News Update----Shanghai Advanced Research Institute,Chinese Academy of Sciences

SARI and UniGe Signed Cooperation Agreement

On March 26, Federico Delfino, Rector of the University of Genoa (hereinafter referred to as UniGe) led a delegation to Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences (hereinafter referred to as SARI). The two parties signed a cooperation agreement to build a joint interdisciplinary research center. President and Party Secretary of SARI Prof. Huang Zhengren, Vice President Prof. Wei Wei attended the signing ceremony, which was presided over by Wei Wei.Huang Zhengren welcomed the delegation from the University of Genoa on behalf of SARI. He thought highly of the achievements made by UniGe in the fields of industrial and information engineering, materials science, clean energy, etc., and pointed out that the research fields and disciplinary advantages of both sides are highly compatible. He looks forward to building the interdisciplinary research center as a cradle for talent cultivation, a bridge for technology transformation, and a window for cultural communication.Federico Delphino expressed appreciation for the warm reception and noted that Shanghai and Genoa are both very important port cities. He is pleased to establish new cooperative relationship with SARI to promote technological innovation in key fields between China and Italy. He looks forward to concrete cooperation between the two sides in key areas such as intelligent information and communication, low-carbon energy and new material research and development. He believes that the cooperation between the two sides will achieve fruitful results.By setting up a Joint Interdisciplinary Research Center, SARI and UniGe will cooperate on the transfer of cultural, scientific and technological knowledge through activities such as personnel exchange, scientific research cooperation, seminars, etc. to contribute to the Sino-Italian scientific and educational innovation cooperation.After the signing ceremony, the delegation visited the Low Carbon Conversion Science and Engineering Center and the Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility.

2025-03-31 more+

Prof. Alessandro Sepe Honored with the Chinese Government Friendship Award

2024-12-25 more+

Lecture for Sino-Italian Cooperation on Climate Change Successfully Held at SARI

2024-11-14 more+

Nobel Laureate Prof. Giorgio Parisi Shared Views on Amazing Science at SARI

On November 5, Prof. Giorgio Parisi, the 2021 Nobel Laureate in Physics and Professor at Sapienza University of Rome, delivered an insightful and engaging lecture for the 3rd “SARI Lecture”, titled “In a Flight of Starlings: Amazing Science”. He shared his inspirational stories and insights on the intersections of complex systems in his talk and attracted more than 200 attendees.The event started with a welcome address from President of SARI Prof. Huang Zhengren, who extend his warmest welcome and sincerest gratitude to Prof. Parisi on behalf of SARI, followed by the Awarding Ceremony of the Distinguished Scientist of Chinese Academy of Sciences for Prof. Parisi.Prof. Parisi started the talk with reviewing his research background of elementary particles and quantum field theory to statistical physics, condensed matter and complex systems. He noted that cross-disciplinary research can stimulate one’s potential to make important discoveries.He introduced his team’s work on investigating the principles of physics by observing the flight of flocks of birds. Studying the movements of these communities, he realized and proved an illuminating way into understanding complex systems of all kinds—collections of everything from atoms and planets to other animals. Prof. Parisi particularly emphasized the crucial roles of disorder and randomness in complex systems, explaining that “the response to a strong external perturbation is strongly affected by inhomogeneities. The weakest link in the chain determines the strength of the chain.”He noted that the study of complex systems is very interesting and also provides an important reference for the hot topic of artificial intelligence.Prof. Parisi also discussed the importance of interdisciplinary research in the in pursuit of scientific truth: the importance of serendipity to the discovery of new ideas, the surprising kinship between physics and other disciplines, and the value of science to a thriving society. He expressed hope that young researchers could contribute further theoretical insights and innovation to interdisciplinary research.During the Q&A session, the audience engaged with Prof.r Parisi actively on topics ranging from research methods in complex systems to the future of AI.The lecture not only delivered frontier scientific knowledge, but also inspired deep interest and reflection on complexity and interdisciplinary research among audience.President Huang Zhengren, Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering Prof. Zhao Zhengtang, Vice President Tai Renzhong attended the event and held talks with Prof. Parisi. On November 5, Prof. Giorgio Parisi, the 2021 Nobel Laureate in Physics and Professor at Sapienza University of Rome, delivered an insightful and engaging lecture for the 3rd “SARI Lecture”, titled “In a Flight of Starlings: Amazing Science”. He shared his inspirational stories and insights on the intersections of complex systems in his talk and attracted more than 200 attendees.The event started with a welcome address from President of SARI Prof. Huang Zhengren, who extend his warmest welcome and sincerest gratitude to Prof. Parisi on behalf of SARI, followed by the Awarding Ceremony of the Distinguished Scientist of Chinese Academy of Sciences for Prof. Parisi.Prof. Parisi started the talk with reviewing his research background of elementary particles and quantum field theory to statistical physics, condensed matter and complex systems. He noted that cross-disciplinary research can stimulate one’s potential to make important discoveries.He introduced his team’s work on investigating the principles of physics by observing the flight of flocks of birds. Studying the movements of these communities, he realized and proved an illuminating way into understanding complex systems of all kinds—collections of everything from atoms and planets to other animals. Prof. Parisi particularly emphasized the crucial roles of disorder and randomness in complex systems, explaining that “the response to a strong external perturbation is strongly affected by inhomogeneities. The weakest link in the chain determines the strength of the chain.”He noted that the study of complex systems is very interesting and also provides an important reference for the hot topic of artificial intelligence.Prof. Parisi also discussed the importance of interdisciplinary research in the in pursuit of scientific truth: the importance of serendipity to the discovery of new ideas, the surprising kinship between physics and other disciplines, and the value of science to a thriving society. He expressed hope that young researchers could contribute further theoretical insights and innovation to interdisciplinary research.During the Q&A session, the audience engaged with Prof.r Parisi actively on topics ranging from research methods in complex systems to the future of AI.The lecture not only delivered frontier scientific knowledge, but also inspired deep interest and reflection on complexity and interdisciplinary research among audience.President Huang Zhengren, Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering Prof. Zhao Zhengtang, Vice President Tai Renzhong attended the event and held talks with Prof. Parisi.

