Chapter 465: Theoretically, you still have room for development

In July, Boston was in the middle of summer, and the heat was at its peak.

At 2:00 PM, sunlight poured onto the Charles River, kayaks and sail shadows intertwined, as if someone had sprinkled crushed diamonds onto the water surface, and even the wind carried a lazy blue tone.

Two girls were sitting in a shop eating dessert.

Kelly's gaze withdrew from the tourists on the lakeside and fell onto the face of the girl with a cold aura opposite her.

Beauty didn't distinguish between countries, just like the girl in front of her, even she couldn't help but take a few extra looks.

Apart from her looks, her IQ was also ridiculously high. She had only been following Professor Morton for a year, and her work ability was already comparable to her, a postdoctoral fellow.

God is biased.

Her gaze moved downward, then withdrew, and she lowered her head to look at her own chest.

Kelly couldn't help but laugh, thinking it wasn't that biased; hers was at least one cup larger than Song Yao's.

Opposite, Song Yao was sucking on fruit tea, having just urged Xu Qingzhou to rest appropriately. She and Xu Qingzhou had been busy since returning from Rongcheng, and they only rested yesterday, but they didn't lie flat, instead taking time to get the visa for Brazil done.

This guy didn't care about anything once he got busy.

Song Yao complained, sent a fist emoji, and told this person not to treat his body as if it didn't matter.

It wasn't until Xu Qingzhou sent that "Understood" that she relaxed her raised eyebrows.

However, at this time, she discovered the direction of Kelly's gaze... and that expression of finally winning.

"Hmm?"

A brief daze appeared on Song Yao's face, and then, as Kelly leaned back and the waves appeared in her line of sight with the movement, she understood instantly.

Kelly wasn't embarrassed, comforting her: "You're only 21, theoretically speaking, there is still room for development."

"..."

Song Yao really wanted to say that she had already grown a lot!

Kelly knew Song Yao was chatting with Xu Qingzhou, and seeing her free up, asked curiously: "What does it feel like to be married?"

Song Yao put down her phone and thought about it, "It seems... no feeling, the same life as before."

By the way, now according to that guy's statement, hitting him again counts as domestic violence.

Heh, clearly it was he who owed a beating, yet he shifted the blame to her.

"Is that so... sitting is also boring. If possible, tell me how you met and how you got together?"

Kelly propped her chin.

Love between two super geniuses... always makes people a bit curious.

"He and I were high school classmates..."

Two girls were chatting, MIT library.

Xu Qingzhou finished chatting and lowered his head to continue working. Busy until today, he finally finished reading the materials and organizing them.

These days, he was quite clear about the current status of high-quality superconducting thin film technology for quantum chips.

Teams like Google and IBM, by optimizing the deposition process of superconducting thin films such as aluminum-based and niobium-based materials, had increased the coherence time (T1/T2) of superconducting qubits from the microsecond level to the millisecond level.

Princeton adopted molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) and atomic layer deposition (ALD) technology to prepare atomically flat superconducting thin films, and next was the team at MIT, which developed low-temperature film formation technology based on chemical solution deposition (CSD).

Currently, they were also still working on 50-72 qubit prototypes.

On the whole, it was currently in the germination stage of quantum chips.

Many top teams in the world were doing research in this direction, and the competitive pressure was quite high.

No way, superconducting thin film technology could be called the steam engine of the material world to a certain extent. Although it was originally developed for quantum computing in specific fields, its "zero resistance" characteristics and precision manufacturing process could be said to be reconstructing basic industries such as energy, medical care, and transportation.

This was actually a major characteristic of the physical world, that is, when a material breaks through physical limits, it will tear open the ceiling of all industries that rely on that physical characteristic.

Time passed slowly.

At 4:00 PM, Xu Qingzhou moved his somewhat sore arms, packed his things, and drove to a jewelry store in Boston.

Song Yao's birthday on August 5th, he should prepare a gift in advance. After all, they were married, so they had to get another pair of rings, and other cosmetics could be bought when the time came.

After getting the ordered rings, he went home.

There was someone at home; Song Yao had already returned in advance, and the two had agreed to go for a run in the evening.

"I'm back." Xu Qingzhou pushed the door and entered.

The school beauty Song had long changed into sportswear and was holding Er Miao to take photos, urging: "Hurry up and change clothes."

"Oh, okay."

Xu Qingzhou ran back to the bedroom, put the rings away first, and then changed into the sportswear Song Yao had prepared on the bed.

3 minutes later, he came out wearing a black sports outfit, "Set off?"

"Right away."

On the sofa, Song Yao held Er Miao in her arms, pouting her lips and taking photos "click-click," and after taking them, handed the phone to Xu Qingzhou, raising her chin: "How about it?"

White sports suit, tied with a capable high ponytail, sports goddess style.

"Super beautiful." Xu Qingzhou nodded in praise, compared the photo with the girl in front of him, and clicked his tongue: "Facts prove that cuteness can still be faked."

Unsurprisingly, as soon as he finished speaking, he received a punch.

In the evening, the sun had already hung on the western horizon, and the orange-yellow sunlight spilled between the buildings.

In the living room, the two people who had finished exercising had already returned.

"Is the force okay?"

"Mm, it's okay."

Song Yao nodded, sipped water to replenish moisture, put one leg on Xu Qingzhou's thigh, and played... massaged, relaxing the muscles.

However, the muscles in the calves after running were all tight, and pressing them like this was indeed very comfortable.

Xu Qingzhou helped Song Yao rub her calves: "I have some ideas about the superconducting thin film project."

"Hmm?"

Song Yao put down the water cup.

"Professor Roberts called yesterday and said that the MIT School of Physics also has Professor James preparing to do a project on high-quality superconducting thin film technology."

Song Yao raised her eyebrows, understanding what this guy meant, and asked: "Will your project application encounter obstacles?"

"The academic committee probably won't agree." Xu Qingzhou nodded.

According to Professor Roberts, the academic committee were all iron roosters who wouldn't pluck a hair, and they definitely wouldn't agree to take out this experimental funding.

"What do you plan to do?" Song Yao asked. This guy took the initiative to say it, so he must have already thought of a way to deal with it.

Xu Qingzhou pondered: "I want to fund the experiment myself."

According to the "Bayh-Dole Act" and MIT's "Intellectual Property Policy," MIT defaults that patent ownership belongs to the school, regardless of whether the inventor is a professor or a student.

This meant that even if Xu Qingzhou had results, the patents were MIT's, and at most he would have the right to sign the patent.

Busy for a long time, and the things weren't his own.

This was actually a common phenomenon in academia; Shuimu University and Kyoto University were all like this. In the absence of other external funding or prior signed agreements, patents belonged to the school.

After all, in most cases, school resources such as equipment, funds, venues, etc., would be used.

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