Chapter 153: On the cusp
The Beijing Positron Collider National Laboratory, referred to as BEPC, is located in Yuquan Road, a western suburb of Beijing, and is built in the Institute of High Energy Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
The laboratory is mainly composed of three professional committees: high-energy physics, high-energy accelerator and synchrotron radiation, the current director is Wang Yifang, that is, Liu Feng's mentor Academician Wang, and the directors of each professional committee are Academician He Zuoxiu of the Institute of Theoretical Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Professor Feng Duan of Jinling University and Academician Fang Shouxian.
In fact, at the beginning of the establishment of the laboratory, it was controversial.
From the 90s of the last world to the present, there has been a lot of debate about the construction of the collider.
Those who oppose it, represented by Yang Zhengning and Yang Lao, believe that the construction of such a large accelerator will not be important to the four modernizations of China, and that the impact on agriculture will be very small in 30 years, and the impact on industry and national defense will not be too great, until the end of the 20 th century, if China cannot defend itself in national defense, even if it is very advanced in high-energy physics, it will not be of any use at all.
Those who agree with it believe that although it is difficult to make breakthroughs in basic physics, China cannot afford not to do it, because if it is not done, China will face the problem of disconnection in high-energy physics-related talents, and even if there is money to do it again in the future, there will not be enough talents. Moreover, at least the construction of the collider will be able to raise China's industrial and technological level in related fields and lay a solid foundation for the construction of large-scale scientific projects in the future.
People on both sides quarreled from the last century to this century, but in any case, other colliders were not built, but the positron collider was still built, because the positron collider was relatively cheaper and more practical, and it was easier to see the results.
At this moment, in the cold winter of Layue, when Liu Feng was standing at the gate of the Institute of High Energy Physics and looking around, finally, a gay man wearing a black windbreaker and long hair on his head walked out.
Noticing Liu Feng standing at the door, he raised his eyebrows, looked up and down, and asked, "You are Senior Brother Liu Feng and Liu?"
"Yes, you are Senior Brother Wen Yan Yiwen?"
"That's right. ”
The long-haired man nodded, stroked his hair, and said strangely, "I didn't expect it!"
"What didn't you expect?"
"What I didn't expect was that the person who could be accepted as an apprentice by Boss Wang himself would be so young!" Wen Yanyi smiled, "Sure enough, you are still young and vigorous! I heard that you used to be engaged in chemistry and got a doctorate, why do you have to come to this place where birds don't and study high-energy physics?"
Liu Feng knows that in fact, it is extremely difficult not to say the results of basic research such as high-energy physics, even if it is easy, but it has no obvious effect on the whole society for a while, at least, there is no 'money scene'.
For example, the Positron Collider here has been around for 22 years, and the only thing that can be applied to it in practice is synchrotron radiation, which was developed to determine the structure of SARS virus proteases during the SARS period.
Therefore, in the eyes of others, people who engage in high-energy physics research are basically 'stupid big guys', and the research is a thankless errand.
So Liu Feng smiled: "Do you think I have a long brain?"
Wen Yanyi spread his hands: "You said it yourself, I didn't say it." ”
Liu Feng smiled: "Actually, there are many people who have persuaded me, but there is only one person who says that I have a long brain! Senior brother, don't talk about me, aren't you the same?"
Wen Yanyi shook his head: "I'm different from you! Although I've been here for almost 5 years, at least I didn't come here voluntarily, but was transferred here, and you, hehe." ”
"Let's go, don't stand here, follow me!"
The weather was a little freezing, Wen Yanyi took Liu Feng inside, and introduced as he walked, "Although in my opinion, people who engage in research in this area are fools, but don't say it, there are quite a lot of fools, whether they are domestic fools or foreign fools!"
Liu Feng followed this Senior Brother Wen all the way, listening to this person's complaints, while curiously looking at everything around him.
Unlike other applied disciplines, such as high-energy physics, the barriers caused by the nationality difference between scholars are not large, at least, not only Chinese locals, but also a large number of foreigners who work here.
In the same way, large facilities such as the Hadron Collider in Europe are also studied by many Chinese experts.
Therefore, Liu Feng saw at least 3 waves of blonde and blue-eyed gringos along the way.
Turning left and right all the way, Liu Feng finally came to Academician Wang's office.
"Boss, I brought it to you! I still have something to do, so I'll go down first!"
After Wen Yanyi brought Liu Feng here, he flicked his long hair and left, leaving Liu Feng alone to face Boss Wang.
"How's that, young man, what do you think?"
Boss Wang has been busy with something on the computer, and Liu Feng waited for a while before he was taken care of.
"Actually, I didn't feel anything. Liu Feng smiled, not nervous at all, "The only feeling is that I can't wait!"
"I can't wait!" Boss Wang threw the signature pen in his hand and leaned back on the computer chair, "It seems that the apprentice I accepted is really right, since this is the case, then I will directly assign the task!"
"You're the boss, I'll just let you arrange it. ”
"Okay, I've compiled some information for you here, about the laboratory rules, but also about some cutting-edge research in the laboratory, of course, more is the information and knowledge you need to learn;
After Academician Wang Yifang finished speaking, he directly pulled out a large stack of materials from the drawer, and then pulled out a USB flash drive from the computer and handed them all to Liu Feng.
"By the way, don't blame me for not reminding you, I'll only give you a month, after a month, if you can't keep up with my progress, then I'll just drive people out!
Sure enough, each tutor has his own teaching method, and he is also free-range, Boss Wang is different from Boss Duan, at least, this one's requirements seem to be more strict, and he will drive people away at every turn.
Liu Feng was not afraid, and without saying a word, he took it directly.
"By the way, I have reserved a dormitory for you here, a single room, air conditioning and water heater, if you don't go home often, you can live here, and you can go directly to the logistics department later, and someone will arrange it for you......"
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In this way, Liu Feng became an intern at the Beijing Positron Collider National Laboratory under the Institute of High Energy Physics, well, the internship period is only one month.
And just when Liu Feng thought that he would return to the kind of life where he turned a blind eye to things outside the window and only engaged in research, the dozens of papers he sent out finally landed in the latest issue of the journal Nature, Science and The Lancet.
Of course, nature and science have a special issue for him, and The Lancet has also selectively published four of his papers.
Thanks to Liu Feng taking his own way, so that others have no way out, in the field of seawater desalination reverse osmosis materials, it has been mentioned earlier, it has become narrower and narrower, and Liu Feng's papers, so that scholars engaged in research in this field suddenly enlightened, at least, in these papers, they saw 3 research routes suitable for this area.
It can be said that Liu Feng has set a precedent again, directly allowing the entire field of reverse osmosis materials to enter the era of diversification.
And the one who has repeatedly made outstanding achievements is actually a Chinese scholar, and he is only 18 years old, so with the publication of these papers, after a short few days of silence, Liu Feng soon once again understood what it means to "stand on the cusp"!