Free Web NovelChapter 1001: Chapter 501 Be Kind as a Person!_1
Medical Science Center.
Zhao Yi went to visit the chimpanzee named ’Silly’. Silly was cowering in the corner, staring over with big eyes that seemed to express a pitiful and listless appearance.
"Silly really is too pitiful!"
Fan Lei suddenly appeared and said, "I’ve been keeping an eye on his condition too, and I don’t know what’s going on, but he seems to have lost his appetite recently."
"Of course."
The experiment that Deng Bingcheng was conducting involved stimulating the tongue with electromagnetic waves, and even if the damage to the taste buds was minimal, the long-term exposure to electromagnetic stimulation was bound to cause some numbness. It was only natural that this would impact the appetite.
That’s why Zhao Yi would come over to check from time to time, praying that nothing untoward would befall Silly, "Is it just the appetite? Are there no other issues?"
"None that I can see. He still eats normally, just less than usual, and he seems to have lost a bit of weight."
"Losing a little weight is fine, consider it a diet," said Zhao Yi, looking at the plump chimpanzee and thinking that losing some weight might actually be a good thing.
Silly had been raised from a young age and had never lacked for food, which resulted in a body that was significantly chubbier than a normal chimpanzee’s.
"Is that why he’s called ’Silly’?"
"I suppose so."
After finding that Silly didn’t have any serious issues, Zhao Yi headed over to Deng Bingcheng’s small lab and saw Deng Bingcheng excitedly writing something.
Deng Bingcheng looked up, his face bright with surprise, "Academician Zhao, you’re here! I was just about to report to you, we’ve made progress in the research!"
"Neural research? You’ve made progress already?" Zhao Yi was quite astonished, as advancements in neural transmission were not easily achieved, and any small breakthrough was quite remarkable.
"Not exactly..."
Deng Bingcheng grimaced, "It’s about the electromagnetic wave stimulation of the tongue. I have now experimentally proven that this method can induce an abnormal state of excitement in neural activity."
"That’s a significant discovery."
"Many treatments for psychiatric disorders hinge on getting the brain’s neurons to enter an excited state, and sometimes this requires hallucinogenic drugs."
"Now we’ve discovered that stimulating the nerves in the tongue with electromagnetic waves can have the same effect, meaning we’ve found a physical treatment option with no side effects."
"I’m currently drafting a paper on this new discovery. I think it will be very influential, especially in the field of neurological disorders..."
"Blah blah blah~~"
Deng Bingcheng went on at length and then added, "Academician Zhao, all of this is thanks to you, so you are the first author, and I am just the second."
"Oh."
Zhao Yi dug at his ear, a bit perplexed, and asked, "So, you’re saying that your discovery is that electromagnetic wave stimulation of the tongue can excite the brain’s neural activity?"
"Yeah?"
"But I said from the beginning that electromagnetic stimulation was effective... So, what exactly have you been doing lately?"
Deng Bingcheng was stunned.
It wasn’t until Zhao Yi had shaken his head and left the lab that Deng Bingcheng kept pondering, "Academician Zhao had previously stated that electromagnetic stimulation could excite neural activity."
"And now my experimental conclusion is also just that electromagnetic stimulation is effective... So, what exactly am I excited about? Is this truly a discovery?"
"Perhaps it is? Or perhaps not?" frёeωebɳovel.com
"Proving a new discovery through experiments is meaningful if it can be applied to treatment, right?"
"But, it seems like the discovery has nothing to do with me?"
For a moment, Deng Bingcheng was caught in a tangle of self-doubt.
In fact, it was only because Zhao Yi was not like ordinary research personnel. A lot of ordinary research is ’confirmation experiments’, aimed not at innovative discoveries but at using experimental methods to prove the efficacy of certain theories or methodologies.
In the fields of biology and medical research, most papers are like this as well, using a series of experiments and a plethora of data to confirm a theory or methodology rather than to discover new substances or find new theories or methods.
This is what constitutes normal scientific research.
Deng Bingcheng was merely one of the countless ordinary researchers, with his main profession being a neurosurgeon and not exclusively engaging in research.
So his situation was quite normal.
Now, by using experiments to confirm the ’electromagnetic wave stimulation of the tongue’ method as stated by Zhao Yi, this was already one of the highest achievements in his scientific career.
Once the paper was successfully published, other researchers in the field of neuroscience would cite his experimental data when publishing papers in similar fields, to demonstrate the effect of electromagnetic stimulation on neural excitement. freēwēbnovel.com
Thus, it can only be said that Zhao Yi and ordinary researchers are not on the same level.
...
In the afternoon.
Zhao Yi returned to the physics laboratory to check on the results of the superconducting antigravity experiment.
Li Ning and a few professors were chattering excitedly, "It was a tremendous success!"
"We are now one hundred percent certain that superconducting antigravity exists, and its effect is exceptional, even better than we had hoped."
"This antigravity device can reduce the force of gravity on an object by up to seven percent at its maximum. The closer you are to the center of the device, the greater the reduction."
"The edge has the lowest effect, and if you move outside the device, the effect drops off rapidly, becoming nonexistent at a distance of ten centimeters."
"This isn’t an exact number, but it’s close. What we can confirm is that the specific values of reduction are related to the design of the experimental setup. With an even more perfect design, we might even exceed ten percent."
The final ’ten percent’ is an experimental figure, which is derived from an experimental perspective, estimated without the support of a foundational theoretical basis.
