From top student in college to scientific research powerhouse

Chapter 96 This is definitely a major discovery!
The applied electromagnetics laboratory, first floor, theoretical research office.

Zhang Minghao talked about his research direction, and the problem of 'non-reusable materials' that he mentioned made Du Wei, Zhao Linwei and Liu Lei think.

After a while, Du Wei looked up, frowning as he said, "We've thought about this problem too, but the non-reproducibility of materials is more related to the experiment, making it difficult to approach from a theoretical perspective."

Zhao Linwei and Liu Lei both looked up at Zhang Minghao.

Zhang Minghao said, "That's why I emphasized 'the experiment did not find anything'."

"You may not be aware that a lot of experimental research has been done on the issue of non-reusable materials, including in our laboratory and other experimental teams."

“This is a major problem that everyone can see. No findings were found in the materials testing, which is why I said we should start with the theory.”

Du Wei nodded solemnly.

Their understanding of the Zhang phenomenon is limited to experiments and data reports; they know little about other related information.

I had considered that the materials could not be reused, but subconsciously I felt that it was something that needed to be studied in experiments.

If I were to analyze it from a theoretical perspective, I still feel like I have no clue where to start.

Zhang Minghao continued, "I do have some thoughts on this issue."

"The experiment did not find anything, which means that the data we routinely detect are unrelated to the problem of materials not being reusable."

"We can assume that the material has an unknown property that is one-time use and can create a mysterious force field when activated."

"The experiment itself is the condition and process that triggers this characteristic."

"Theoretical research can begin with descriptions of these characteristics, such as creating a framework, studying its necessary conditions and internal mechanisms, and so on."

As Du Wei listened and pondered, he felt a sense of sudden enlightenment.

He couldn't help but exclaim, "This idea is brilliant! Find some necessary experimental conditions and describe the proposed characteristics from the internal mechanisms..."

He didn't know how to describe it for a moment, so he just gave Zhang Minghao a big thumbs up.

Zhang Minghao laughed and said, "Brother Du, you are an expert in the field of condensed matter physics and you understand these microscopic mechanisms very well."

"We still need you to do research in this area."

He patted Du Wei on the shoulder as he spoke.

Du Wei immediately nodded and said, "No problem!"

"Let's get started now!"

After finishing his sentence, Zhang Minghao left and returned to his workspace.

Du Wei then instructed Zhao Linwei and Liu Lei to look for the information together. Just as he was pulling a document from the table, he suddenly stopped.

"its not right……"

Du Wei looked at Zhao Linwei, then at Liu Lei, and pointed to himself in confusion, asking, "I'm the leader of the theory group, right?"

"It felt like I was being given work instructions by my boss just now..."

Zhao Linwei burst out laughing.

Liu Lei blinked and comforted him, "Team Leader Du, didn't you notice? None of us reacted."

"You'll get used to it..."

……

Zhang Minghao returned to his workspace and continued reviewing the research papers.

His direction was correct, but it was a huge and complex task to sort out the relevant micro-mechanisms by 'stimulating necessary conditions' and then to demonstrate the 'proposed characteristics'.

It's like the blind men and the elephant; once they've touched a part, they can certainly describe it to some extent.

If you spend enough time touching it and feel each part clearly, the image of the elephant will be imprinted in your mind.

This is research and argumentation work done from a basic perspective.

Zhang Minghao disliked this kind of work because it was very basic and inefficient. He preferred to find a breakthrough point and complete a research project in one go.

It's like opening your eyes and taking a look.

Of course, 'opening his eyes' is not easy, so he still needs to accumulate knowledge. He has been looking at theoretical research in the field of superconductivity, including the classic BCS theory, as well as the Cooper pair research and development based on it, and so on.

Time flies when you're engrossed in studying.

It seems like I only looked at some content, and it was almost time to leave work; I could already hear noises in the hallway.

Zhang Minghao was also packing his things to go out for dinner when Xu Chao ran over and called out, "Zhang Minghao, Teacher Zhu wants to go to the main office."

"Coming right now!"

He put down what he was holding and went straight to the main office.

Upon entering the main office, they found Zhu Bingkun, Xue Kun, and others already there. There were two more people in the room: Tan Yanming and Principal Shi Chengqian.

He greeted them politely.

Shi Chengqian smiled at him and then said, "Since you're all here, I'll just say a few words."

"One is that the National Natural Science Foundation of China has given you additional funding, you should already know that, right?"

Zhu Bingkun immediately nodded, "We also found out this afternoon."

