Laughton Leif's face turned from green to purple.
In the domain of quantum superposition, it had always been others who sought his advice—when had it ever been his turn to seek advice from soone else?
But now, the truth was right in front of him, and the gap between him and Zhang nglong was indeed huge!
Regarding the quantum state superposition in the molecular domain, he had never even set foot in it, and it had been his dream to find so breakthroughs before he died.
And now, a young man in his twenties had achieved what he had dread of his entire life, which suddenly cast a shadow over his heart.
"Ah, Professor Laughton Leif, you must stay strong!" Just as he was lost in despair, Laughton Leif felt a hand on his shoulder.
A man dressed in a suit and sunglasses was looking at him—it was none other than Professor Liu from Huaxia.
"Losing to him isn't shaful!"
Laughton Leif sighed, "I didn't expect that Huaxia's scientific research had reached this level. I'm speechless, Professor Liu, please have a seat."
Laughton Leif shifted to make room, assuming Professor Liu had co over to chat with him. Although their research domains were different, top scholars generally respected each other's company, and they should have much in common to discuss.
"No," said Professor Liu, "I'm just passing by."
"Then you..."
"I'm about to go on stage to receive an award. Excuse , please!"
Laughton Leif: "???"
...
By this ti, the results from the second to the fifth place in the chemistry domain had already been announced, and they were preparing to announce the first-place results.
"First place, the Huaxia delegation, for research on lithium batteries, with a composite score of 9.837!"
"Another win for Huaxia? Are we all just also-rans here?"
"They're awarding first place for lithium batteries?"
"Rigged! Rigged!"
...
Suddenly, the hotline on the stage rang again.
The screen displayed a blonde, blue-eyed female researcher, probably in her forties or fifties. One could tell that she must have been a striking beauty in her youth.
But now, her face bore an expression of imnse anger.
"What do you all know, do you realize how outstanding Huaxia's research is?" the female scholar began a furious tirade as soon as the hotline connected.
"It's Professor Elson, the 2018 Nobel laureate in Chemistry, an expert in the lithium battery domain!"
Many people recognized her imdiately.
"Do you understand what Huaxia's research signifies?" Professor Elson said, "For the sa volu of lithium batteries, they can increase the battery capacity to three tis the original, reduce the power loss to one-third of the original, and the charging speed is at least doubled!"
"Wow!" The entire audience was astonished.
Ever since the prevalence of electric vehicles, the lithium battery domain had beco a hot topic in applied chemistry. At first, there were many breakthroughs, but in the past two years, human lithium battery technology seed to have stagnated.
For instance, a few years ago, the driving range of electric vehicles increased from 300 kiloters to 400 kiloters and then surged to over six to seven hundred kiloters.
But in these two years, it had been rare to see any car, with the sa battery volu, exceed a 700-kiloter range.
And this so-called 700 was significantly reduced by seasonal variations, a consequence of power loss.
If it were as Professor Elson described, then the current electric cars could surpass 2000 kiloters in range without significant discharge loss, and even the charging ti wouldn't be much longer than before.
If such batteries were produced, just by starting a new electric vehicle company—one might crudely say—all the current electric vehicle companies on the market would go bankrupt in an instant!
To underestimate lithium battery research was, to Professor Elson, truly ridiculous.
"Thank you, Professor Elson, for vindicating Huaxia!" he expressed his gratitude.
"Hahaha, Mr. Zhang, you're too kind. We are all pure researchers, and only such research can earn our respect. I still have so questions about the electronic effects in your work. I wonder if I could co to Huaxia to study for a while and possibly bring my students along."
"Of course, you can!"
"Then, see you in Huaxia!"
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"Hahaha, hurry! Go and apply for funding!" said the president of Jiangnan University of Science and Technology, who was also watching this live broadcast. "Let's build an International Exchange College, and from now on, our university will reach out to the world!"
Two Nobel Prize-level scholars said they wanted to visit their Jiangnan University of Science and Technology. What did that an for the university? Even the best universities in Huaxia didn't have this treatnt!
Although the university had been producing frequent research outcos and its rankings were already quite high, they still lacked one important indicator of a world-class university, which was international influence.
Without significant scholars coming for exchanges, it ant that Jiangnan University of Science and Technology had not yet achieved internationalization, a major factor limiting their developnt.
But after this exchange event, that situation was likely to change completely. Soon, Jiangnan University of Science and Technology would beco extrely popular, with scholars from all over the world flocking not just for exchange, but to learn!
Nobel laureates coming to learn? What a trendous publicity stunt!
Joking aside, the world's top research achievents were at Jiangnan University of Science and Technology, all thanks to Zhang nglong. Did they really need to neglect their strengths to exchange and study at other schools?
...
"In the dical domain, the first prize winner, Huaxia delegation, on the research of curing cancer with mRNA!"
"Cure? Did he say cure, not treat?"
"My God? Has Huaxia already conquered a part of cancer?"
"Incredible, how did they manage to do it?"
...
"In the biological domain, the first prize winner, Huaxia delegation, on the study of plant genetic engineering!"
"What? Plant Adaptation? All plants can easily adapt to desert environnts?"
"If this works out, there would be no more issues of land desertification in the world, transforming deserts into oases!"
...
"In the nuclear power domain, the first prize winner, Huaxia delegation, on the study of controlled nuclear fusion in engine domains!"
"They've achieved controlled nuclear fusion?"
"Nuclear fusion engines? Isn't that sothing that's supposed to be at least 20 years away from becoming a reality?"
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Every announced project was causing a massive tremor in the world's scientific domain, and then Jiangnan University of Science and Technology would gain a legion of scholar fans. In the university's foreign affairs office, phone lines were nearly exploding.
"Ah? Could you state your identity? Nobel laureate? Oh, okay, we'll arrange your visit for next week, is that alright? Ah? You want to cover your expenses? How could we possibly accept that?"
"A Harvard professor? Sorry, but for recipients of awards below the Nobel level, we might only manage an arrangent two months later. Please understand."
"Ah? Not willing to wait? Just now, a recipient of the Nightingale Award said they'd be willing to wait for half a year. What makes you, a Cambridge professor, so special?"
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Huaxia had taken first place in 9 out of 12 domains, and the three domains they didn't win were simply because there were no submissions from Huaxia.
With 12 topics, sweeping the first and second places in nine domains, the Huaxia representatives could barely hold all the trophies and dals.
"Majestic is our Huaxia scientific powerhouse!"
"Damn, people ca to attend a conference, and you guys ca to shop?"
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