide Drug
Recently, a research team led by Professor Haixia Chen from Tianjin University has made a great discovery in the identification and the related mechanism of natural antimicrobial peptides, andpublished an article entitled "Identification and antimicrobial activity evaluation of three peptides from Laba garlic and the related mechanism" as the cover paper in“Food & Function”, an international ...
2019-08-26Research
TJU Research Paves Way for Novel TADF Material Development
Recently, a research team led by Professor Wenping Hu from Tianjin University has made a key contribution to exploring the thermally activated delayed fluorescence in an organic cocrystal, which was published online in?Angewandte Chemieunder the title of “Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence (TADF) in an Organic Cocrystal: Narrowing the Singlet-Triplet Energy Gap via Charge Transfer”.? T...
2019-08-16Research
TJU Researchers Improve Gas Boiler Exhaust Treatment
Air pollution has become a major concern in recent years in China. The State Council of China issued the "Air Pollution Prevention and Control Action Plan" in 2013. According to the plan, natural gas should be used more efficiently and newly extracted natural gas should give exclusive priority to living consumption or replace coal combustion". Since 2016, Chinese provinces have been promoting t...
2019-09-11Research
How to Thin an Organic Single Crystal Down to Monolayer
?A research team led by Professor Rongjin Li and Professor Wenping Hu from Tianjin University reported the controllable growth of molecularly thin organic single crystals. The research result was published online on Angewandte Chemie under the title of “Layer-defined Strategy to Grow Two-dimensional Molecular Crystals on LiquidSurface down to Monolayer”.Two dimensional molecular crystals (2D...
2019-08-26Research
Aerosol Ammonium in Urban Boundary Layer in Beijing
In recent years, many studies have focused on the chemical composition, sources and formation mechanisms of atmospheric fine aerosols (PM2.5), as haze pollution has become a severe issue in China and many other countries. Since inorganic nitrogen (IN) contributes a large fraction to PM2.5andammonium (NH4+) is an important species of IN, researchers have paid specific attention to ambient NH3and...
2019-08-26Research
Phase Transformation of Fine Atmospheric Particulate Mercury
The research provide isotopic evidence that local, daily photochemical reduction of divalent Hg is of critical importance to the fate of PM2.5-Hg in urban atmospheres.
2019-05-07Research
TJU Scientist Develops Novel Fluorescent Hydrogel for Cell Culture
Professor Yang Dayong led his team and created a novel fluorescent hydrogel that realizes reversible “On/Off” fluorescence of matrix during the observation of 3D cell culture system.
2019-04-26Research
New Discovery in Gut Bacteria may Lead to Colorectal Cancer Treatment
Research teams in Tianjin University with collaborators at UIUC and A*Star have discovered the mechanism by which bacteria living in the human gut convert taurine into hydrogen sulfide.
2019-04-12