Others were also happy to talk about the funding.

It wasn't until the afternoon that they learned that the National Natural Science Foundation of China had provided an additional 1000 million yuan in funding for the laboratory's "Zhang Phenomenon Research Project".

The funds haven't arrived yet, but word has already spread.

It is indeed possible for a project to receive funding from both the provincial government and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) at the same time, but normally a special application should be made. The fact that the NSFC proactively provided funding of 10 million yuan is clearly related to the research results.

This is the attitude expressed by the Ministry of Science and Technology, demonstrating its emphasis on and support for their research.

Although it might seem like hindsight, no one would complain about receiving double the funding, which amounts to a full ten million.

Everyone in the lab was very happy, especially Zhu Bingkun, who was responsible for the development of the lab and for the project.

The research conducted in the Applied Electromagnetism Laboratory is significant, but the biggest limitation is the laboratory environment. To compete with large laboratories in future research, it is essential to have top-notch equipment.

The experiment requires studying particle motion, quantum correlations, analyzing spectral measurements, and researching microscopic data.

If even some basic, cutting-edge measurements cannot be performed, then talking about studying the theoretical mechanisms of condensed matter physics and the Zhang phenomenon is simply wishful thinking.

Top-notch scientific research equipment is, of course, very expensive.

Ten million is enough to do a lot of things.

After Shi Chengqian finished discussing the funding issue, he moved on to the meeting. "This meeting of the Ministry of Science and Technology is very important. You will definitely need someone to go up and give a presentation."

"Shh-"

Everyone in the office turned to look at Zhang Minghao.

Tan Yanming smiled and clapped, "It's exactly what everyone wanted!"

"I was thinking you should go up there. When it comes to handling big situations, you're the one with the thickest skin..."

The others immediately burst out laughing.

Tan Yanming was just joking, but Zhang Minghao looked around and realized that the only person who could replace him was Zhu Bingkun.

Zhu Bingkun simply lowered his head, ignoring his gaze.

That was definitely a grand spectacle.

The large number of people in the audience is not a big problem, but the audience is full of leaders, academicians, and various academic professionals.

I'm definitely worried about not performing well when I go up and talk about the content.

Zhang Minghao is a perfect fit. He is the discoverer of the zxz achievement, and he was also the first person to develop it in the past research results. His achievements speak for themselves.

In addition, he has another extremely strong advantage—his youth.

Very young!

At such meetings, anyone you randomly pick would be twenty or thirty years older than him, while he would be considered a 'child'. If he said something wrong, there would be no way to hold him accountable.

After addressing the two issues, Shi Chengqian also encouraged the lab staff to perform well at the meeting.

Zhang Minghao asked curiously, "Everyone keeps talking about important meetings, but what exactly are they about?"

Zhu Bingkun, Xue Kun, and Chen Shuai also only had a vague understanding.

They hadn't experienced such a large-scale event either; they seemed to be able to say something, but also seemed to lack understanding.

Tan Yanming simply explained, "It's about upgrading the research on the Zhang phenomenon!"

"Promotion?"

"Correct."

Tan Yanming said, "For example, the Zhang phenomenon was also a research project, but few teams were able to apply for funding. Even if they did apply, it was only a project worth a few hundred thousand or a million."

“Apart from your team, no other team could possibly apply for a key support project worth tens of millions of yuan.”

Zhu Bingkun and Xue Kun nodded immediately; they did know about this.

“Once a project is mentioned, things change. If it is mentioned at the highest level and considered a major research direction, like superconductivity, a certain percentage of research funding will be allocated to this direction every year.”

"It could be hundreds of millions, or even billions or tens of billions, which would encourage a large number of teams to conduct research in this direction."

"At that time, when you apply for projects again, you may be able to secure funding of over 100 million yuan, just like the superconducting project at the Key Laboratory of Superconductivity."

"Sigh~~~"

Tan Yanming's simple explanation stunned everyone in the office.

Projects exceeding 100 million!

That's something I wouldn't even dare to dream of.

Tan Yanming laughed and said, "I'm just giving an example. It's very difficult to get approval for key projects worth over 100 million yuan."

"Once you move into the new lab, more than double the staff, and achieve some further research results..."

"I'm just saying maybe, it's too difficult."

He shook his head as he spoke.

……

While the Applied Electromagnetism Laboratory was discussing a 'major project,' the invitation letter issued by the Ministry of Science and Technology had already caused some controversy.

The Ministry of Science and Technology convened a 'Zhang Phenomenon Research Conference'.

