From top student in college to scientific research powerhouse

Chapter 38 Reduction of Sub-arrangements? By rubbing with your hands?

Song Kaifeng is the head of the Provincial Department of Science and Technology, and his arrival is no small matter.

The Provincial Department of Science and Technology is a subordinate unit of the Ministry of Science and Technology of China.

Funding subsidies, achievement applications, and science and technology awards for various research projects received by universities within the province are all under the direct jurisdiction of the Provincial Department of Science and Technology.

It was already evening when Vice Principal Xu Peijun arrived as soon as possible.

Wang Guiyuan also came specifically after receiving the news.

Song Kaifeng did not wait for the school to receive him; he went directly to the Applied Electromagnetism Laboratory.

Zhu Bingkun led him to the reception room.

In the reception room, there were only Song Kaifeng, Deng Baoshan, and Zhu Bingkun. Song Kaifeng immediately started talking about the experimental results report he had submitted.

"From your report, I see that the biggest contributor to the experiment was a doctoral student, right?"

"Zhang Minghao."

Zhu Bingkun said earnestly, "It was a doctoral student in the physics department who conducted the experiment. We hoped to replicate the experiment, and the result was a major discovery!"

Song Kaifeng nodded in agreement. "Then let him come over too, and we can discuss the specifics."

After he finished speaking, he explained, "Your achievement is too significant. It's a new discovery in physics, and this term isn't used casually."

"I came over after reading the report."

"I need to know the specific details, and that there really has been a discovery, before I can continue to submit it to the Ministry of Science and Technology."

While the two were talking, a large crowd had already gathered at the entrance of the reception room.

Song Kaifeng is very careful about keeping secrets.

He said he wanted to speak with Zhu Bingkun alone, and even Vice Principal Xu Peijun had to wait outside.

Chen Shuai stood next to Xu Peijun.

Xu Peijun asked Chen Shuai curiously, "Judging from what they said, Director Song came for a research result? What breakthroughs have you made in your lab?"

"Uh……"

Chen Shuai grinned awkwardly, "I don't know... it must be an experiment."

"You don't even know?"

"Uh~~~"

Chen Shuai felt very embarrassed. There were three full researchers in applied electromagnetics. Xue Kun had been there for less than a year, while he and Zhu Bingkun were both veterans in the lab.

Now that the research has yielded results, it would be strange if this 'old labman' didn't know.

Xu Peijun's eyes said it all.

Chen Shuai was also secretly surprised. He knew that Zhu Bingkun and Xue Kun's experiment had made a discovery, but it had caused such a stir that Director Song from the Science and Technology Department had to come over.
What amazing discovery could it be?!
Zhang Minghao has arrived.

Chen Shuai pointed to the reception room and said, "They're waiting for you. Go in quickly!"

In the reception room, Zhu Bingkun was saying, "It's Zhang Minghao's experiment. He published a paper saying that in the determination of metamaterial properties, he discovered the phenomenon of increased air mobility."

"In other words, electromagnetic experiments affect the movement of the surrounding air."

"Oh, it was him!" Deng Baoshan exclaimed in surprise.

Song Kaifeng, look over here.

Deng Baoshan explained, "A while ago, it made the news that a doctoral student at Donggang University had falsified experimental data and was quickly transferred to Jiangzhou University."

“I paid special attention to it and even downloaded that paper…”

Song Kaifeng thought the name sounded familiar and immediately asked, "Is this the doctoral student? Zhang Minghao?"

"Correct!"

Zhu Bingkun nodded vigorously, and continued with a proud expression, "But we all believe that the experiment is real, because Zhang Minghao is extremely, extremely outstanding."

"We tried to replicate the experiment, and the result was..."

Deng Baoshan immediately followed up with, "The replica was successful?"

As soon as Zhang Minghao entered the room, upon hearing Deng Baoshan's words, he immediately denied it, saying, "No!"

All three of them looked over.

Zhu Bingkun quickly stood up and helped the two sides introduce themselves.

Zhang Minghao shook hands with each of them without being humble or arrogant, then sat down to continue the previous topic, "The replication was not completely successful, but we made a discovery in the same direction."

"The experiment I conducted at Donggang University was to discover continuous airflow."

"In current experiments, airflow exhibits fluctuations at similar time intervals, which can only be detected using a high-precision flow measurement instrument."

"But one thing is certain: they are the same phenomenon."

