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Chapter 202 Chapter 202 A Secretly Brewing Conspiracy

In December, two major events occurred in the chemical world.

Yes, the chemistry world, which could not hold back a fart before, has produced two major achievements at once this time.

In the latest issue of "JACS", two heavyweight papers were published.

The first is about the application of supercomputers in computational chemistry, that is, Anton3, which surprised everyone at once.While everyone was still struggling to pursue the computing power of the first generation of supercomputers, David Xiao had already updated to the third generation.This is simply a monster, completely refusing to live for others.

Of course, everyone can understand, after all, he is a local tyrant, and he usually has nothing to spend.David Xiao doesn't like the beauties, luxury goods, private jets, and yachts that other local tyrants like.It should come as no surprise, then, that his financial resources will naturally be directed elsewhere to create something astonishing.

Regal: Do you have any misunderstandings about Regal?We may be richer, but we're not like him.

But in any case, the third-generation supercomputer belonging to him has been developed.This is both the luck and the misfortune of the computational chemistry community.

The lucky thing is that people can still have a thought when they need it: maybe they can use it when the time comes.The unfortunate thing is that when people are in need, they can still have a thought: maybe at some point, we can also be big bosses, and we can be extravagant with a lot of money in our hands.

Regardless of the generation of dedicated supercomputers, the cost is very staggering.If you don't have a little capital, you can't afford this thing at all. Wang Feng spent tens of millions of dollars in a week is a very typical example, and this is just the cost price.

You have to know tens of millions of dollars, if you add a little more money, you can buy a GM supercomputer.

But unfortunately, with this guy, you can only get her for a week, and it's not even that long.Because she spends half of her day on maintenance.

She is like an expensive queen who rejects all poor ghosts!
As for another heavyweight paper, it is the controversial "Theoretical Model of Electrochemical Interface Structure".Prior to this, the theoretical chemistry community did not have a complete theoretical model that could thoroughly elucidate the microscopic essence of various electrochemical processes occurring on the "interface".

If this theoretical model proves to be effective, it will help to promote the research on the electrochemical interface structure in the whole theoretical chemistry community.Computational chemistry will turn a new page, and the entire chemical community will welcome a new chapter.

However, this theory is too novel, and it can even be said to be quite advanced.It is precisely because of this that the publication of this paper has caused widespread controversy in the field of theoretical chemistry.

It is no exaggeration to say that if it were not for the weight of improved lithium batteries and super energy storage capacitors, "JACS" would never have passed the manuscript so easily. The reviewers were also undecided for a while.

This is not a limitation of their own level. It is important to know that for journals of this level, even Nobel Prize-winning scholars will not easily refuse an invitation to review a manuscript.So the level can still be guaranteed.

But the most critical problem is that they used the latest generation of nuclear weapons in the field of computational chemistry, hey!In this way, everyone can only do nothing.

As for testing by factual evidence, it sounds like a good idea, but the difficulty is really not small.After all, supercomputing is not something that any laboratory can afford.Especially for supercomputers that specialize in molecular dynamics simulations, even the rent is not cheap. The reason why "Anton" has been able to dominate the field of computational chemistry for so many years is not because there is no opponent who can fight.

The price of the latest generation of supercomputers has been exposed in the paper, and this price has more than doubled than before.That is to say, if everyone wants to verify this theory at their own expense, at least 200 million US dollars is enough.

You must know that reviewers are not paid, that is to say, they are working with their own dry food.In this case, it’s okay if you want him to read a manuscript, but you want him to spend 200 million to do a verification experiment, which is really a bit too embarrassing.

However, considering Wang Feng's influence in the chemical industry, many people have begun to verify the reliability of this conclusion spontaneously.

Among them, the most powerful and richest belongs to the Chemical Society.

First of all, they have enough good scientists to verify the reliability of this conclusion.After all, if it was just a foreigner, they might not be able to recruit new teachers.But if you add a native, it will be different.

Especially since this is still a controversial topic, at least half of the sponsorship of the Chemical Society comes from various news media!

In this desperate year, there is nothing more important than improving the self-confidence of the people.And this is undoubtedly a very good news material, an excellent opportunity to promote the American Dream.

Therefore, the government also attaches great importance to this.They not only selected three Nobel Prize-level scholars as researchers, but also allocated a large amount of funding.

So how rich are these three scientists' funds?

The team composed of these three scientists even planned to buy a newest supercomputer to verify this conclusion. Yes, that is the Anton3, although he only has one prototype now, and it is still in Huaguo.

In addition, another relatively official academic institution is the Max Planck Society.As a representative society of European academic institutions, they are duty-bound in this matter.

Of course, they are definitely not as rich and powerful as others, just like they used to despise that group of barbarians. Those group of guys who only know how to spend money are really terrible.

Compared with this, they prefer to verify this latest academic from a theoretical point of view, of course not because they have no money, but they prefer the latter method, and they also have enough foundation and accumulation to do such a thing .

Far across the Atlantic in Germany, in an electrochemistry classroom at the Technical University of Munich.

Professor Gerhard Bolt rarely left the teaching task to his teaching assistants, but stood in the classroom himself, explaining the mysteries of electrochemistry to these young students.Such an opportunity is very rare for students, so everyone is very enthusiastic about learning in this class.