The 'Zhang Phenomenon Research Conference' will naturally invite scholars who study the Zhang phenomenon. The Zhang phenomenon is a new physics discovery, and there are very few teams and people conducting related experimental research and development.

More than half of them are concentrated in the 'Zhang phenomenon' group.

Since the electromagnetic laboratory released its research results, the "Zhang Phenomenon" group has been quite quiet for a long time.

The scholars who had attended the 'zxz phenomenon seminar' chaired by Yan Lihua fell silent. The group chat became lively again that day.

Cui Ji showed off his invitation to a Ministry of Science and Technology conference in the group chat, adding, "Who got an invitation? Let's go!"

Soon, several other people also sent out the invitations they had received.

Most of the others who didn't send a message didn't receive an invitation, and now, without an invitation, it feels like they don't even have the right to speak.

The invitations issued by the Ministry of Science and Technology are sent to experimental teams and scholars researching the Zhang phenomenon, while others are sent to top scholars in related fields.

If you're not a top scholar, like an academician of physics, and you never receive an invitation, how can you claim to be researching the Zhang phenomenon?

An invitation letter is equivalent to approval from higher authorities.

Recognition is crucial.

The title "expert" wasn't given to me by myself; it was bestowed upon me by others.

Seeing the lively chat, someone immediately sent a private message to Yan Lihua, asking if he had received an invitation from the Ministry of Science and Technology.

Yan Lihua was packing up to leave work when he saw the message in the group chat, but he completely ignored it.

This private message broke his defenses.

"Cui Xiaoquan?"

"Damn! You did that on purpose!"

He even swore out a vulgar curse.

Gao Haijun asked, "Are you still thinking about the invitation?"

"We should have invited you, but it was Zhu Bingkun's project that caused the problem."

"It's not a project problem."

Yan Lihua shook his head. "It should be related to the replication experiment, but we didn't do it."

He sighed; this was yet another major mistake.

After Zhu Bingkun's team published their results, many experimental teams conducted replica experiments. However, he was still thinking about the seminar that would be a joke, and did not lead his team to verify the results.

Part of the reason is that he neither dared nor wanted to verify it himself.

The replication experiment wasn't done, and problems arose.

The Zhang phenomenon is a new discovery and a new direction. So far, only the Zhu Bingkun team at Jiangzhou University has made progress in its research.

The Ministry of Science and Technology convened a meeting and invited scholars from professional fields. How do we determine whether they are truly professionals?
Of course, we need to see the results!

Since no other teams have achieved any research results, we must look to the replication experiment.

As a result, he didn't even conduct a replication experiment...

"Ugh……"

Yan Lihua sighed deeply; his reputation had suffered, and he had lost his prestige.

In the Zhang phenomenon research circle, he doesn't dare to say a word now. His situation is already bad enough, but he didn't even get an invitation letter from the Ministry of Science and Technology. There's no point in talking about it in the future.

No one recognizes the expertise of any expert.

Even someone like Cui Xiaoquan, whom I've never given a second glance, can come over and make a joke?
Gao Haijun comforted him, "Don't think too much about it, Lao Yan. Think about it from another perspective: their research has yielded great results, and the Ministry of Science and Technology is going to upgrade the Zhang phenomenon, which is good news for us as well."

"This is still good news?" Yan Lihua looked up, completely puzzled.

"Think about it from the other side."

Gao Haijun said, "With such a major breakthrough in the Zhang phenomenon and the Ministry of Science and Technology attaching so much importance to it, the next step in research will definitely focus on the theoretical mechanism as a major direction."

"Isn't the theoretical mechanism of the Zhang phenomenon just electromagnetic physics and condensed matter physics?"

"Isn't this our territory?"

"Once the research yields results, what can others say? We are the professionals."

Yan Lihua's eyes lit up immediately.

He took a deep breath and said, "Old Gao, you're absolutely right!"

"We are the professionals when it comes to theoretical mechanism research, so it seems we need to pay attention to what was specifically said at the meeting."

"Before the New Year, we need to make targeted preparations and apply for a project."

"Strive to achieve results!"

……

A similar incident occurred at the Condensed Matter Physics Center of Donggang University.

Unlike Yan Lihua, Yang Xuewen received a conference invitation from the Ministry of Science and Technology.

His team conducted a replication experiment, and released their results only a few hours later than Cui Ji's team.

Yang Xuewen couldn't feel happy at all; he couldn't think of anything to be happy about.

The conflict with Zhang Minghao was one issue, but the research was another.