Song Kaifeng listened attentively, "Tell me in detail."

Zhang Minghao said, "This experiment is to test the properties of nickel/alumina cermet."

“Nickel/alumina cermet is a very special material. When the nickel content exceeds a certain threshold, a conductive three-dimensional metal network will form inside the material, exhibiting negative dielectric behavior, a negative dielectric constant, and becoming an electromagnetic metamaterial.”

"Therefore, the determination of the properties of nickel/alumina cermets has become a fundamental aspect of electromagnetic metamaterials research..."

Zhang Minghao then gave a professional explanation.

He went from the basics of the experiment to the current experiment, saying, "By relying on the stable energizing temperature of the nickel/alumina cermet, the experiment detected stable fluctuations in airflow..."

"This indicates that there is a physical phenomenon that has not been discovered at this stage during the experiment."

"It may not be due to electromagnetic fields, but it must be due to some unknown influence produced during the experimental process."

Song Kaifeng understood.

The experiment detected fluctuating airflow with similar time intervals, and the fluctuating values ​​were stable, which means that it can be stably manufactured.

This is now clearly a new discovery.

Whether it is a new physical phenomenon still needs to be determined by scholars in the field.

They concluded that it was meaningless.

Song Kaifeng thought for a moment, then stood up and said, "Let's stop here. I've learned enough."

"I will report it when I get back, and I will report it as a priority. The higher-ups will send a professional team over, so you should prepare in advance."

"I hope it's true."

He laughed as he spoke, "A new physical phenomenon, this is a major international achievement, coming from Jiangzhou University, and from our Dongchuan Province, that's excellent!"

As the group went outside, people came to greet them.

Song Kaifeng shook hands with Xu Peijun and praised, "Jiangzhou University is excellent!"

"They dare to face public opinion and criticism head-on, and they've done a great job in cultivating scientific research talent..."

He patted Zhang Minghao on the shoulder and commented, "An extraordinary talent!"

Song Kaifeng left after he finished speaking.

After seeing the person off, Xu Peijun returned and exchanged a few words with Zhang Minghao.

He knew Zhang Minghao.

A while ago, Zhang Minghao became the focus of public attention due to the heated public debate.

Academicians Tan Yanming and Zhao Jianyang both spoke highly of him, and he quickly signed a multi-million yuan cooperation project with Xinchuang Technology. The fact that a doctoral student secured such a multi-million yuan university-industry cooperation project speaks volumes.

This doctoral student also received recognition from Director Song of the Provincial Department of Science and Technology.

"Amazing!"

Xu Peijun sighed and instructed, "Director Song has instructed me to keep this a secret, so I won't ask any more questions."

"I heard that someone from higher up is coming, so you'd better make a good impression. If you have any research needs, just let us know."

"The school will definitely provide full support..."

……

Each of the key reports submitted by the Provincial Department of Science and Technology involves extremely significant achievements.

The Ministry of Science and Technology reviews any significant reported results immediately, and relevant departments respond quickly after reviewing the experimental results.

The first thing was to forward the message to the Department of Mathematics and Physics of the National Natural Science Foundation of China.

Secondly, we selected professional scholars to form an acceptance team to conduct acceptance of the results.

Academician Yuan Hui works in the Department of Mathematics and Physics of the National Natural Science Foundation of China. He noticed the message forwarded by the Ministry of Science and Technology and immediately checked the corresponding research report.

He discovered that the report was still in the queue for review and immediately complained, "Looks like I need to urge them to speed things up; the efficiency is too low."

"The Ministry of Science and Technology knows about it; there's a long queue of applications here..."

Yuan Hui also knew the reason.

There are countless projects under the research fund, and a large number of reports are received every day. Each report must be reviewed in a queue, and the same applies to research results reports.

It's not just one or two days; waiting in line for a week is normal.

However, compared to other methods, the speed is still too slow.

He shook his head, checked the results report, and was immediately stunned. "This is impossible!"

"The measurement of the properties of metal ceramics affects airflow? That violates the laws of physics!"

"You call this a result? It's clearly a problem with the experiment!"

Yuan Hui frowned.

He would even send similar reports back if he received them regularly.

The Ministry of Science and Technology has given its approval, which means it has definitely passed the provincial-level review. Passing the review once must mean there's something extraordinary about it.

He was also curious and immediately decided, "They said they'd form a professional inspection team."

