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

Chapter 749: Shocking Data

living room.

"The test was conducted on May 15th, and today is the 24th, which is 9 days after the test."

Jia Fei checked the official website of the Kyoto Institute of Materials. Without a doubt, the comment section had exploded. The Weibo post made at 8 p.m. had already received more than two thousand comments in just half an hour.

"The first ignition reached 1 million degrees Celsius and lasted 1100 seconds?"

"Let someone with a big penis explain what this means."

"Being awesome is all that matters."

Xu Qingzhou: We're at it again, flipping the table in the field of controlled nuclear fusion.

“To achieve this goal, EAST has undergone 19 years of iteration, which means that Xu Qingzhou and his team have reached the world’s top level in their first operation.”

"I'm tired of saying 'awesome'."

"No, just last week my advisor and I were saying that Xu Shen wouldn't be able to produce results in a short time, and this has already proven us wrong?"

"If we remember correctly, only a year has passed since Xu Qingzhou announced his intention to pursue controlled nuclear fusion. Is that normal?"

"got used to."

"Wow, Xu Shen didn't even show off on his Weibo first, bad review!"

Of course, besides those who praised it, there were still many voices of doubt.

"I am a researcher in the field of nuclear physics. Let me tell you clearly that the authenticity of this news needs to be verified. As far as I know, SMART in Spain used half a year to pre-cool the magnets for their negative triangle design. Can the institute's 'Qiankun-1' skip the laws of physics?"

"That's right."

"It's just a gimmick. A plasma temperature of 1 million degrees Celsius is not something that can be achieved so easily."

Science Island.

Xiao Chenghan knocked on the office door, walked in, and saw Li Gang staring at the computer screen with a surprised expression. He said, "You saw the news from Kyoto too?"

"Ah."

Li Gang nodded, looking at the technical report released by the Institute of Materials Science, and sighed: "If I didn't know Professor Xu's personality, even I would have doubted the authenticity of this news."

With current technology, achieving the goal announced by Xu Qingzhou and his team on the first ignition is almost impossible.

But this information came from the Institute of Materials Science.

"The world is becoming increasingly unfamiliar to us."

Li Gang gave a wry smile.

He had seen the news several minutes ago, but he still felt like he was in a dream.

"These people are very secretive; they didn't reveal a single piece of information before this."

Xiao Chenghan's expression was complicated, and he was equally moved. "To accomplish such a feat on the first ignition is simply a miracle. I don't know how they did it."

"I have a feeling that Qiankun-1's progress will be faster than ours?" Li Gang pondered.

"That's unlikely."

Xiao Chenghan paused, his heart skipped a beat, but after thinking it over carefully, he dismissed the idea and said, "They've only been working on controlled nuclear fusion for a year at most, while we've been doing it for so many years."

"Too."

Li Gang nodded.

Controlled nuclear fusion is, to some extent, a matter of deep-rooted expertise. While spherical tokamaks have unique advantages, they are still in their early stages, whereas traditional tokamaks have been developed for decades, and their technological maturity is unmatched by spherical tokamaks.

This young man took an unconventional approach, but the first ignition of the fusion product is definitely a huge hurdle.

For example, they achieved a 1066-second operation long ago, but if it weren't for Xu Qingzhou's superconducting thin film, it would have taken many more years on this Ricard.

As Li Gang sipped his tea, he thought of Xu Qingzhou's achievements, "The scientific community hasn't produced such an outstanding figure in many years."

At 24, he won the Fields Medal, the Wolf Prize, and finally the Nobel Prize.

“Yes, who remembers that he was originally a mathematician? But it’s good that someone like him still exists in our Xia Kingdom.” Xiao Chenghan said cheerfully, took a sip of tea, and then changed the subject with a hint of schadenfreude, saying, “It doesn’t matter to us, but I think Zhang Zhigao’s face is probably already turning blue.”

"This guy, the older he gets, the smaller his magnanimity becomes."

Li Gang laughed.

"Let's not talk about this anymore, Lao Xiao. Take some people to the Materials Research Institute and have a discussion."

"it is good."

In stark contrast to Xu Qingzhou and his group, the atmosphere in the offices of the Southwest Institute of Nuclear Physics was somewhat oppressive.

"1000 seconds, 1 million degrees Celsius"

"This is completely contrary to the laws of scientific development!"

Zhang Zhigao's face was already scrunched up. He looked up and asked his student, Shao Yilin, "Is the source of this information accurate?"

"It was officially announced on the official website by the Kyoto Institute for Materials Science."

Shao Yilin said.

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Zhang Zhigao and Professor Liu Yuan, who was in charge of upgrading the monitoring system next door, fell silent.

Observing Zhang Zhigao's expression, Shao Yilin still said, "Professor, should we organize some people to go and investigate?"

"I don't think that's necessary."

Professor Liu Yuan shook his head, "Just now, the official news forwarded information about Xu Qingzhou and his team's experiment."

As expected, there have already been official reports on Weibo.

[New Breakthrough in Xia Kingdom's "Artificial Sun"! Spherical Tokamak Achieves Steady-State Operation for Thousands of Seconds]

Following the record set by the All-Circulation 3 reactor for maintaining a steady-state operation at 150 million degrees Celsius for 300 seconds, my country's nuclear fusion research has achieved another breakthrough: the Kyoto Institute for Materials Science's world-first negative triangular configuration spherical tokamak has achieved a sustained operation at 100 million degrees Celsius for 1000 seconds, marking a leading breakthrough for my country in the field of compact fusion devices.
My heart, which had been hanging in suspense, finally died.

Zhang Zhigao felt a strange sense of powerlessness. The official endorsement must have been verified by the expert group of the ministry.

Or rather, the possibility that it was actually fake news was low. Although Xu Qingzhou is arrogant, he is very steady in his actions.

Zhang Zhigao's gaze darkened; his expression was now somewhat complicated. He could accept successfully achieving the goal of the first ignition, but to be among the world's best on the very first attempt was something else entirely.
Isn't that a bit of an exaggeration?

It's important to understand that even though controlled nuclear fusion has developed rapidly in the past two years, most devices only operate for a few hundred seconds, and some even for single digits.

In other words, Xu Qingzhou left the devices of various countries far behind in just one year.

“This person is a freak,” Professor Liu Yuan said in a deep voice.

Zhang Zhigao felt that Liu Yuan had spoken his mind, but he didn't reveal it either. "The first ignition is nothing. The real challenge is the fusion product."

"That's right, we still have an advantage."

Professor Liu Yuan nodded. He came here this time to discuss with Zhang Zhigao the need to further upgrade the monitoring system to meet the requirements of the subsequent product-of-three experiment.

Shao Yilin remained silent. He felt that the two professors were being overly optimistic. Having spent a month at the Materials Research Institute, he understood even more clearly how formidable its potential was.

Zhang Zhigao said in a deep voice, "The most urgent task is to speed things up and increase the time it takes for the high-power operation to run. Lao Liu, you guys need to finalize the next upgrade plan as soon as possible."

"Row."

"Yilin, send out a notice now, the meeting will be at 9 am tomorrow."

"I'll make arrangements right away."

Soon, only Zhang Zhigao remained in the office. He let out a breath, his gaze darkening.

The demonstration reactor can be started based on the phased steady-state results, and then gradually optimized to a higher proportion of steady-state or continuous operation.

In other words, construction will begin in the next few years.

They must seize the initiative.

(End of this chapter)