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In the second week after New Year's Day, two big things happened.

The well-known academic journal Science, in accordance with the usual practice, selected the top ten scientific and technological breakthroughs of last year, that is, 2016.

As the final piece of the puzzle of general relativity, the discovery of gravitational waves took the top spot without any suspense.

If the electromagnetic wave telescope is the human eye, then the gravitational wave detector is like the human ear, and from then on human beings will finally be able to listen to the sound from the universe.

In second place is Cynthia 3.0, which most people may not even know what this thing is compared to the gravitational waves that have caused a sensation in the world, but this is the closest humanity has come to becoming God in the true sense.

With 473 genes, it contains the minimum number of genes necessary to sustain life, and at the same time, it is the simplest life form that humans can make at present.

As for the third place, the modified PDMS film that solves lithium dendrites is undisputedly on the list.

This is undoubtedly a remarkable achievement for the materials science community, which has not seen a "major breakthrough" for many years. At the same time, the "seventh row of the periodic table of chemical elements was filled" was also selected, and this year's chemistry community can be described as in high spirits.

Also on the list is Google's Alpha Dog, a final learning system built by combining Monte Carlo decision tree algorithms and deep neural network algorithms, making it a well-deserved master in the field of artificial intelligence.

As well as breakthroughs in space exploration technology, the seeds of human beings sown into space are gradually germinating......

These research results are ranked in no particular order, after all, the results of different fields cannot be compared horizontally.

However, this is nominally so, but in fact, the ranking given by science every year still reflects the subjective opinion of journal editors to a certain extent.

According to the list given by science, many people on the Internet are speculating that with this outstanding research result, Lu Zhou may hope to become the second mathematician to win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry after John Pope.

Of course, this is just a layman's opinion.

After all, the point of view of science only represents science, not the entire scientific community.

The Nobel Prize is based on strict criteria for outstanding achievements in the field of application. As an outstanding achievement in the field of application, modified PDMS materials are destined to be awarded the honor of the Nobel Prize immediately in the year after the results are confirmed, like gravitational waves.

It takes time to test whether an applied technology is great.

However, just like the famous scientific madman Craig Vantle, the "father of artificial life", no one will be surprised if one day the Nobel Committee really awards the medal of the Chemistry Prize to Lu Zhou.

After all, the problem of lithium dendrites has indeed plagued the entire materials science community for decades.

As for another major event that happened at the beginning of the year, it was Kawapo's inauguration declaration at the White House.

But this has nothing to do with Princeton, and it is not a world affair with Lu Zhou, who is not interested in politics.

……

The second week after New Year's Day, Professor Lu gave his students a long vacation.

One is to make up for the winter vacation owed to them, and the other is that until Chinese New Year's Eve on the 27th, he will be relatively busy and have no time to take care of them.

For this hard-won long holiday, Qin Yue said that he would go home for the New Year, while Hardy said happily that he planned to travel to the Mediterranean with his girlfriend. For this ignorant student, Lu Zhou restrained the urge to let him see such a thing as "winter vacation homework", smiled and nodded to wish him a good time.

As for Vera, when Lu Zhou asked her what the holiday arrangements were, the little girl probably didn't think about what to do, just a blank expression.

Looking at Vera with this appearance, Lu Zhou sighed.

If it were someone else, he might suggest going back to see his parents, reuniting with his family, relaxing and relaxing, or something.

But her words......

He could only find something meaningful for her to do.

After thinking about it, Lu Zhou said: "Mathematics is a subject that needs inspiration, just soaking in library management, the final result is likely to bring yourself into the misunderstanding of thinking." The American Mathematical Society has a conference for young scholars at Berkeley this spring, and the paper you showed me last time was pretty good, and I suggest you try to submit it. ”

As soon as she heard that she was going to give a report on stage, the little girl was a little flustered and said nervously: "I...... I haven't come on stage to give a presentation yet. ”

"No one is born with it, you have to learn to adapt," Lu Zhou looked into her eyes and said seriously, "If you are worried about the travel expenses, you can not worry about it at all, all the expenses on the road such as registration fees, air tickets, etc., can be paid from the project funds." But if you just don't dare to go on stage, I want you to get over it. Trust me, I'm here for your good. ”

Among his three students, Vera has the highest talent, and Lu Zhou also has the highest expectations for her.

One day, she will stand on a stage like the International Congress of Mathematicians and present her research results in the form of a 45-minute or one-hour presentation, and if she is not able to go on stage just because of stage fright, she will never be one of the world's leading scholars.

Hearing the phrase "I'm here for your good", Vera's cheeks flushed slightly, and she was a little overwhelmed.

Lu Zhou, who waited for a long time and didn't wait for a reply, and didn't plan to leave her any way out, continued to ask.

"What is your answer?"

“…… Well. ”

Although it is a little lacking in momentum, it is also a big improvement.

Leaning back on the office chair, Lu Zhou nodded with satisfaction, barely qualified her.

"Then go and prepare, there are three days left in the deadline, and you won't be in the office here for these three days, and you will carefully change your paper. I'll help you with the air ticket, you just have to sign up. ”

Semi-forcibly helped her decide, and Lu Zhou kicked her out of the office.

Pausing at the office door, Vera hesitated and turned around.

Noticing Vera's expression, Lu Zhou casually asked, "Is there anything else?" ”

Lowering her head slightly, the little girl smiled a little embarrassedly: "It's nothing, I just want to thank you...... No one had ever cared so much about me before. ”

That's it?

Lu Zhou said as a matter of course: "You're welcome, after all, I am your mentor." ”

……

After dealing with the affairs of Princeton, Lu Zhou drove his Ford Explorer to Philadelphia that afternoon and came to the office building where the North American branch of Star Technology is located.

I have to admit that the service of AM is really satisfying, not only solving all the problems he can think of, but even helping him solve the problems that he didn't expect for the time being.

Of course, the fees are not cheap.

Because the office is still under renovation, there is not much to see here except for the decoration materials and cardboard boxes piled on the ground.

After walking around the neighborhood, Lu Zhou left the office building and returned to the car.

He had come to Philadelphia to make a round of the office just to satisfy his curiosity, and his main purpose in coming to Philadelphia was not to do this, but to meet with a person, the consultant who had been contacted by AM Firm for him.

It is said that the other party is a professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and an expert with a double degree in business administration and international trade.

Although the relevant plans have been prepared, those things on paper are not enough, and some things still need to be interviewed to be clarified.

At the request of this expert, Lu Zhou and her agreed to meet at a time to meet in person.

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