With the host's announcement, everyone in the audience was stunned.
Surprisingly... both projects really won awards?!
The selection committee actually made such a decision?
National Science and Technology Awards Conference has not been evaluated for three years. Now that it is being evaluated again, the requirements are naturally more stringent, not to mention the first prize for Natural Science Award. As the most valuable award second only to State Preeminent Science and Technology Award, most of the scientists present can hardly even think about this award.
To win this award, in addition to strength, you also need luck.
As for being judged twice in a row in one conference, that is unheard of and unheard of.
As a result, they met today.
In the uproar, everyone's eyes turned to Xiao Yi over there.
At this time, Xiao Yi's expression was also somewhat caught off guard.
Well, although he had expected to win the first prize of Natural Science Award before he came, he and most of the people present had the same idea, which was to choose one of the two Millennium Prize Problems to win the prize.
But at the moment, it seems that the selection committee this time is still very courageous - of course, there is no guarantee that it does not have the support of big leaders.
"Then, now let's invite the co-winner of these two projects, Professor Xiao Yi, to come to the stage to accept the award!"
The BGM was changed and it became a familiar classic awards track.
The people in the audience finally recovered from the shock and applauded enthusiastically.
Although the results of this award are surprising, in any case, these two results are indeed eligible for the first prize in natural science.
After all, as these two results are the top problems in mathematics, their requirements for IQ are definitely the highest.
People have to accept it!
Xiao Yi also shrugged at this time, then stood up, buttoned up his suit, then left his seat and walked to the podium.
In the seats next to him, everyone at Science Island Laboratory was applauding with all their strength, all the while looking at the back of Xiao Yi as he walked onto the stage.
"I'm kidding you, Scholar Xiao is really awesome!"
Liu Xiaodong exclaimed while applauding.
"Do you even need to say this?"
Tang Chunming next to him also said.
Several other people also praised their Director Xiao not to be outdone, "Nima, who else won two first prizes in natural science at the same time?!"
"History is made!"
"What the hell!"
"And Brother Xiao has won three first prizes, but don't forget that we also won one three years ago."
"..."
For a while, it also attracted the attention of other people around.
I don't know if I'm envious or jealous.
Of course, there are probably all of them.
At the front, Xiao Yi has also arrived on the rostrum.
This time it was still the old leader who personally presented him with the award.
"Young man, you did a great job."
The old leader smiled and patted Xiao Yi on the shoulder, and asked at the same time, "Science Island Laboratory, have you encountered any difficulties recently?"
Undoubtedly, this sentence means that if Science Island Laboratory needs help, just ask.
But after Xiao Yi thought about it for a while, I really didn't know what the difficulty was.
We have enough money and people, and we are already expanding.
In the face of Science Island Laboratory's policy tilt, it is completely sufficient even for the whole country, let alone the whole province.
So he simply said, "It's not there yet. How about I ask you again when it is?"
Maybe when the construction of nuclear fusion reactors starts, there will be demand?
The old leader suddenly burst into laughter.
If it were anyone else, how would they dare to make such a request to him?
However, he didn't say anything and said directly, "No problem, you can ask me anytime."
"Also, I heard that you have been researching a very important technology recently. What is the current status of your research?"
Hearing the old leader mention this matter, Xiao Yi could also feel that the other party valued him.
Yes, after all, this is nuclear fusion.
He thought for a while and said, "We can't make a conclusion in a short period of time, but what I can say is that we are very close to succeeding in the first step."
The old leader nodded happily. "That's good, that's good."
Perhaps he suddenly remembered that it was time to award awards, so the old leader took two certificates from the side and handed them to Xiao Yi with his own hands.
Then Xiao Yi, holding a book in each hand, faced the camera and completed a group photo.
Everyone in the audience was curious for a moment as to what they were talking about just now.
However, the awards had already been awarded and Xiao Yi was about to step down, so people applauded again.
Amidst the applause, Xiao Yi returned to his seat, and several people nearby immediately gathered around him.
"Brother Xiao is awesome!"
"Brother Xiao Can I touch your certificate?"
"I want it too! Let me be healthy!"
Seeing the excitement of several people, Xiao Yi shook his head with a smile, but without saying anything, he handed both certificates to them and let them read them.
He had seen this thing three years ago anyway, so it didn't matter.
Afterwards, the award ceremony continued.
Under the host's announcement, another first prize in natural science was awarded.
This project is called topological electronic material calculation prediction, and the completion unit is Physics Research Institute. The leader of the winning team is Pang Cheng, the director of Physics Research Institute.