For a Nobel Prize-level scholar, this kind of teaching and educating people seems a bit humiliating.However, in fact, many well-known scholars enjoy it and are willing to share their knowledge with young students.Not only out of responsibility to the next generation, but also because in the process of communicating with young people, they will also feel that they are much younger.

The same is true of Professor Boulter, especially when he is troubled by a complex problem.Being with these young children, their unconstrained ideas will give him many, many inspirations.This is also one of the reasons why he insists on teaching undergraduates, and also leads several graduate students.

Otherwise, isn't he a good Phd who has already been trained?
Engaging in basic education can always inspire him at critical moments, allowing him to make great strides in his career.Even if it is like this now, he feels that he suddenly has another inspiration, and he can't wait to go back and verify whether his idea is correct.

Of course, out of politeness, he stayed until the end of the class.It's just that I didn't expect that in the questioning session at the end of the class, a student suddenly raised his hand.

"Do you have any questions?" In the past, this link was more symbolic, because the lectures of the bosses are generally quite fast, and the lectures are still very in-depth.Therefore, problems are generally solved on the spot, and few of them are left to the end of the class like this.

"Professor, have you read the paper on the theoretical model of electrochemical structural interface that was recently published in JACS?"

Professor Bolt paused for about two seconds, pushed his reading glasses, and nodded.

"Look, is there any problem?"

The student looked at him expectantly and asked, "Is it right?"

Giving lectures to academic masters or students is like this. You have to pay attention to the forefront of this subject and be ready to answer their possible questions at all times.

Fortunately, this question did not trouble him. Bolt thought for a while and said in a casual tone: "Chris, out of scientific rigor, I can't answer this question for you at the moment."

"We have no way to give him a qualitative answer until our discussion or the discussion of the entire chemical community is over."

However, the student seemed not satisfied with this ambiguous answer. He changed the way of asking, broke the casserole and continued to ask: "What if it is correct?"

"Science doesn't have ifs, but if you have to ask..."

Professor Bolt frowned, as if he was reluctant to comment on this topic, but finally he stretched his eyebrows and said in a relaxed tone, "If it's right, it means new chemistry."

There was an unbelievable exclamation in the classroom.

New chemistry!

What a shocking statement!
If someone else said this, the people here might not take it seriously at all.But it was Professor Bolt who said this, a Nobel Prize winner in 07, and an expert in the field of solid surface chemistry!
In addition to his professorship at the Technical University of Munich, he is also director of the Fritz Haber Institute (Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry) of the Max Planck Society in Germany.

In the field of electrochemistry, who else has more say than him?

Seeing the students' reactions, Professor Bolt smiled.

"I am very happy to see that you are optimistic about the birth of a new theory. You are right, only by constantly accepting new things can we make progress."

"However, while being curious about new things, I hope you can always remember to examine every conclusion we make with a rigorous attitude."

"This is the responsibility of science. In essence, whether it is malicious falsification or honest mistake, the end result they lead to is the same."

"So I hope that when a new theory is born, everyone must examine it with rigorous eyes. Don't be lucky for any reason."

Having said that, Bolt tapped on the desk with a lesson plan: "In a way, we are indeed stakeholders. If this theory is true, we can indeed benefit from it. The most direct performance That is, our funding this year may be greatly increased. But I don’t want any of my students to rush to an irresponsible conclusion because of such things.”

"I will ask the teaching assistant to send the homework to your mailbox. Now, get out of class is over."

After leaving the classroom, Professor Bolt did not return directly to his office, but got into his car and rushed to the Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society in Berlin.

The recent paper published in "JACS" has caused widespread controversy in the chemical community.As one of the world's top academic research institutions, Max Planck is obliged to express its position on this paper.

This is not only a social responsibility, but also a social right.As we said last time, it is a very intuitive manifestation of academic hegemony.

No matter which country you are a scientist from, as long as you have not been recognized by us, your results will not be recognized by everyone.

Of course, this kind of statement is not just a matter of casually expressing an opinion and standing in line, at least academic authorities cannot be so profligate.Even if you want to splurge, you must have a high enough value.

Considering the importance of this theoretical model for the study of electrochemical interface structures, the Max Planck Society has set up an interdisciplinary research group, bringing together top scholars in the fields of mathematics, chemistry, and condensed matter physics to discuss this theoretical model.

As one of the members of the research group and the director of the Institute of Physical Chemistry, Bolt's opinion also represents the opinion of the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Max Planck Society.

It is precisely because of this that he is particularly cautious when dealing with this subject.He doesn't want to use any bad psychology to speculate on his students, but unfortunately, this society looks at money.

Anything that can be beneficial, someone will do it.He couldn't guarantee that there were no bad guys among his students.So everything can only be considered in the most careful way.

In fact, he was right to think about it.

At this moment, one of his students, Harry, was worrying in the dormitory, because he didn't get the answer he wanted from the professor, which meant that at least [-] pounds of wealth passed him by.

Oh, by the way, I might also add a personal thank you from a hot beauty editor!
Yes, "The Sun", a newspaper with no lower limit, saw the business opportunities in it at a glance, and set its sights on this very representative figure in the field of telephony.

Of course, it is definitely unrealistic for you to expect to seduce this bad old man with money and beauty.So we need to start from other aspects.And the easiest people to betray you are often the people you trust the most.

So they set their sights on the students that the old man valued more.

(End of this chapter)