Especially for Xu Dajiang, he gave up the opportunity for a promotion, devoted himself to the Xilin University of Technology School of Mathematics, all for the sake of pretending to be important. So it wouldn’t do to have too many foxes.
It’s fine to let Bai occasionally bask in so glory, but constantly hoping to bask in Qiao Ze’s glory is downright selfish. After all, Qiao Ze is an Academician of Mathematics, not of Physics, winning a Nobel Prize was just a side achievent.
Regardless, the unveiling ceremony of the high-energy physics laboratory at Xilin University of Technology proceeded smoothly.
From the Spring Festival until now, the test operation has run continuously for more than ten days, and at a critical mont, no hiccups occurred.
After observing this ultra-small particle collider, which can almost be described as mini, through thick glass and looking at the deluge of data collected by the intelligent system, the scientists present probably had various reflections.
Especially upon learning that the production cycle of the equipnt before them was just one year, the visiting scientists and administrative executives must have had vastly different feelings.
The forr were mostly excited and joyful, while the latter likely sunk into confusion.
After all, the enormous investnt in CERN’s equipnt goes without saying, and it lacks profitability, needing annual funding from mber countries for upkeep. Moreover, maintenance costs are hefty.
Now, with Huaxia’s technological iteration, not only does their equipnt seem rather cumberso, but most importantly, the financial accounting becos unfavorable. According to the data reported by Dou Dou at the unveiling ceremony just now, their maintenance fees for one year are roughly enough to construct two similar devices.
Not only that, but their equipnt only requires one or two days of maintenance each month, with very low costs. From a cost-effectiveness perspective, with Huaxia’s equipnt, it seems CERN is no longer necessary.
They even suspect that with the efficiency displayed by Huaxia in other areas, within ten years at most, Huaxia is likely to arrange similar models of colliders for every sufficiently efficient research institute, and even more advanced colliders in the future.
So on what grounds can they continue to request funding from CERN’s mber countries?
Even if they dared to ask, would those mber countries, upon understanding the situation, really continue to invest real money? Previously, they were willing to invest large sums, supposedly for scientific progress or to stay ahead in research directions.
But now, with the technology iterated, continuing such massive investnts tends to feel sowhat foolish.
Especially considering the lackluster economic prospects in the Western world over the coming years.
It’s not just a matter of funding; when Huaxia’s particle colliders are widespread, CERN’s allure won’t be that compelling. Not all scientists are willing to participate in publishing papers where the author list is longer than the article itself.
There was no choice before, but with plenty of options in the future, it’s obvious how the six thousand scholars would choose. Yes, after the unveiling ceremony of a laboratory, most people saw hope, but so understood what despair felt like.
Yet everyone at the eting knows that CERN will likely beco a historical term shortly, and a tourist site worth rembering, no longer the sacred land of physics.
Perhaps future textbooks will record that it was once the birthplace of the internet and created peak achievents. But for generations to co, when soone ntions CERN, they might simply marvel: So the scientists of yesteryear had to use such bulky machines!
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