"I'll go take a look too!"

The acceptance team was formed very quickly for the results of the 'key reports'.

There's no problem with Yuan Hui applying to go there.

The other two experts on the acceptance team were Academician Zhou Tiejun from the Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Professor Cui Ji from Donggang University of Electronic Information.

Zhou Tiejun is engaged in metamaterials research, exploring the combination of matter reconstruction and artificial intelligence, and promoting the application of metamaterials in the fields of artificial intelligence and artificial life.

Professor Cui Ji's research field is the most relevant. He mainly studies computational electromagnetics and electromagnetic metamaterials, and has made breakthroughs in the theory and application of novel artificial electromagnetic materials. He has also led several national-level scientific research projects.

The Ministry of Science and Technology also sent personnel, including Chen Mingzhen, deputy director of the Technology Transfer Office, and Wang Xiguo, development director in charge of the high-precision physics experimental project.

The inspection team assembled at Jiangzhou Airport.

Deng Baoshan from the Provincial Department of Science and Technology came to receive them, and the group traveled to Jiangzhou University in a business vehicle.

The group chatted as they walked.

The fact that the research report passed the review of the Provincial Department of Science and Technology proves that the experiment itself exists.

The acceptance team questioned the authenticity of the experiment.

They were talking about the underlying principles.

The most professional person in the group was Professor Cui Ji, who guessed, "I saw the report on the way and kept thinking about this anti-physics problem."

"It sounds unbelievable, but it is possible in the field of electromagnetic metamaterials. Metamaterials themselves have many anti-physics properties."

Zhou Tiejun, who also studies metamaterials, agrees, saying, "Metamaterials are made by artificially designing and arranging atoms, which allows the material to exhibit incredible properties."

"I think this might be a phenomenon caused by the special atomic arrangement they created..."

When it comes to artificially designing atomic arrangements, it sounds incredibly magical.

Deng Baoshan also thought it made sense, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, "An expert is an expert, he explained it clearly in one go."

Chen Mingzhen, Wang Xiguo, and Yuan Hui all felt that the two explanations made sense.

The group arrived at the Applied Electromagnetism Laboratory.

Looking at the small building in front and the scale of the laboratory in the back, Cui Ji and Zhou Tiejun immediately changed their minds.

Wang Xiguo is currently negotiating with people from Jiangzhou University.

Cui Ji, Zhou Tiejun, and Yuan Hui, who were walking behind, also began to discuss in hushed tones, "This laboratory is too small to work on metamaterials involving atomic arrangement."

"A city-level organization, right? I didn't really know anything about it before I came here..."

"They don't even have the equipment, to reconstitute the atomic arrangement... by hand?"

Yuan Hui also realized, "If it's not a material with a special atomic arrangement, then there must be a problem with the experiment?"

Zhou Tiejun pondered and said, "It's also possible that there was some mistake or other influence during the experiment. Whatever the reason, we can be sure that the results are problematic."

Cui Ji frowned and remained silent.

Zhou Tiejun continued, "Once we go in, we'll let them do the experiments directly. We don't need to explain the principles; they'll understand once they see the experiments."

"There's definitely something wrong with the experiment!"

"At that time, we will carefully observe and ask questions about each step to help them find problems and demonstrate the professionalism of our inspection team."

Yuan Hui nodded thoughtfully.

Deng Baoshan was standing nearby, and he felt very uncomfortable listening to their conversation.

They didn't even look at the experiment before saying there was a problem?

If the inspection team finds a problem during an experiment, wouldn't that mean the Provincial Department of Science and Technology is unprofessional?
Deng Baoshan quickened his pace and moved closer to Zhang Minghao, asking, "They want to see the experiment later, how's it going? Are you prepared?"

"Everything is ready."

Zhang Minghao nodded affirmatively.

Deng Baoshan was still somewhat worried, "Will there be any problems with the experiment?"

"will not."

Zhang Minghao laughed and said, "Director Deng, you can rest assured, it's definitely a new physics discovery."

"I dare to pledge my loyalty!"

"We'll definitely leave them speechless in the experiments. Once the acceptance test is passed, we'll apply for more research projects. We hope the province will provide more funding and subsidies!"

Deng Baoshan immediately patted his chest and said, "No problem!"

"At that time, I will speak up for you and will definitely subsidize your projects to the greatest extent possible."

(End of this chapter)