"That's it?"

Looking at the empty conference room, Lu Zhou was a little uncomfortable.

When he gave a lecture at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, it was so crowded that people who couldn't make it into the lecture hall even sat in the hallway.

And now, he counted roughly, and there were only about twenty people in the conference room.

He still knows a small half of them.

For example, Senior Brother Qian, Senior Brother Liu or something......

"There aren't many formal researchers in our institute, I thought you were going to say something more confidential, and I didn't call some researchers and research assistants who were still in the internship period," Yang Xu, who was standing next to Lu Zhou, was a little embarrassed, and immediately added, "Why don't I notify me now?" ”

Lu Zhou was slightly stunned, and then smiled: "No, forget if you don't come." Sitting here are the backbone of the institute, and I will just say a few words. ”

The USB flash drive was inserted on the multimedia lectern and the projector was turned on.

The curtain behind him fell, Lu Zhou cleared his throat, his expression was slightly straight, and he spoke.

"You may have already heard that the controlled nuclear fusion project has officially settled in Jinling."

When Lu Zhou said this, there was a commotion in the conference room, and the researchers looked at each other, seeing surprise and shock in each other's eyes.

Although some rumors have been heard before, the kind of hearsay news is obviously far less shocking than being confirmed by Lu Zhou in person.

If other people say that they want to do something as cutting-edge as controlled nuclear fusion, most of them will laugh after hearing it.

However, Lu Zhou is different.

He not only solved the problem of the century of the existence problem of the NS equation, but also established a mathematical model for the elusive plasma turbulence with the help of his original L-manifold.

Such a god-like boss said that he was going to engage in nuclear fusion, and even though he couldn't even see the shadow of the stellar mimic now, the researcher sitting here unconsciously believed half of it.

It's just that what makes people scratch their heads is, why did Lu Zhou talk about this here?

After all, the Institute of Computational Materials is not a plasma physics institute, but a research project on material issues, which has nothing to do with the study of controlled nuclear fusion.

However, Lu Zhou's next words answered the questions in everyone's hearts about this issue.

“…… Some people may ask in their hearts, what does this have to do with you, after all, most of you are from chemical engineering, and finally chose materials as your development direction, even if you have a condensed matter physics background, it has nothing to do with plasma physics and nuclear engineering. ”

"However, breakthroughs in energy technology and advances in materials technology are inseparable. We need a larger magnetic field to confine the inscrutable plasma, and a more robust first wall to withstand the light and heat of the fusion reaction. ”

Looking at the researchers present, Lu Zhou paused for a moment and got to the point.

"In the future, our research will focus on two major directions. One is superconducting materials, and as I said earlier, we need a material that is more engineeringly concise and has a superconducting temperature closer to room temperature to strengthen our magnetic field. ”

"The second is heat-resistant materials, and we need a first wall that is resistant to high temperatures enough to block the plasma escaping the magnetic field."

"At present, we have made some progress in superconducting materials. SG-1, which was demonstrated at the MRS Autumn Meeting a month ago, has reached a superconducting transition temperature of 101 K. Among the many superconducting materials, this number is far from remarkable, but there is still great potential for the plasticity of graphene materials to be explored. ”

On the PPT behind him, Lu Zhou listed the pre-technologies needed to complete controlled nuclear fusion in a picture.

These are open issues and bottlenecks to controlled nuclear fusion.

No matter how strong he is, there is only one person, and it is impossible to do everything in every place, so the best way is to break down a large project into countless small topics, and then subcontract them to the following researchers.

As for himself, he chose a few of the more difficult problems to solve.

In fact, when promoting a major scientific research project, many domestic research institutes are in this mode.

An academician gets a large project with tens of millions of funds, and then will take out N sub-projects with millions or 100,000 funds from this project, and hand them over to professors such as Changjiang Scholars, which is the so-called Maverick in the academic world......

Of course, this is just a figurative but inappropriate metaphor. After all, in the pyramid of academia, whether it is a Changjiang scholar or an outstanding young man, compared with ordinary researchers, they are all proper bulls, and they can only be distinguished from each other.

As for the end of the pyramid, there is no dispute, it is naturally the hardest, most tiring and hard-working scientific research dog in the academic world.

Looking back at the pairs of eyes in the conference room, Lu Zhou paused and continued.

"Gentlemen, we are engaged in a great cause."

"If we succeed, our country, our people, and even our civilization will benefit from it. And the value of this is not enough to measure in any currency. ”

"I know that this is not a project that can be completed overnight, and even every step will be difficult."

"But I have the confidence to work with you to overcome this difficulty!"

"I would like to encourage you together!"

……

After the adjournment of the meeting.

Holding the meeting notebook, Liu Bo was still muttering to himself: "Controlled nuclear fusion...... Are you saying this thing is reliable? ”

Qian Zhongming: "What is unreliable?" ”

Liu Bo: "There are only about 100 people in our research institute, including those undergraduates mobilized from Jinda. There are only about 20 formal researchers, and have you seen the topic on the PPT? In terms of manpower alone, I think it's all hanging. ”

Instead of answering this question, Qian Zhongming asked rhetorically: "In addition to our boss, there are several Nobel Prizes in the Chinese academic community. ”

Liu Bo was slightly stunned, not understanding why he asked this question.

"Academician Yang, Tu seniors...... Mo? ”

Qian Zhongming: "I'm talking about academia. ”

Liu Bo: "That's two." ”

Qian Zhongming then asked: "How many are still on the front line of scientific research?" ”

Yang is 95 years old, and although he has cultivated many outstanding physics talents for the Republic and put forward many constructive suggestions for the development of physics in China, he has obviously stayed away from the front line of scientific research.

Tu seniors are the same, she is eighty-seven years old, and she is now at the age of retirement. Regardless of whether the elderly are still in scientific research positions or not, it is unrealistic to expect the elderly to make significant research results.

After thinking for a while, Liu Bo said, "...... It seems that there is only one land god. ”

"Yes," Qian Zhongming nodded, "So do you think the lack of people will be a problem for him?" ”

The research institute of the Nobel Prize boss released a message to recruit people......

I'm afraid that half of the scientific research dogs in China and even overseas are afraid that they will sharpen their heads and find a way to squeeze in.