Chapter 444 [Speed up the research of
From the 13th International Electromagnetic Launch Academic Conference in Germany in May 2006, 52 papers were published in China, second only to Laomei's 72 papers. The domestic strength in this field is still solid.
Fang Hong put the materials on the table, and immediately said: "In addition, the research progress of the 'Eastern Super Ring' is still a bit slow, first draw up a budget of 10 billion, let's speed up the 'Oriental Super Ring', and send people to talk to EAST Talk to the person in charge of the project."
The Eastern Superring, also known as the EAST project, is the world's first fully superconducting non-circular cross-section tokamak nuclear fusion experimental device independently developed in China.
The research on controllable nuclear fusion technology has been jokingly called "forever fifty years", but the reason why controllable nuclear fusion carries so many imaginations is that the raw materials of nuclear fusion energy are almost inexhaustible, and the emissions are pollution-free. For the ultimate answer that can solve energy problems.
Although it is fifty years forever, after all, this is the ultimate answer for the foreseeable medium and long-term future. If you don’t do it, it will really be fifty years forever.
Fang Hong thought for a while and said, "The Natural Science Foundation of China will post a Weibo to mention this matter first."
Yu Qiu nodded: "Well, good."
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next morning.
The official Weibo of the Natural Science Foundation of China sent a blog post that caused a sensation in the academic circle.
[Hope to see a light bulb lit by controllable nuclear fusion energy in my lifetime, how about we spend tens of billions to speed up the research and development of "Eastern Super Ring (EAST)"? 】
Good guy!
This blog post posted by the official blog of the Natural Science Foundation of China was quoted and reported by major media not long after, and it became a hot topic today.
At this moment, the hot discussion of "Mirror of the Sky" has not subsided, and "Oriental Super Ring" has also become popular quickly.
The melon eaters from all walks of life were stunned. The previous gravitational wave detection project has done 20 billion yuan, and the Natural Science Foundation of China will make a big one, and it will also spend tens of billions of budget allocations to support the research of controllable nuclear fusion.
The news quickly spread to the EAST project team. The shock was beyond words, and the excitement was beyond words.
If the Natural Science Foundation of China is not joking, the investment scale is more than 20 times the current EAST project team budget, and the team size can be expanded tenfold from the current less than 200 people.
The progress of research and development can indeed be greatly accelerated at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Less than half an hour after this Weibo was posted, the Natural Science Foundation of China had not yet contacted the EAST team, and the other party called in advance to contact the door.
In the afternoon, the official blog of the Natural Science Foundation issued another blog post:
【ten thousand years is too long, fight for now. The Natural Science Foundation of China has decided to invest 10 billion budgets to help the research of EAST. Our country must have a self-built controllable nuclear fusion experimental device, not for scientists to write a few papers or reports, but to really solve our problems in one hundred or two hundred years. energy problems. 】
When this Weibo was posted, people from all walks of life in the outside world were a little caught off guard.
too fast!
Is it a little sloppy?
In the past few days, the news of the scientific research community has frequently hit the headlines. The domestic scientific research community is very excited by the launch of the Natural Science Foundation of China. With so many funds injected at once, it seems to have seen the spring of basic scientific research come.
It is worth mentioning that not all projects of the Natural Science Foundation of China are open to the public.
For example, when it comes to military applications, no information is disclosed to the outside world.
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Jingxinju villa, fitness room.
Fang Hong took a towel to wipe off the sweat on his body, glanced at the beautiful assistant who was doing stretching, and said, "Yu Qiuguan's natural science fund has achieved remarkable results recently, how is Qunxing Capital's business investment in the high-tech field?" ?”
Hearing this, Tian Jiayi couldn't help complaining: "Spending money is also called great results?"
Fang Hong said with a smile: "It's not something ordinary people can do well to spend so much money in the right place."
After a while, Tian Jiayi said thoughtfully: "The company's recent investment in the high-tech field has indeed had relatively good projects. A few days ago, it successfully persuaded Zhang Zhihua to return to China to start a business."
Fang Hongyan said succinctly: "Zhang Zhihua? I've never heard of this character. What's his background?"
Tian Jiayi stopped exercising, she recalled for a moment and said in an orderly manner: "According to the data, Zhang Zhihua is a scientist working at the Institute of Regenerative Medicine of Wake Forest University in the United States. He is engaged in the research of a 3D bioprinter, and is One of the project leaders of the R\u0026D team..."
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Twenty minutes later, Fang Hong had already changed into a suit of clothes and was in the living room. After a while, Tian Jiayi came down from upstairs and brought him a document, and immediately said: "After Zhang Zhihua returned to China, Qunxing Capital will give him He invested 150 million in the development of 3D bioprinters."
Fang Hong took the materials and looked at them.
The so-called 3D bioprinter means that the human organs printed by the printer have "channels" to obtain oxygen and nutrients. Generally speaking, 3D bioprinting first needs donor or patient cells.
The cells are then cultured in a water-based gel. These gels are then injected into biodegradable polymer structures that allow the cells to grow in the shape set by human intervention.
Tian Jiayi sat down and said: "According to Zhang Zhihua, the biggest challenge for the 3D bioprinting industry at present is that due to the lack of blood vessels, the thickness of these organs cannot exceed 200 microns."
Fang Hong looked at her and said, "No more than 200 microns? Then this thickness is only equivalent to the size of a strand of hair."
Tian Jiayi added: "Zhang Zhihua's research team hopes to solve this problem, so as to be able to print thicker human tissue. This time he returned to China and brought back some results. The 3D bioprinter he wants to develop can Next, use many different types of gels to print, and at the same time print out the micro-channels inside the tissue, as shown in the material report, you can see for yourself.”
Hearing this, Fang Hong turned a few pages.
According to Zhang Zhihua's description, these channels will provide the cells with the function of blood vessels during the growth of the organ, allowing nutrient tissues and oxygen molecules to reach the cells inside the organ.
Then, when the organ is transplanted into the organism, the organism's blood vessels automatically replace these tiny channels.
In Zhang Zhihua's project at Wake Forest University's Institute of Regenerative Medicine, a human ear printed by a 3D printer has been transplanted to a laboratory mouse, and within two months, its blood vessels and soft tissues have gradually formed .
Tian Jiayi said: "According to Zhang Zhihua, after the 3D printed artificial muscle fibers and artificial jawbone are transplanted, blood vessels are gradually formed, but this technology has not yet been used in human trials."
Fang Hong nodded silently.
The project, if successful, would make it possible to print more complex organs such as kidneys and speed up the process.
Once the technology is mature, the future commercial prospects are self-evident.
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