As the director of the Center for Condensed Matter Physics and the vice president of Donggang University, his position itself represents his personal capabilities.

This is something that can't be achieved simply by having connections.

Yang Xuewen believes that replicating the experiment is impossible, based on the fact that the experiment has been repeatedly failing. He received the same opinion when he went to the University of Chicago for exchanges.

Only after Xu Qiujian's team published their results did he so decisively suspend the experiment and believe that Zhang Minghao's experiment had problems.

But others don't see it that way; they all think he's deliberately trying to smear Zhang Minghao.

His reputation worsened.

Now he stays only at the research center and doesn't go anywhere else.

I haven't been to school in a long time.

After receiving the invitation from the Ministry of Science and Technology, he simply placed it casually on the table and then went to An Boju's office.

"teacher!"

Yang Xuewen called out and sat down.

An Boju held the invitation in his hand, showed it to Yang Xuewen, and asked, "Xuewen, you received it too, right?"

"received."

Yang Xuewen looked rather listless.

An Boju frowned, worried about Yang Xuewen's condition, and said, "Cheer up, don't always be like this."

"Xuewen, you are still young. No one's life is smooth sailing. There will always be some twists and turns, which is normal."

"The important thing is to be able to get back up after setbacks and ups and downs and keep moving forward."

Yang Xuewen raised his head.

An Boju stared at him, smiled with satisfaction, and continued, "The meeting that the Ministry of Science and Technology is going to hold this time is very important. It should be to upgrade the Zhang phenomenon."

"Our institute should also pay attention to this research."

"The next step of research will definitely focus on theoretical mechanisms. You will continue to lead the research team; I have faith in you."

As he spoke, he stood up and patted Yang Xuewen on the shoulder, saying, "You need to understand that temporary wins and losses don't matter. You're the real expert in electromagnetic theory and mechanisms."

Yang Xuewen was stunned for a moment, then his eyes refocused, and he seemed to be reborn.

Yup!

They are the most professional in the field of condensed matter physics. There is still a long way to go, so what does a temporary victory or defeat matter?

For researchers, scientific research is the most fundamental thing, and research results are the most important.

With enough results, what is there to be afraid of?
……

Applied Electromagnetism Laboratory.

Zhu Bingkun, Xue Kun, and others attached great importance to the Ministry of Science and Technology's meeting.

At this important meeting, someone from their group needs to speak, and they can't afford any problems. Their focus for the next few days has been solely on one thing—

Rewrite the manuscript repeatedly.

They need to figure out what Zhang Minghao will say on stage and how he will say it.

Zhu Bingkun, Xue Kun, Chen Shuai, and Han Xiaoxu, an old staff officer, revised their prepared speech again and again, as nervous as if they were about to go on stage to give a speech.

As the highly anticipated speaker, Zhang Minghao was not nervous at all.

He continues to maintain a good pace of life, exercising and studying, making sure he doesn't neglect either.

Compared to before, I now have much more time to spend in the theoretical research office, discussing electromagnetic theory mechanisms with Du Wei, Zhao Linwei, and others.

The topic of discussion today is the mechanism of high-temperature superconductivity.

The theoretical mechanism of high-temperature superconductivity is different from the theoretical mechanism of superconductivity, the latter of which can be well explained using the BCS theory.

High-temperature superconductivity is even more complex and has greater scientific significance.

Zhang Minghao wanted to understand more, but the theory of high-temperature superconductivity is not perfect in many aspects.

"The most important thing is how Cooper pairs are formed."

Du Wei explained a lot of theoretical issues and continued, "This is a major issue, and a lot of research revolves around it."

"It's like there's an incomprehensible force between electrons, which directly forms Cooper pairs..."

He talked for a long time.

Zhang Minghao didn't listen any further; the phrase "it's like having an extra force" kept echoing in his mind.

After Du Wei finished speaking, he said as if speaking to himself, "ZXZ also has an additional characteristic, a characteristic that cannot be measured by the material."

After he finished speaking, he asked, "Brother Du, do you think there might be some kind of connection between the two?"

"Uh--"

Du Wei was immediately stumped by the question.

After asking the question, Zhang Minghao subconsciously used "Associative Perception" and immediately had a flash of inspiration.

The system feedback indicates that the association exists!
"There really is a connection!"

Zhang Minghao stood up in surprise. He never expected to find such a connection: the material properties and high-temperature superconductivity mechanism that the Zhang phenomenon could not measure.

The two are related, and the correlation is not low. What does this mean?
This is definitely a major discovery!
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(End of this chapter)