Physics Research Institute was sitting not far from Science Island Laboratory. When he heard the news, Xiao Yi also smiled and applauded Pang Cheng.
Pang Cheng was also very surprised at this time. After noticing Xiao Yi, he also nodded towards him.
Speaking of which, his achievement has a certain relationship with Xiao Yi.
At the beginning, Xiao Yi completed a project in his team, mainly studying FeSe/SrTiO3 single-layer superconductors. In this project, Xiao Yi provided certain help to Computational Materials Science, which ultimately directly helped them complete a big step in their project.
It is precisely because of the help provided by Xiao Yi in this regard that Pang Cheng's project was indirectly successful.
At the beginning, he wanted Xiao Yi to join this research group. However, at that time, Xiao Yi was paying attention to the entire physics community because he discovered the overweight phenomenon of W boson in High Energy Physics, so Pang Cheng gave up the idea of recruiting Xiao Yi.
Soon, Pang Cheng came on stage to receive the award and returned to the audience.
At this point, three first prizes in natural science have been awarded, followed by second prizes.
There are a total of 48 second prizes. As the host read out the names of these winning projects, the leaders of these project teams also came on stage to receive the awards.
In this way, 48 second prizes in natural sciences were collected.
The host said, "Next, the first prize is awarded to the national Technology Invention Award!"
Technology Invention Award is naturally a more applied award than Natural Science Award. The latter is about theories and methods, while the former is about tangible products, processes, materials and other achievements.
The scientists who were mainly engaged in research also suddenly became nervous.
Although the gold content of Technology Invention Award is lower than that of Natural Science Award, for them, this is also a very important reward, which is related to future awards and awards.
At the same time, next to Xiao Yi, Liu Xiaodong and others were also very nervous, looking at the host on the stage in anticipation.
"The first winning project is..."
"Key technologies and equipment for chemical mechanical polishing of integrated circuits!"
Applause rang out, and everyone was equally convinced that this project won the award.
This technology, referred to as CMP polishing, is mainly used to polish silicon wafers to flatten their surfaces.
The silicon wafer is the body of the chip, also called a wafer.
This technology has successfully solved China's "stuck neck" problem in silicon wafer polishing technology, and is considered an important achievement in the field of strategic issues related to chips.
The person in charge was from Tsinghua University, and he quickly went on stage to receive the award.
Then, the host went on to announce the other first prize winners.
Until five first prizes were awarded.
"The first prize of the sixth country Technology Invention Award will be awarded next!"
At this time, everyone in the audience was already a little numb.
Although the first prize of Technology Invention Award is not as valuable as the first prize of natural science, it will be awarded basically every session.
But now five have been awarded, and there are still more?
How many important technologies have emerged in the past three years?
However, they want to know what this sixth project is!
Just when everyone was thinking this, the host revealed the answer.
"The sixth project is - lithium-sulfur solid-state batteries and corresponding new material technologies!"
Everyone was stunned for a moment, and then became angry.
Okay, this sixth project is probably even better than the first one that solved the stuck neck technology.
CMP polishing technology allowed Huaguo to achieve a breakthrough, and this lithium-sulfur solid-state battery directly allowed Huaguo to completely dominate the battery industry.
Lithium-sulfur solid-state batteries have been around for six months now, so finished products have been produced. Although they have not yet been used on a large scale, there have been quite a few tests.
For example, in terms of mobile phone batteries, some manufacturers have already come up with concept models that can last more than three days under normal use.
These concept models have already been blown up in the industry.
In the past, the mobile phone industry was filled with slanderous and offensive comments from fans of major manufacturers. It can be said to be full of hostility. But now with the birth of these "endurance phones", the hostility has been slightly weakened, and more people have turned their attention to these new phones.
Of course, these mobile phone manufacturers are not just focusing on extending battery life, so some manufacturers have also released some "feature phones". These feature phones rely on more powerful batteries to pack in more sensors, use more powerful screens, etc., and improve the functionality of the phone by squeezing more power. Therefore, this kind of mobile phone has also attracted widespread attention from consumers. After all, one day of battery life is enough, and most people can still guarantee it with one charge a day.
Maybe, future mobile phones will be divided into two camps: endurance phones and feature phones, and then they will compete with each other.
As for the role of lithium-sulfur solid-state batteries in other fields, needless to say, whether it is electric vehicles or drones, which are fields that attach great importance to battery life, they have also expressed great expectations for this new battery.