2024-11-14 more+

Prof. Alessandro Sepe Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry

2024-07-05 more+

Chinese Scientists Call for Using Consumption-based Accounting of Carbon Emissions to Increase Fairness

　　A new study by Chinese scientists, released on May 29 in Shanghai, has called for the use of consumption-based accounting (“CBA”) emissions in calculating global carbon emissions in order to help make allocating responsibility for reducing emissions just and fair.
　　The study,"Research Report on Consumption-based Carbon Emissions (2024)" ("the Report"), was jointly completed by scientists from Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, CAS, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Urban Environment, CAS and Tsinghua University.
　　The Report presents the latest research results on global carbon emissions from the consumption perspective. The scientists analyzed the evolution of CBA emissions in major developed and developing countries from 1990 to 2019, with focus on assessing the carbon transfer effects of key trade products.
　　"Carbon emission accounting is the key basis for global emission reduction and climate change governance," said WEI Wei, one of the lead authors of the Report and also a researcher at the Shanghai Advanced Research Institute of CAS. WEI noted that the widely adopted PBA (production-based accounting) method does not consider the implicit contribution of economic activities-especially international trade-to carbon emissions. WEI said that the CBA method could help clarify how the responsibility for global emissions reduction could be fairly attributed to producers and customers.
　　The Report points out that from 1990 to 2019, the CBA emissions of major developed countries were higher than PBA emissions throughout the period, while the opposite was true for major developing countries.
　　For major developing countries, the gap between CBA and PBA emissions gradually increased from 1.47 Gt in 1990 to 4.17 Gt in 2019.
　　According to the Report, China’s CBA had been lowering than its PBA from 1990 to 2019. The gap between China’s PBA and CBA emissions increased from 0.7 Gt in 1990 to 1.8 Gt in 2019. Meanwhile, China’s embodied carbon intensity in exported products decreased by 83.3% during this period, showing that China is providing more and more green and low-carbon products to the world.
　　In 2021, China bore 100 million tons of net carbon emissions from trade in steel products and 250 million tons from trade in photovoltaic products for other countries.
　　In addition, the Report suggests to improve CBA emission methods with broader products range and to establish a CBA methodology that combines top-down and bottom-up approaches that focus on region-level emissions and product-level emissions, respectively, with the goal of obtaining more in-depth, accurate and comprehensive results.The Report also noted that in order to achieve global carbon reduction goals, all countries across the world should work together to promote science and technology advancement. Countries need to jointly deal with climate change by taking common but differentiated carbon reduction responsibilities.

2024-05-29 more+