Rebirth of science and technology academic master

Chapter 319 Project Topics

In March, after getting familiar with the environment, people in the chemistry laboratory also began to come into contact with the complete theory of 'lithium-air batteries', including how to solve the problems encountered in the current development process of lithium-air batteries in the world.

All of a sudden, these researchers were convinced by Qin Yuanqing one by one. The level shown by Qin Yuanqing was really very high, and from a theoretical perspective, it was completely solvable. The next step was to see, during the experiment, How to make this thin film to separate oxygen in the air and only allow oxygen to enter the reaction system.

In the past, in the research and development of lithium-air batteries, how to isolate other gases from entering the reaction system was a huge problem, because it was simply impossible to do, and it could not even be solved theoretically.

But now that the theoretical level has been solved by Qin Yuanqing, it is now at the experimental stage.

"This guy is really a monster. He has achieved so much in mathematics and theory. He has never shown it in the field of chemistry before. As a result, this field of chemistry is also incredibly advanced." Wu Shihao sighed softly and murmured to himself: "Can it be said that Is mathematics really the foundation of all sciences and the crown of natural science? When mathematics reaches a certain level, everything else will be covered?"

Wu Shihao graduated from the Chemistry Department of Yan University, and later went to MIT to study abroad. It took him four years to obtain a doctorate. He then engaged in postdoctoral research at MIT and became a full professor at MIT four years later. His work was published in "Nature" "Science" and "Journal of the American Chemical Society" published 36 academic papers, 16 of which were corresponding authors.

It can be said that he is absolutely outstanding in chemistry. This time it was also because he wanted to return to China. After seeing the recruitment of Qin Yuanqing Laboratory and learning about it, he decided to give up his American green card and return to China with his wife and children.

In fact, when they learned that Wu Shihao planned to return to China, Yanda also extended an olive branch, hoping that Wu Shihao would teach in the Chemistry Department of Yanda. After all, the Chemistry Department of Yanda is the number one major among Chinese universities, ahead of the Mizuki Chemistry Department.

But Wu Shihao finally chose Qin Yuanqing's chemistry laboratory, because although Wu Shihao had left China for twenty years, his college classmates were also professors in the Chemistry Department of Yan University. He knew that although Yan University's funding was much more abundant than other universities in China, But it is still far behind Shuimu University.

Chemical research, whether it is new photovoltaic materials, photonic materials and optical upconversion materials, photoelectric functional materials and structures based on square control, etc., all require a lot of research and experiments, and this is also very expensive, and there is not enough funding. , it is difficult to achieve results.

Of course I have to admit that treatment is also an important reason.

When I went to the Chemistry Department of Yan University, although I was also a full professor, my annual salary was only 700,000 yuan. But when he arrived at Qin Yuanqing's chemistry laboratory at Shuimu University, the annual salary started at one million, plus bonuses. Even after learning that Qin Yuanqing's two research institutes had produced four academicians, Wu Shihao was more inclined to choose Qin Yuanqing's place.

There is no way. After returning to China to develop, the salary and remuneration also need to be considered. After all, you are not alone, there are seniors and juniors, and the whole family is counting on him. As a scientific researcher, he naturally has an ambition to become a Chinese academician.

Although he was abroad before, Wu Shihao had also heard that Qin Yuanqing had become a new academic power in China, and it was still a very powerful academic power. Many people accused Qin Yuanqing, a new academic power, of hindering the development of mathematics and physics in China.

But Wu Shihao is not stupid. When he returns home, he will naturally hug his thigh. When hugging his thigh, he will naturally hug the thickest thigh. If he hugs his thin legs and arms, the other party will not be able to carry him.

But now that he has come into contact with the "lithium-air battery" battery, and with the establishment of the lithium-air battery project, he knows that he is with the right person and has the right partner. How long will it take for such a big boss not to have the right partner.

Sometimes you have to admit that there is indeed a chain of contempt in academics. Mathematics is superior, then physics, then chemistry, biology, medicine, and then others. The top mathematicians are aloof and overlook all living beings, while scholars in other disciplines naturally have a slightly lower status.

This is also the reason why many well-known scholars defected to Qin Yuanqing without any psychological barriers. After all, they didn't need to let others gossip, and they felt at ease.

This time, not only Wu Shihao, but also other researchers are very excited, because it is not just a 'lithium-air battery' project, this is just the first project, there are many more projects. For example, in the field of carbon nanomaterials, graphene, and batteries, lithium-air batteries are only part of the battery field.

These research projects will be carried out after the construction of the laboratory is completed. They are all so excited that they can't wait to work until midnight every day. After all, there are endless funds and there are many Chinese scientific research projects. It is really happy for the researchers. .

