Although the Lithium-Air Battery had yet to be born, the dawn of its impending arrival had already dazzled countless people. Even as it triggered a magnitude-eight earthquake in the industry, the academic world was no less affected.
Some cried that it was unbelievable, while others remained indifferent.
Some were ecstatic, while others beat their chests in regret.
On a larger scale, it concerned tens of billions in research funding. On a smaller scale, it concerned whether countless doctoral and master's students could complete their theses and graduate successfully.
After all, quite a few projects related to Lithium-Air Batteries had their funding reduced or were cut outright. Many doctoral advisors working in this field were not having an easy time themselves, let alone their students...
At the North American Materials Science Spring Meeting held in downtown Boston, Massachusetts.
Leading figures in Materials Science from all over the world had gathered there.
If nothing unexpected had happened, the star of this spring meeting should have been the single-layer Molybdenum Disulfide material funded by companies such as Microsoft and Intel. Before this, academia had generally regarded it as the preferred material for the future semiconductor industry, second only to Silicon Carbide.
However, the unexpected had clearly already happened.
The buzz around Lithium-Air Batteries eclipsed everything else.
At the very first presentation of the spring meeting, Professor Stanley, dressed in a tailcoat, stepped onto the stage and passionately announced the arrival of the Lithium-Air Battery era, along with how incredible his Caged Carbon Molecule material was...
Because of that, this year's Materials Science Spring Meeting had nearly turned bloody during its opening presentation.
To these peers, who would throw shoes onto the stage at the slightest disagreement or even roll up their sleeves and start fighting, that guy's arrogant expression was simply begging for