Scholar’s Advanced Technological System

The final meeting of the Black Technology System Volume 445 of Xueba is in October, and the streets of Stockholm are full of festive atmosphere.

At this time, this city in the corner of the Baltic Sea will attract attention from all over the world because of the Nobel Prize list.

Although the awards are the academicians of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, most of the citizens of Stockholm are proud of this moment.

More interestingly, "they" are not always the same.

In the era when the people and the tribes swept Europe, many Swedes had publicly complained and even criticized that a Swedish rich or scholar did not donate the inheritance to the country or to the Scandinavians. The priority of any award, not the benefit, is just countless troubles.

Even Hans Foschel, the then president of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, complained that Nobel should donate money directly to the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, instead of letting them vote for the awards and rejecting the research review. Details of the meeting.

Fortunately, with the unremitting efforts of Nobel's most trusted assistant, Lonna Sorman, the then King of Sweden announced the entry into force of the will and ended the controversy surrounding the 31 million krona.

It turns out that at the height of history, most people are short-sighted. In the age when there was no Internet, few people had the opportunity to see the world outside the Baltic Sea.

But now looking back, even if you are looking around the world, it is difficult to find a more cost-effective investment than the 31 million kronor.

No city has ever won such a privilege because of an award. There has never been a Swede, even the King of Sweden or the Prime Minister, who has left such a huge and inexhaustible legacy to his country or nation.

Of course, the trouble that comes with it is certainly there.

Especially for the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, which has watched this will for more than a century.

As the distance is getting closer to October 4th, the atmosphere in this ivory tower is getting more and more tense than the increasingly lively Stockholm.

Logically speaking, the Nobel Prize list should be ready three days ago.

But this time, the members of the Chemistry Awards Review Committee did not reach a consensus.

Although there have been several times in history, because the Nobel Committee’s opinion cannot be unified, and the delay in the publication of the announcement to mid-October has occurred from time to time, there is no reason to be in the selection of this Nobel Prize. .

At the urging of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, the jury of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry once again met.

The list of chemistry awards committees has not changed from the previous two years. The only change is that Ms. Snowply Linser retired from the second line of the committee and 15 years of committee member Klas Gustafson was promoted to the chairman.

The other three academicians are Peter Brzezinski, professor of biochemistry at Stockholm University, Olof Ramström, professor of organic chemistry at the Royal Institute of Technology, and the big bull in molecular biology and computational chemistry. Professor John Aquist.

At the meeting, Ms. Linser, who was over half a year old, looked sharply at the several peers in the room and said with a strong tone.

"There is only us, the Royal Academy of Sciences wants us to make a decision as soon as possible, at least before the 4th."

In fact, they should make a decision as early as a month ago.

Professor Klass nodded.

"As Academician Linser said, we must make a decision. This will be the last meeting. I hope that if you have any opinions, don't stay in your heart."

The other three members looked at each other and nodded.

This will be the last time they discussed this issue.

It will also be the last review meeting this year...

......

Objectively speaking, the judges of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry are really fascinated. The 17-year cryo-electron microscopy is good, but the 16-year molecular machine is a completely new concept. Although the results are good enough, it is still far from practical. do not know.

For example, the most unrecognizable lithium battery, every year when the Nobel Prize is predicted, everyone will put the name of the "sufficient good Mr." in the legend of the lithium battery, but it has dragged on for so long, Sweden. The Royal Academy of Sciences seems to have forgotten his name.

In addition to the theoretical model of the electrochemical interface structure, Prof. Franz-Urrich Hart, of the Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry, and Arthur Horic, a professor of genetics at Yale University, on intracellular protein folding Research on the role and its effects is also a worthy consideration.

Prior to this, the two big cows have already won the Lasker Award as the Nobel Prize. Almost 50 percent of the winners of this award eventually won the Nobel Prize in Medicine or the Chemistry Prize.

In addition to this, there is also a recent development of very strong optogenetics, as well as motor protein and so on.

It turns out that in the field of biology, chemists are indeed more likely to make beautiful results.

At first glance, the big pit of biology seems to be quite attractive.

Of course, the premise is that if you aim at the Nobel Prize...

After a preliminary exchange of views, the meeting began to discuss the final nomination.

There is no accident, and the focus of the controversy remains on the "theoretical model of electrochemical interface structure."

The atmosphere of controversy is getting more and more intense...

Olof: "In this case, we should also consider the real chemical achievements anyway. If Mr. Nobel knows that we have turned his most favorite chemistry award into a 'biological prize', I believe he must not be in heaven. I will be happy."

Peter toned fiercely: "But he is only 24 years old! Even younger than Lawrence Prague! We can't wait until he has passed his 25th birthday and consider his name?"

Olof retorted: "Can there be other outstanding achievements in the field of theoretical chemistry besides him?"

Peter squinted a little, frowning for a moment, and said in a hesitant tone: "Molecular dynamics research? Professor Robert Karl of Princeton is also very good at this field."

Olof shook his head: "I admit that his work is really good, but far from being outstanding."

Peter complained: "Then give the folding of proteins in the cell! Why do we have to consider theoretical chemistry?"

Ms. Linser nodded. "I agree with Peter."

In the 15 years, it was under her claim that the Nobel Prize was awarded to the DNA for repair.

Now, her point of view is the same as at the time, and she believes that this award should be awarded to biochemistry.

Olof retorted: "Since it is not limited to the direction of research, why do we have to be particular about the age of the winners? Nobel has not said in his will, he must give his inheritance to his fifties. Old man."

John, who has never had an opening, suddenly interjected: "I think the academician Olof is justified, and the electrochemical interface structure is not only an achievement in the field of electrochemistry and theoretical chemistry, but also a pioneering study in the field of computational chemistry. Contribution."

He is studying the direction of computational chemistry. No one knows how good the theoretical model is.

However, the biggest difference in the Nobel Prize selection is here.

With the development of science, the boundaries between disciplines and disciplines are becoming more and more blurred, but the distance between direction and direction is getting farther and farther. The research results in different directions, it is difficult to understand the scholars outside the field, let alone horizontal comparison.

The conference table seems to be caught in a "fight."

Looking at the Oliv and Peter, who had been arguing for it, the chairman of the committee, Krass, who had not spoken so much, indulged for a moment, clapping his hands and interrupting the quarrel at the conference table.

"Well, gentlemen... and ladies. It doesn't make any sense to continue to argue. Let's make the final decision in the most democratic, the most fair, and the most traditional way."

Several people exchanged sights.

Although there was no reunification, there was no opinion on the statement of Academician Kras.

When opinions are not consistent, there is nothing better than voting to solve the problem.

Seeing that several other members did not object, Academician Kras gave a look to the assistant next to him.

Read the meaning in his eyes, the assistant came forward and placed an a4 paper on each person's desk.

Picking up the pen and writing a word on the paper, Ms. Linser’s eyebrows picked and looked at Klass: “You are already ready?”

"I have a hunch that will eventually become like this," the academician Kras smiled and folded his piece of paper and gently placed it in the middle of the table. "In any case, our opinions rarely reach consensus. Isn't it?" ”