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On Mar.16, 14 outstanding researchers walked on their exclusive “Walk of Fame”. It was also the fourth time for Hubei to roll out the red carpet for prominent researchers.
With the title of “Champions of Energy”, Yang Chunhe, a member of the Academy of Engineering, was the first to walk on the red carpet. He beamed at his “fans” and also brought a model of salt caverns, which made the abandoned salt caverns kilometers underground become super “power banks” for oil and gas storage.
He claimed , “We firmly believe that our country will be strong and what we do will contribute to it. To meet the needs of our country is what we should learn and do, and this is the secret of our decades’ perseverance.”
As the first female researcher walking on the red carpet, Prof. Zhao kept exploring the mystery of gene, providing domestically produced “pig chip” for swine industry. She said, “Hope that more women will dive into sci-tech frontiers research, to explore the unknown for the development of our national biological breeding industry and for the improvement of production and quality of our meat, egg and milk.”
14 scientists walked along the red carpet with flowers, however, a minute on the red carpet takes decades of persistence on research. Just walking off the red carpet, Tang Jiang confessed that “The pressure is coming.”
“I feel glorious but stressed, being admired by so many people means that we need to achieve more results. It’s true that one minute on the red carpet, a lifetime on research,” said Tang Jiang, director of the School of Optical and Electronic Information of Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST).
He has been working in semiconductor sector for many years, and the first quantum dot short-wave infrared imaging chip in China was his latest achievement. It can penetrate rain, snow, and haze to achieve clear imaging. Just having accomplished a tough task, he has another tricky target now.”
“Nowadays, carbon peaking and carbon neutrality, new energy are heated sectors. For example, Perovskite, its cell conversion efficiency can reach 45%, whereas, that of silicon is only about 29.7% theoretically. So, Perovskite is 50% more efficient than silicon. With this disruptive technology, we think we can do something in the new energy sector.” Tang said.
Standing on the red carpet is the scientists’ honor, and it also reminds them to make efforts to build China’s self-reliance and self-improvement in science and technology. They should scale the heights of science and technology to make prominent achievements in research.
“Next, we hope to combine electronic pulse ablation systems with our smart wear, so that many elderly people can have access to this technology in diseases rehabilitation for better recovery,” said Jiang Hong, director of the Department of Cardiology of Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University.
Luo Jun, a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, introduced his group’s work plan.“Now we are doing geodesic work to accurately measure the earth’s gravitational field and then we hope to observe gravitational waves in space. The study of gravitational waves will guide the development of gravitational wave astronomy.”
Source: http://news.hzau.edu.cn/2023/0317/65887.shtml
Translated by: Wang Lianqiong
Supervised by: Wang Xiaoyan