In the second week after New Year's Day, two major events took place.

According to the conventions, the famous academic journal sciences selected last year, that is, the progress of the top ten scientific and technological breakthroughs in 2016.

As the last piece of the general theory of relativity, the discovery of gravitational waves has won the top spot without any suspense.

If the electromagnetic wave telescope is the human eye, then the gravitational wave detector is like the human ear. From then on, human beings can finally listen to the sound from the universe.

In the second place is Cynthia 3.0. Compared to the gravitational wave of the sensational world, most people may not know anything about this thing, but it is the closest thing human beings have become God.

With 473 genes, it contains the minimum number of genes necessary for life-sustaining activities, and at the same time, it is the simplest living organism that humans can make today.

As for the third place, the modified pdms film for solving lithium dendrites has been undisputedly listed.

For the material science community that has not seen a "major breakthrough" for many years, this is undoubtedly a very fruitful result. At the same time, the seventh line of the chemical element periodic table was filled, and this year's chemical industry can be described as high-spirited.

At the same time, Google's Alpha Dog, the final learning system built by Monte Carlo decision tree algorithm and deep neural network algorithm, has become a well-deserved master of artificial intelligence.

And the breakthrough in space exploration technology, the seeds of human beings thrown into space are gradually sprouting...

The results of these research results are in no particular order. After all, the results in different fields cannot be compared horizontally.

However, this is the nominal name, but in fact, the rankings given by science each year are still reflected to some extent the subjective opinions of journal editors.

According to the list given by science, many people on the Internet are speculating that with this outstanding research result, Lu Zhou may hope to become the second mathematician who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry after John Pop.

Of course, this is just a layman's point of view.

After all, the scientific point of view only represents science and does not represent the entire scientific community.

The Nobel Prize has a very strict judging criteria for the selection of outstanding results in the application field. As an outstanding achievement in the field of application, the modified pdms material is destined not to be like the gravitational wave, and was awarded the Nobel Prize in the following year.

Whether an application technology is great or not, it takes time to test.

But like "Father of Artificial Life" and the famous scientific madman Clegg Venter, if one day the Nobel Committee really awarded the Medal of Chemistry Prize to Lu Zhou, no one would be surprised.

After all, the problem of lithium dendrites has indeed plagued the entire material science community for decades.

As for another major event that occurred at the beginning of the year, Chuanpu issued an inauguration declaration at the White House.

However, this has nothing to do with Princeton, and it is not a world thing with Lu Zhou, who is not interested in politics.

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In the second week after New Year's Day, Professor Lu gave his students a long vacation.

One is to make up for their winter vacation, and the second is until the New Year's Eve on the 27th, he will be busy, no time to take care of them.

For this hard-won little holiday, Qin Yue said that he would go home for the New Year, and Hardy said with a happy face that he planned to travel to the Mediterranean with his girlfriend. For this unfamiliar student, Lu Zhouke held the impulse to let him see the "winter vacation" and smiled and nodded to wish him a happy time.

As for Vera, when Lu Zhou asked about her arrangements for the holidays, the little girl might not want to do anything herself, just a look of a blank face.

Looking at this look of Vera, Lu Zhou sighed.

If it is someone else, he may suggest going back to see his parents, reunion with his family, and relax and relax.

But her words...

He can only find something meaningful for her.

After thinking about it, Lu Zhou said: "Mathematics is a discipline that needs inspiration. It is just a book management. The final result is probably to bring yourself into the misunderstanding of thinking. This spring, the American Mathematical Society has a scene at Berkeley. The exchange meeting with young scholars, the paper you showed me last time is not bad, I suggest you can try to contribute."

When I heard that I was going to take the stage to make a report, the little girl suddenly panicked and said nervously: "I... I haven’t made a report yet."

"No one is born, you have to learn to adapt," Lu Zhou looked at her eyes and said seriously, "If you are worried about the toll, you can not worry about it, registration fees, air tickets, etc. I can spend money from the project funds. But if I just don't dare to go on stage, I hope you can overcome it. Believe me, I am here for you."

Among her three students, Vera has the highest talent, and Lu Zhou has the highest expectations for her.

One day, she will stand on the stage like the International Congress of Mathematicians and present her research results in the form of a 45-minute or one-hour presentation. If it is impossible to come to power because of the market, then it will never be a world-class scholar. .

Hearing the phrase "I am for you," Vera's cheeks were slightly reddened and some were overwhelmed.

After waiting for a long time, I did not wait for a reply, and I did not intend to leave her a retreat, and continued to ask.

"Your answer is?"

"……Ok."

Although some momentum is not enough, it is not a small improvement.

Relying on the office chair, Lu Zhou nodded with satisfaction and barely counted her qualified.

"Then go and prepare. There are three days left on the deadline. You will not use it in the office for the past three days. You will carefully change your paper. I will help you with the ticket. You can only apply for it."

In this way, she forced her to decide, and Lu Zhou drove her out of the office.

Stopped at the door of the office, Vera hesitated and turned around.

Noticing Vera's expression of resentment, Lu Zhou asked casually: "Is there anything else?"

Slightly bowed his head, the little girl smiled a little embarrassedly: "Nothing, just want to thank you... No one has ever cared about me before."

Is this the case?

Lu Zhou said of course: "You are welcome, after all, I am your mentor."

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After processing Princeton's affairs, Lu Zhou drove his Ford Explorer on the afternoon and went to Philadelphia to come to the office building of Star Technology's North American branch.

I have to admit that Am's service is really satisfying, not only solves all the problems he can think of, but even helps him solve the problems he has not thought of yet.

Of course, the charges are not cheap.

Because the office is still under renovation, there is nothing to look at except the decoration materials and cartons piled on the ground.

Turning around in the vicinity, Lu Zhou left the office building and returned to the car.

The way to visit the company here is just to satisfy his curiosity. The main purpose of his coming to Philadelphia this time is not for this matter, but for seeing a person, that is, the consultant for him to contact him.

The other is said to be a professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, an expert in business administration and a double-degree in international trade.

Although the relevant plan has been completed, it is not enough for those on paper, and some things still have to be discussed.

At the request of this expert, Lu Zhou and her agreed on a time to meet and planned to talk face to face.