The same situation applies to biology and life. Although not many people have arrived, Yan Ning has officially transferred the files to the laboratory. The three projects of HIV virus, cancer cells, and rheumatism will be the focus of the laboratory's future development.

Yan Ning was appointed as the deputy director of the laboratory. She used to have a master-student relationship with Shi Yigong, but now they have become partners. This time the project topics not only involve the laboratory, but also include cooperation with scientific teams such as Shi Yigong and Chen Wei and hospitals. The scientific research funding for the three topics is as high as 3 billion yuan, and there is no upper limit.

Whether it was a chemistry laboratory or a biology laboratory, Xu Jiayi lost a lot of hair after each list of experimental equipment.

These researchers were only responsible for making lists and did not care about purchasing. She had to work with the school's logistics department to purchase. After all, if she wanted the instruments and equipment to be available when the laboratory was completed, she had to prepare for the purchase in advance.

Coupled with the supercomputer requested by Qin Yuanqing, these were enough to give her a headache. Although she was beaten to greet Qin Yuanqing, she could not avoid running.

In order to equip his laboratory with the best computer, Qin Yuanqing applied to his superiors to purchase a Tianhe-2 supercomputer.

The Tianhe-2 supercomputer is China's fastest supercomputer. It ranks first among China's supercomputers with a peak calculation speed of 549 petaflops and a sustained calculation speed of 339 petaflops of double-precision floating point operations. , which is also the fastest supercomputer in the world.

Qin Yuanqing applied for such a 'Tianhe-2' supercomputer to prepare for nuclear fusion in the future.

Of course, the Shahe campus of Shuimu University will also build a supercomputing center, dedicated to the "Tianhe-2" supercomputer, but the ownership does not belong to Shuimu University, but to Qin Yuanqing Laboratory.

Yes, whether it is the three chemistry laboratories or the three biological life laboratories, the unified name to the outside world is Qin Yuanqing Laboratory, named after Qin Yuanqing.

This supercomputing center can not only provide scientific research calculations for Shuimu University, but can also be widely used in high-tech industries and modern service industries in CP District, digital city construction and scientific research fields. It can also be used in urban earthquake disaster reduction, genomics research and application , drug design, biomolecular dynamics simulation, digital media and animation rendering, public opinion monitoring, emergency intelligent decision-making, etc.

This is why you can tell the economic development of a region just by looking at the local universities. If a regional university is weak and has no strength, then the regional economy will definitely not be good, because without talent and creativity, the scientific research results and technical strength of the university will have little effect on the regional economy. On the contrary, if universities are strong, then the regional economy will definitely be first-rate, because the scientific research results, technical strength, and talents of universities can effectively promote regional economic development.

One of the important reasons why Beijing, Shanghai, Yangcheng and Pengcheng can become first-tier cities is the concentration of universities.

For example, in Zhongguancun in Beijing, new technology companies are born almost every day, and the output value of one Zhongguancun exceeds that of many second-tier cities.

Qin Yuanqing has no idea about WeChat, but he is still very enthusiastic about his laboratory. He asked his foreign friends to order many experimental instruments and equipment, but Shuimu's strength is still not enough.

As for the supercomputer, he personally filed the report and applied for it, and the contract price was 3.5 billion yuan. The Tianhe-2 supercomputer has advanced performance, but the cost is also very high. It is said that the cost has reached 2.5 billion yuan. Moreover, when it is operated in the future, the daily electricity consumption will reach 600,000 yuan. If it continues to operate for a year, the electricity bill alone will cost 220 million yuan.

Of course, this is also Qin Yuanqing's advantage. Many units want to buy supercomputers, but they just can't buy them. You can't buy this kind of thing even if you have money.

Of course, after buying a supercomputer, it is not just used. Qin Yuanqing will also have to research an operating system and various software programs to replace the original system. Scientific research is different from other things. Some software developed by others It cannot be used. Maybe it is just a certain decimal point that is different, but the calculation results are completely different.

Qin Yuanqing just planned to come up with a Chinese language. Now Qin Yuanqing has figured out that using English as the computer language cannot support the birth of artificial intelligence because the current programs are too cumbersome. An operating system may have tens of millions of lines or even With hundreds of millions of lines of coding and insufficient logical structure, how could artificial intelligence be born?

Many people talk about artificial intelligence in Internet forums. In fact, the basic foundation has not been solved. No one can solve artificial intelligence. Even if it can be solved, it will be pseudo-artificial intelligence, not real artificial intelligence.

Including quantum computers, the same thing must be done from the bottom up. Otherwise, it would be unimaginably difficult to create a real quantum computer, and it cannot be applied to business. At most, it can barely be regarded as a laboratory product.

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