I am devoted to scientific research, but you want to trick me into having a love relationship?

Chapter 601 A formidable competitor

These foreign institutions love to hold press conferences every now and then to announce their achievements. The purpose, of course, is to remind their investors to hurry up and pay them.

For Xu Qingzhou, apart from ultimately successfully completing the experiment, such as completely solving the problems of lithium dendrites or shuttle effect, those interim results don't actually have much publicity value. At most, they're like when he was at MIT, where he simply released a message on the official platform to stimulate others.

Otherwise, they have made some progress at different stages.

Judging from the data released by Zhao Shengwen, it is at least several years ahead of the current industry level.

Xu Qingzhou found a seat by the window, opened his notebook, and focused his gaze on the dynamic phase problem in the transition rules of the supersymmetric function he had calculated that morning.

not far away.

"That's Xu Qingzhou?"

The middle-aged man wearing glasses looked at Xu Qingzhou from afar, somewhat astonished. Although he had seen photos of him in the news, seeing him in person still made him marvel at how young he was.

After Professor Harvey sat down beside him, he smiled and asked, "How long did you talk? How was it?"

"A powerful and formidable competitor."

Professor Harvey glanced in Xu Qingzhou's direction.

"Oh? It's rare to hear the word 'terrible' from you." The middle-aged man was slightly surprised; Professor Harvey was a rather proud person.

Professor Harvey said earnestly, "Yes, he deserves that word. I sensed unparalleled confidence, or rather, pressure, in him."

At the age of 23, Newton proposed the framework of calculus, the law of universal gravitation, and optics. At the age of 26, Einstein published his "miracle year paper," which included special relativity, the photoelectric effect theory, and research on Brownian motion.

Maxwell completed "On Faraday's Lines of Force" at the age of 24, laying the mathematical foundation for electromagnetic field theory.

These are all people in the long history of humankind who have enabled an era to flourish.

He felt a sense of pressure from the man from Xia Kingdom standing before him, a pressure that came with being in the presence of these great figures.

The middle-aged man said in a relaxed tone: "Hey, buddy, relax. Instead of feeling empty, I think you should take a look at our experimental data."

Just three days ago, their experiment made a breakthrough.

In terms of critical current density, it is 50% ahead of its peers. The innovative solid electrolyte structure, the LPSC/LTLC/LPSC sandwich structure solid electrolyte, has increased the critical current density (CCD) to 1.52 mA/cm.

Currently, the international advanced level is only 0.5-1.0 mA/cm.

The cycle life of symmetrical batteries has been improved by 10 times, and a brand-new lithium dendrite suppression technology has been developed, which can theoretically almost solve the lithium dendrite problem.

The middle-aged man leaned back in his chair: "I'm really looking forward to everyone seeing these numbers, especially Garland Kruger's shocked expression."

Garland Kruger is the lead researcher of the lithium dendrite experiment at Stanford University.

They are their old rivals.

On the podium, Didier Queloz had already begun his afternoon presentation.

Various detection methods and technologies.

Key targets for exploration include habitable planets, planets with masses between Earth and Neptune, and rogue planets.
Xu Qingzhou put away his mathematical calculation manuscript and listened with great interest.

By comparing observations of star systems of different ages, the early evolutionary history of the solar system can be reconstructed. It also involves on-orbit manufacturing technology, breakthroughs in additive manufacturing technology for space-based ultra-large antennas, and supports future deep space exploration.

Occasionally, it can make you feel a little disoriented, as if you've stepped into a science fiction world.

Planetary exploration, interstellar travel

Xu Qingzhou squinted. "The first problem to solve is energy. Traditional chemical fuel rockets can only support low Earth orbit missions, while controlled nuclear fusion energy is currently the biggest breakthrough. Secondly, there's ultra-long-range communication and navigation. Information transmission in interstellar travel has time differences and also relies on algorithms."

The most pressing tasks at present are concentrated in three major areas: energy systems, radiation protection, and communication technology.

Thinking of this, Xu Qingzhou couldn't help but smile inwardly. If all went smoothly, he might be able to solve the two major problems of energy and communication. Controlled nuclear fusion is quite difficult and requires trial and error, but in terms of communication, he could confidently say, "There is probably no one in this world who understands quantum communication better than me."

After the conference, as is customary, there was a dinner on the first night.

However, these kinds of dinners are usually more about socializing than eating much. So after the afternoon presentation, Xu Qingzhou had dinner with the professor from Xia Guo, and then went back to his suite to change clothes in preparation for the dinner.

The dinner was held in the hall of Christ Church College, where Xu Qingzhou currently resides.

This is the filming location for the dining hall in "Harry Potter," and it is also often used to host top scholars.

Xu Qingzhou's schedule was extremely full.

On the evening of the 2nd, I visited Professor Maynard's house and discussed problems in analytic number theory with several professors. On the evening of the 3rd, I agreed to visit my senior, Su Kewei.

dong dong~
Xu Qingzhou had just changed his clothes when there was a knock on the door.

"Well, if I'm not mistaken, it's Catherine."

Catherine just messaged me, saying we should go to the banquet hall together.

"Professor Xu, good evening." Catherine had changed into a white evening gown and was definitely a beauty.

However, Xu Qingzhou had spent four or five years with Song Yao, the school beauty, and had long since become immune to her beauty. Most importantly, when it comes to beauties, there are few who can compare to Song Yao.

He nodded and replied with "Good evening," and then they went out together.

Christ Church College Hall.

When Xu Qingzhou and Catherine entered, the hall was already bustling with people, as they were both highly sought-after mathematicians and rising stars in the physics community.

Xu Qingzhou was certainly a rather prominent figure. Sure enough, as soon as he entered the hall, two young men came over to chat with him.

After it was over, Xu Qingzhou raised his glass and sincerely thanked her: "Miss Catherine, thank you for taking me to London last time, and thank you for being my guide these past few days."

Catherine clinked glasses with him and replied in a slightly strange Chinese accent, "No need for thanks."

After saying that, she switched to English: "I've been learning Chinese for the past few years, but unfortunately I'm still a step too late."

Xu Qingzhou smiled faintly, knowing what the other woman meant; this woman had been lusting after his body for a long time.

Two more scholars came up to greet us.

After Xu Qingzhou left, Catherine said with a hint of resentment, "It turns out that people are far more interested in knowledge than in a beautiful woman like me."

"Goodbye, Professor Xu."

Catherine raised her glass and clinked it against Xu Qingzhou's before leaving gracefully.

In the candlelit hall of Christ Church College, beneath the soaring Gothic vaults, oak tables are laid out like a medieval feast, and portraits of scholars from different eras gaze upon the entire room under the illumination of wall lamps.

Dean Stanislav Ruiz raised his glass to speak.

The rest was socializing, with scholars holding champagne and red wine, chatting in small groups.

Xu Qingzhou strolled around the hall for half an hour with a wine glass in his hand. After greeting acquaintances, he found a corner to sit down in the quiet moment, took photos with his phone, and prepared to send them to Song Yao the next day.

He had just finished taking the photo when an acquaintance came over with a wine glass in his hand.

The two gently clinked their glasses together.

"It seems we're not suited for this kind of cocktail party. Perhaps we could talk about your supersymmetric zeta function theory."

"I am glad to."

(End of this chapter)