For example, DJ drones will probably be able to continue to expand their territory in drones after using this new battery. After all, this new battery technology will definitely be supplied to DJs first, while foreign competitors will be slightly behind.
"Oh yeah!"
As for Science Island Laboratory's seat, Liu Xiaodong and the others are already celebrating.
I never thought they would actually have a chance to win such an award.
This is the first prize for technological invention!
These rookies, who were not even professors, actually won the first prize that all the other experts dreamed of.
For a moment, their eyes looked at Xiao Yi as if they were going crazy, and they had a feeling of "If you don't abandon me, I will be your adoptive father."
The people around him also became aware at this time.
Good guy, if I remember correctly, lithium-sulfur solid-state battery is also the result of Xiao Yi!
This is equivalent to saying...
Xiao Yi directly won three first prizes in one conference??
Will anyone be able to surpass this in the future?
Everyone was shocked again.
At this time, Xiao Yi also stood up again and walked onto the stage again.
Everyone looked at his expression as if he was a little reluctant.
need tomato!
Damn it!
When he went on stage to receive the award, the old leader smiled and teased him, "Here we go again."
After receiving the award quickly, he stepped down from the stage again. As expected, the certificate was once again passed around by Liu Xiaodong and the others to look at.
As for the two certificates of the first prize in natural science, they were returned. After all, these two certificates only belonged to Xiao Yi, and now the certificate of the first prize in technical invention belonged to the five of them.
Several people took out their mobile phones to take photos, and then shared them in their circle of friends.
For example, Liu Xiaodong also sent this photo to Zhou He, the one who persuaded him to run away early.
Zhou He has now gone abroad and is now working as a postdoctoral fellow at Columbia University. He heard that he is enjoying his life now. However, when he saw the picture sent by Liu Xiaodong, he was shocked.
Of course, they who work on materials also know how valuable the first prize for technological invention is. For a while, Zhou He couldn't help but express his envy for Liu Xiaodong.
[Yeah, if I had known Science Island Laboratory was so good, I would have tried it.]
Liu Xiaodong laughed and replied: [Isn't it pretty good for you to stay at Columbia University now?]
Zhou He: [Stop talking, staying here will make your heart tremble. I am just here to have a study abroad experience. When I can go back to my country, I will start directly as a lecturer. But you, I am afraid you can directly become a professor now, right?]
Liu Xiaodong replied: [No, no, I just rated Assistant Researcher not long ago.]
Zhou He: [You kid!]
Liu Xiaodong had a smile on his face.
Of course, the other three people also had similar expressions, and probably only Xiao Yi looked calm.
At this point, all the first prizes for Technology Invention Award have finally been awarded, and then other awards will begin.
Time passed quickly, all the awards were awarded, and this award conference came to an end.
Relevant reports quickly appeared on various news platforms.
In this era, the Chinese people's emphasis on the development of science and technology can be said to be the highest in the world, and people will pay attention to these scientists who have made great contributions to science and technology.
Therefore, the top spots on major hot search lists were quickly occupied by related entries.
For example, the two old scientists who obtained State Preeminent Science and Technology Award are also sought after by people.
For example, quantum anomalous Hall effect completed by Academician Xue, this Nobel Prize-level achievement has also attracted the attention of many netizens. Especially when they learned that Academician Xue only scored 39 points in the postgraduate physics examination when he was young, it made people feel a sense of comedy.
However, in fact, Academician Xue scored 99 in physics during the college entrance examination, only one point away from the full score, and is still a solid academic.
Of course, in addition to the two winners of State Preeminent Science and Technology Award, another hot search attracted people's attention.
[Xiao Yi won three first prizes]
This news once again ignited the excitement of netizens.
Anyone who understands naturally knows how difficult it is to obtain the first prize in natural science and the first prize in technological invention. As a result, Xiao Yi won three at once.
So much so that one of the most popular comments under this news is: [Although the conference has been changed to every three years, it still does not affect Scholar Xiao's record of winning a first prize every year.]
Other comments are even more varied.
[When will Scholar Xiao become an academician?]
[Next year!]
[ah? Three first prizes? Are you really not kidding? These three first prizes are probably equivalent to one State Preeminent Science and Technology Award, right?]
[Don't think about it, the distance between Scholar Xiao and State Preeminent Science and Technology Award is just a matter of age]
[State Preeminent Science and Technology Award has no age requirement, so I just say a number and you can get it in the next session!]
[Okay, okay, I'll follow one, and I can get it next time!]
[I think I can get it in two more terms!]
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