From top student in college to scientific research powerhouse

Chapter 40 I couldn't hold back any longer! I'm going to report him!
One report after another.

One exaggerated headline after another.

Public opinion reporting has only just begun, with most reports simply providing brief interpretations of the news briefs published in the English version of Chinese Physics Letters.

Some of the interpretations of these reports are quite interesting.

For example, reports say that the Jiangzhou University team discovered a phenomenon that resembles the principle of UFOs, and some reports even link the new discovery to extraterrestrial technology.

Both are 'visions' in the same direction.

If electromagnetic fields interfere with airflow, doesn't that mean that aircraft can interfere with the surrounding airflow to eliminate the effects of air resistance?

Most of the reports lacked substantive content, consisting only of an exaggerated headline and a brief description.

As public opinion grew, professional explanation videos also appeared on the media.

A reporter interviewed Professor Peng Tao of Tongzhi University.

Peng Tao provided a professional interpretation of the experimental findings: "They were conducting fundamental experiments on electromagnetic metamaterials."

"The experiment tested a special type of cermet that, under certain conditions, possesses some characteristics of electromagnetic metamaterials."

"However, it cannot be called a metamaterials experiment; it can be classified as a conventional electromagnetic experiment. Yet, the experiment detected air flow that exhibited regular fluctuations."

"Existing theories cannot explain it; it's not an exaggeration to call it a new physical phenomenon..."

Peng Tao started talking about professional matters, and what followed became somewhat obscure and difficult to understand.

For the average person, the above content is sufficient.

This video has garnered a lot of views, and viewers have learned what kind of new physics phenomenon it is.

As public opinion grew, many people turned their attention to the authors of the experimental paper.

Zhang Minghao, Xue Kun, Zhu Bingkun.

Three authors.

In formally published papers, the authors are ranked according to their contributions, with the first author having made the greatest contribution and usually being the leader of the research.

Zhang Minghao is ranked first, which indicates that his contribution to the research is the greatest.

The problem is that his 'suffix' indicates he is a PhD student.

The other two are professors.

"A PhD student, ranked first in research contributions?"

Some people's subconscious reaction is that their mentor is taking care of them, but upon closer reflection, they realize that's not right.

The discovery of any new physical phenomenon is a major international achievement, and some discoveries can even have a profound impact on the development of human science.

With such a significant achievement, would the mentor simply hand over the primary contribution to someone else?

That's not caring, that's flattering someone to their detriment!

Therefore, the doctoral students listed in the author section are very likely to be the ones who made the greatest contributions to the research.

Zhang Minghao...

I feel like I've heard that name somewhere before.

……

Donggang University, Advanced and Intelligent Materials Research Center, is known in the industry as the 'Intelligent Materials Institute'.

The Institute of Intelligent Materials is a key national research institution. The center leverages its multidisciplinary research advantages and has made many significant research breakthroughs in areas such as micro-nano materials, energy chemical materials, and functional molecular materials.

Academician Tang Jie is the Dean of the College of Materials Engineering at Donggang University and also the Director of the Institute of Intelligent Materials.

He has always hoped that smart materials could open up more research directions in advanced materials.

For example, electromagnetic metamaterials.

However, the development of disciplines requires talent, and electromagnetic metamaterials represent a new direction.

A new direction means a shortage of talent.

Tang Jie specially recruited Zheng Renchao, a scholar in the field of electromagnetic metamaterials, from abroad, hoping to build a small team around him for the research and development of electromagnetic metamaterials.

in the office.

Tang Jie, holding the latest issue of "Chinese Physics Letters," was discussing the first discovery with Zheng Renchao, wanting to hear his thoughts on the 'new physics discovery.'

"This is a basic experiment on electromagnetic metamaterials, but it doesn't quite reach the level of a 'metamaterials experiment'."

"Metamaterials experiments involve designing the materials needed based on requirements, and then researching the manufacturing methods..."

Zheng Renchao offered a lengthy explanation of his professional insights, concluding, "Their discovery is astonishing; it may contain some unknown pattern."

