Since the 13th International Conference on Electromagnetic Emission in Germany in May 2006, 52 papers have been published in China, second only to the 72 papers in the United States.

Fang Hong put the materials on the table, and immediately said: "In addition, the research progress of the 'Oriental Super Ring' is still a bit slow, first draw up a budget of 10 billion, let's speed up the 'Oriental Super Ring', and send someone to talk to the person in charge of the EAST project." ”

The EAST project, which is the first fully superconducting non-circular cross-section tokamak nuclear fusion experimental device independently developed in China.

The research on controlled nuclear fusion technology has been jokingly called "50 years forever", but the reason why controlled nuclear fusion carries so much imagination is that the raw materials of nuclear fusion energy are almost inexhaustible, and the emission is pollution-free, which is regarded as the ultimate answer to the energy problem.

Although it is 50 years forever, this is the ultimate answer to the medium- to long-term foreseeable future.

Fang Hong thought for a while and said, "The Natural Science Foundation will post a Weibo tomorrow to mention this matter first." ”

Yu Qiu nodded: "Well, good." ”

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The next morning.

The official Weibo of the Natural Science Foundation of China posted a blog post that caused a sensation in the academic community.

[I am eager to see a light bulb lit by controllable nuclear fusion energy in my lifetime, why don't we get him to come out with 10 billion yuan to speed up the research and development of "EAST"? 】

Boy!

This blog post posted by the official blog of the Natural Science Foundation was quoted and reported by major media not long after, and it suddenly rushed to today's hot topic.

At this time, the heated discussion of "Sky Mirror" has not subsided, and the "Oriental Super Ring" has also quickly become popular.

The people from all walks of life were stunned, the previous gravitational wave detection project did 20 billion yuan, and the Natural Science Foundation wanted to make a big one, and it had to spend tens of billions of budget allocations to support the research of controllable nuclear fusion.

The news soon reached the EAST project team, and the shock and excitement were indescribable.

If the NSF is not a joke, the scale of the investment is more than 20 times the current budget of the EAST project team, and the team size can be expanded from less than 200 people to 10 times.

The R&D schedule can indeed be dramatically accelerated at a speed that is visible to the naked eye.

Less than half an hour after this Weibo was sent, the Natural Science Foundation had not yet contacted the EAST team, and the other party called in advance.

In the afternoon of the same day, the official blog of the Natural Science Foundation posted a blog post again:

[10,000 years is too long, seize the day. The Natural Science Foundation of China decided to invest a budget of 10 billion yuan to help the research of EAST, and China should have a self-built controllable nuclear fusion experimental device, not for scientists to write a few papers or reports, but to truly solve our energy problems in a hundred or two hundred years. 】

When this Weibo was issued, the people who eat melons from all walks of life in the outside world were a little caught off guard.

It's so fast!

Wouldn't it be a bit sloppy?

In recent days, the news of the scientific research community has frequently made headlines, and the domestic scientific research community has been very excited about the launch of the Natural Science Foundation, and has suddenly entered so much capital injection, as if seeing the arrival of the spring of basic scientific research.

It is worth mentioning that not all projects in the fields that the Natural Science Foundation has entered are public.

For example, when it comes to military applications, no information is disclosed to the public.

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Meditation Villa, fitness room.

Fang Hong took a towel and wiped the sweat on his body, glanced at the beautiful assistant who was stretching and said, "Yu Qiuguan's Natural Science Foundation has achieved remarkable results recently, how is Qunxing Capital's business investment in the high-tech field?" ”

Hearing this, Tian Jiayi couldn't help but complain: "Pure spending money is also called remarkable results? ”

Fang Hong said with a smile: "Being able to spend so much money in the right place is not something that ordinary people can do well." ”

After a while, Tian Jiayi said thoughtfully: "The company's recent investment in the high-tech field has indeed had relatively good projects, and it successfully persuaded Zhang Zhihua to return to China to start a business a few days ago. ”

Fang Hongyan said succinctly: "Zhang Zhihua? I haven't heard of this person, what is the origin? ”

Tian Jiayi stopped exercising, she recalled for a moment and said methodically: "According to the data, Zhang Zhihua is a scientist working at the Institute of Regenerative Medicine of Wake Forest University in the United States, engaged in the research of a 3D bioprinter, and is one of the project leaders of the R&D team......

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Twenty minutes later, Fang Hong had already changed into a suit of clothes in the living room, and after a while, Tian Jiayi came down from upstairs and brought him a piece of material, and immediately said: "After Zhang Zhihua returned to China, Qunxing Capital invested 150 million yuan in him to develop a 3D bioprinter. ”

Fang Hong took the material and looked at it.

The so-called 3D bioprinter, that is, the human organs printed by the printer have a "channel" to obtain oxygen and nutrients.

The cells are then cultured in a water-based gel. These gels are then injected into a biodegradable polymer structure that allows the cells to grow in the shape set by human intervention.

Tian Jiayi sat down and said: "According to Zhang, the biggest challenge for the 3D bioprinting community at the moment is that none of these organs can be more than 200 microns thick due to the lack of blood vessels. ”

Fang Hong looked at her and said, "No more than 200 microns? That's only the size of a human hair. ”

Tian Jiayi added: "Zhang's research team hopes to solve this problem, so that it can print thicker human tissue, and this time he returned to China and brought back some results, he wants to develop a 3D bioprinter that can use a variety of different types of gels under computer control to print, and will also print out the micro-channels inside the tissue, which are on the material report, you can see for yourself." ”

Hearing this, Fang Hong turned a few pages.

According to Zhang's description, these channels will provide the cells with the function of blood vessels during the growth of the organ, so that the vegetative tissue and oxygen molecules can reach the cells inside the organ.

Then, when the organ is transplanted into the organism, the organism's blood vessels automatically replace these microchannels.

In his project at the Institute of Regenerative Medicine at Wake Forest University, Zhang's 3D printer-printed human ears have been transplanted into the body of mice in the laboratory, and within two months, their blood vessels and soft tissues have gradually formed.

Tian Jiayi said: "According to Zhang Zhihua, 3D printed artificial muscle fibers and artificial jawbones are gradually generating blood vessels after transplantation, but this technology has not yet been used in human trials. ”

Fang Hong nodded silently.

If successful, this project will make it possible to print more complex organs such as kidneys, and will speed up the process.

Once the technology matures, the future business prospects are self-evident.

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