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

Chapter 695 Have we become a waste of national resources?

office.

Marco paused for a moment, then said in a deep voice, "Mr. Ram, perhaps it's time to make contact with Xia Kingdom."

"No, I believe we can replicate the miracle of superconducting thin films."

Ram shook his head.

In the superconducting thin film experiments conducted by Maxwell's group at Princeton, Jc has reached 4.8 × 10 A/cm. Although the performance is still unstable, it can be said to be a success.

This was a victory, breaking Xia Guo's attempt to form a monopoly in superconducting thin films.

Marco advised, "If I may be so bold, the field of batteries is far more complex than that of superconducting thin films, and it probably won't be that easy."

The United States already had an advantage in the preparation of superconducting thin films, and being surpassed by China is nothing more than a matter of catching up. However, in the field of batteries, China was already in a leading position.

"No, Marco, you underestimate the allure of money. Well, I have another meeting—I have to take this damn report to the committee."

Ram stood up, and before leaving, he turned to Marco and said, "Since it can't be reproduced, instead of continuing to drink coffee here, I think you should look for research groups worth investing in. As long as you can solve the lithium dendrite and shuttle effect, I think the committee would be very willing to spend money."

"Okay, I'll give it a try."

Marco nodded helplessly.

Politicians and scientists have different perspectives.

Scientists see politicians as nothing more than a bunch of clueless "money bags."

Politicians, on the other hand, see scientists as a group of "scammers" who ask for money, and they feel compelled to give them money.

Technology changes every year. By the time the United States catches up, China will have already developed to an unknown extent.

Lithium dendrites are manageable; Professor Evan's team can theoretically produce a product that approximates the performance of the diaphragm from Xia Guo. The biggest headache is the shuttle effect.

This is related to the performance of lithium-sulfur batteries, and before Xu Qingzhou released his results, it was generally expected that lithium-sulfur batteries would take at least 15 to 20 years to achieve commercialization.

Research around the world is relatively backward, so Xia Kingdom is a generation ahead.

This is also why Europe is unwilling to get involved in such messy waters.

At the very least, even with the full strength of the nation, there seems to be little hope of catching up with the Xia Kingdom in this regard. Or rather, even if they did catch up, the cost wouldn't be cheaper than purchasing the Xia Kingdom's patents.

The United States is suppressing China because it needs to consolidate its position as the world's leading power; its underlings don't need to.

"In fact, it seems that the allies are right. Right now, the United States seems to have no other choice but to cooperate."

At the current pace, even if the United States puts all its efforts into research, it cannot guarantee success within five years.

Without a doubt, they lost this encounter.

The Xia Kingdom has developed too fast in recent years.

"Fortunately, apart from the battery field, the United States' overall technological level is stronger than that of China."

Marco thought to himself.

Xu Qingzhou focused his main efforts on the experiments of the fusion group, extracting the energy dissipation/microcrack accumulation from the data to see if he could design an adaptive PID controller.

In simple terms, it means that the parameters of the latent heat of phase transition can be dynamically adjusted to control the temperature field and prevent microcracks in superconducting magnets.

After two days of seclusion, he took the completed model to Ren Nan.

Inside the office.

"Professor Xu, please take a look at this first."

Ren Nan handed Xu Qingzhou a tablet.

"A report?" Ren Nan said in a deep voice, "Yes, it's a report about the ignition experiment at the Southwest Institute of Nuclear Physics."

Xu Qingzhou carefully read the entire report and understood why Ren Nan had asked him to read it.

Ren Nan said indignantly, "Zhang Zhigao went too far this time, saying we were wasting resources. Hah, how much money have we received from the government since the start of the experiment?"

“This Academician Zhang is very suitable to work in a news organization.”

Xu Qingzhou put down the tablet.

The successful ignition of the Circulation-3 reactor at the Southwestern Institute of Nuclear Physics has set a record, and naturally, there will be related reports and follow-ups.

However, it is worth noting the additional words Zhang Zhigao added after introducing the project.

"The development of controlled nuclear fusion in Xia State is progressing steadily, and private investment is booming, which is a good thing. However, from another perspective, professional investment in the field of controlled nuclear fusion promotes technological development through in-depth industry cultivation and resource integration, rather than professional speculation."

"As far as I know, the influx of certain institutions into this field is not a good thing. Generally speaking, unprofessional or halfway-entered institutions, due to a lack of industry knowledge and the pursuit of short-term interests, may lead to the dispersion of resources and interference with the technical route, which is fundamentally in conflict with the characteristic of nuclear fusion 'requiring long-term and tremendous efforts'."

Look at these words; some institutions almost specifically named the Kyoto Institute of Materials.

"This old guy is getting more and more shameless."

Unlike Xu Qingzhou, Ren Nan didn't resort to swearing.

"Scientists let their results speak for themselves, so it seems we should speed things up too."

Xu Qingzhou smiled, seemingly unconcerned about Zhang Zhigao's matter.

He was confident that he could complete an experiment in the shortest possible time that would be no less successful than the Circulation 3 mission.

"Sigh~ that makes sense. Before we produce results, it's really hard to refute this old guy. We're just swallowing our bitterness. By the way, you said you could solve the temperature field problem?"

"Yes, I designed an adaptive PID controller."

Zhang Zhigao's report caused quite a stir in the field of fusion.

Nuclear fusion is a huge scientific and technological system that integrates plasma physics and nuclear fusion engineering, and there are really very few private institutions in China that can do it.

The institution that is currently making a big splash is the Kyoto Institute for Materials Science.

As is well known, Academician Ren Nan, who had a conflict with Zhang Zhigao, is now the head of the fusion project at the institute.

The field of nuclear fusion is actually smaller than that of condensed matter physics.

There are only a few people.

With just a little observation, one can sense that the relationship between the Kyoto Institute for Materials Science and the Southwest Institute of Nuclear Physics is rather delicate.

After all, because of superconducting thin films, the Kyoto Institute for Materials Science and various nuclear fusion institutions have a lot of mutual visits and exchanges, but it seems that they only maintain polite exchanges with the Southwest Institute of Nuclear Physics.

September passed by in a flurry of activity.

During the National Day holiday in October, most people in the research institute had already gone on holiday, with only a few staff remaining at the testing center.

Because the superconducting magnet dynamic performance testing system is powered on 24 hours a day.

Xu Qingzhou, Ren Nan, Zhao Shengwen, and Zheng Xu each took turns working two days' shifts at the testing center.

Apart from being on duty, Xu Qingzhou and Song Yao didn't go out during the holiday. Going out to play during such a long holiday would be a waste of time and just be a crowd of people. So they stayed home and renovated their little courtyard.

Song Yao tinkered with some flowers and plants.

Xu Qingzhou had a worker weld a swing frame.

The two of them worked for eight days and managed to make the small courtyard look quite nice.

(End of this chapter)