"I'm preparing to replicate the experiment!"

"However, the experimental paper only mentions nickel/alumina cermet, without discussing the material preparation method. I wonder if different preparation methods affect the results..."

The two talked for a while.

Zheng Renchao picked up the journal, glanced at the author list, and said, "Director Tang, hasn't the institute always wanted to bring in talent in the field of electromagnetic metamaterials?"

"They must be talented. They can discover new physical phenomena from basic experiments, so their level must be quite high..." "I didn't pay attention to the author."

Tang Jie smiled, picked up the journal, glanced at it, and exclaimed in surprise, "Xue Kun?"

"know?"

"Jiangzhou University, Xue Kun..."

Tang Jie read a sentence and said with a wry smile, "I don't know him, but I do know that he was still at Donggang University a year ago."

He didn't offer any further explanation.

In fact, before Zheng Renchao came to the institute, he originally wanted to invite Xue Kun to join, but later learned that Xue Kun had already left the institute to go to Jiangzhou University.

They missed it.

Unexpectedly, in less than a year, the other party has achieved such significant results.

Zheng Renchao stared at the author's column and said in surprise, "The first author is even more impressive; he's a doctoral student."

"PhD student?"

Tang Jie looked at it more closely and muttered to himself in confusion, "Zhang Minghao... I feel like I've heard someone mention him before?"

Professor Wang Jinlu, who was walking in, suddenly laughed and said, "Director Tang, you didn't hear what I said, did you?"

“There was a news report that our university expelled a student, and the student immediately enrolled in Jiangzhou University.”

Tang Jie vaguely remembered what was happening and immediately asked, "Why were they being evicted?"

"Experimental data fabricated!"

Wang Jinlu said, "He published a paper saying that electromagnetic fields affect air molecules."

He laughed as he spoke, "Electromagnetic fields can affect the air? Even a middle school student knows that's problematic."

"He also published the experiment."

"They didn't even notice such an obvious mistake. Whether the data is falsified or not makes no difference..."

As Wang Jinlu spoke, he suddenly sensed that something was off about the atmosphere.

Tang Jie's face was frighteningly dark.

Zheng Renchao's expression also froze. He had realized that the two discoverers of the hot new physics phenomenon were both from Donggang University.

One is leaving the company, which is understandable.

Another reason was that he was expelled from school for discovering a new physical phenomenon?
at the same time.

In an office on the third floor of the Science Building at Donggang University, several young teachers were discussing the same thing.

They know far more than Tang Jie does.

"Xue Kun is amazing. He made such a big discovery in less than a year."

"His student, Zhang Minghao, is even more amazing!"

“This was originally Zhang Minghao’s experiment. He was dismissed because of it, but he still insisted on conducting the experiment.”

"amazing!"

The group of people spoke of it with a sense of pride.

They shared an office with Xue Kun, so they were colleagues and friends. They had also met Zhang Minghao, and some of them had even been Zhang Minghao's professors.

After discussing it, it seems quite ironic.

Xue Kun resigned, but those inside knew that the reason for his resignation was that the school had not allowed him to apply for a promotion for several consecutive years.

Further investigation revealed that he had a conflict with Vice Principal Yang Xuewen.

The other one was simply dismissed...

Moreover, the reason for the rejection was experimental papers related to 'new physics discoveries'.

As a result, they went to Jiangzhou University and used experiments to confirm the existence of this phenomenon...

How do you say this?
Someone suddenly said, "In Zhang Minghao's case, wasn't Yang Xuewen the head of the academic investigation committee?"

"it's him!"

"I heard that Zhang Minghao had a falling out with Yang Xuewen and was subsequently dismissed..."

"Xue Kun is the same; they won't let him apply for a professional title, even though his years of service and achievements are sufficient."

"This guy is clearly using his position to settle personal scores!"

"No way! I can't stand it anymore! I'm going to report him!"

"Yes! Let's go together!"

"If the school doesn't care, we'll go to the media and expose them. We refuse to believe that in this day and age, we can't let him run rampant—"

　I'm humbly asking for a few monthly votes~~~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)