It’s humbling to think that the fundamentals of LED light bulbs all came from one determined inventor who bucked conventional wisdom and stuck with GaN for LEDs. Thank you Prof. Dr. Nakamura-sensei.
Very promising but I think it’s more important for “cheaper” technologies. For cutting edge 2nm logic where Angstrom level uniformity is required, the tool vendors like AMAT, KLA, Onto have invested in metrology and data synchronization. For cheaper technologies like III-V compound semiconductors where the tools are smaller and less sophisticated, this could be very beneficial.
UC Berkeley is losing its newest Chemistry Nobel Laureate to Tsinghua. It’s very significant especially in the context of eroding support for science in the US
That’s very fair and your are absolutely right that it will be very difficult to retrofit old homes. Do you think newer office buildings and schools would be a good place to start?
Even if N.I.H. research ends in the US, China and other competently run countries will backfill and the world as a whole will not get impacted. I don’t see the big deal about the Trump administration gutting science in terms of global impact. Now, for US citizens, it might be more troubling but they will simply need to rely on the rest of the world.
Is it their spending habits and resulting expenditure on infrastructure or is it their currency policies to try to boost exports? Not challenging but asking for clarification.
As the article noted, the fact that Madrid has continuously expanded the metro system has led to lower costs for construction since they have maintained the muscle needed for efficient construction.
Samsung has experience with being a foundry and is also building a 2 nm fab in Taylor, TX. One could argue that Samsung is an even more credible alternative.
His scientific career was temporarily derailed by overzealous prosecution and so he has no choice but to go to China to continue to help humanity via his science.