Blue LED won the Nobel prize behind the worries

Review: October 7th, Japan (Japanese or Japanese) scientist Akasaki Yong, Amano Hao and Nakamura Shuji for "blue LED", won the 2014 Nobel prize in physics. So far, a total of 22 Japanese (including two Japanese Americans in the history of the Nobel prize). Japan has become Asia's Nobel prize winner by absolute advantage. Statistics said that since 2000, the Nobel prize for the Japanese up to 14 people, can be described as blowout style.

Winners are mostly made in Japan, Dr.

The analysis of the academic background of the 22 winners can be found, they are mainly concentrated in the field of natural science. In addition to the two prize for literature and the winner of the 1 peace prize, there are 10 people won the prize in physics, the chemistry prize for the 7, and the 2 prize in medicine and physiology. Most of the winners are from Tokyo, Kyoto, Nagoya, northeast, Hokkaido and other national universities in japan. Among them, won the 2002 Koshiba Changjun prize in physics at the University of Tokyo and the Rochester College doctoral degree. In 2010, 1987 and 2012 and the chemical medicine and physiology prize winner Negishi Echi, Susumu Tonegawa and mountain Nobuya served in the United States enrolled in doctoral programs, but did not get a doctorate.

In addition, the results of a number of scientists from enterprises rather than research institutes and universities. For example, Nakamura Shuji's main achievements in the work for the Nichia Corporation, was awarded the 2002 Tanaka Koichi prize in chemistry is SHIMADZU produced by a technician ordinary. This may come to the conclusion: first, the higher education level of Japan's national universities; two Japanese companies have strong R & D capabilities.

Can the Nobel prize be planned?

At least 20 years ago, the achievements of the Japanese scientists in. In the view of many analysts, the Japanese scientists won't be able to leave the environment decades ago. After the end of the Second World War, Japan pursued the policy of "building a country by science and technology". According to statistics, in 1970s, Japan's budget for science and technology to an average annual rate of 10% to 20% rapid increase. "The Japanese government agencies outside the Ministry of the JSPS, into the financial support to scientific research institutions and personnel through project financing way. Its research funding budget was included in the Japanese government 5 years of basic science and technology plan".

In 1995, Japan put forward the "science and technology to create a country" as a basic national policy, attach importance to basic scientific research, the development of basic technology. In 2001, Japan introduced the second basic science and technology plan, clearly put forward in the first 50 years of twenty-first Century to train the 30 Nobel prize winners.

In this regard, in 2001, Nobel prize winner of the Japanese chemist, said, "it's ridiculous", the Japanese public opinion on such a set of numerical targets, there are views of the practice of. But in the face of all the criticism, the Japanese government still insist on this goal, and the establishment of the "contact center" in Stockholm Caroline medical school, whose function is to do lobbying, including all expenses paid trip to Japan to the Nobel Prize and the Nobel foundation staff. British "Guardian" commented that, in the academic world of peace, Japan's "forthright" unprecedented, but also to Scandinavia people angry.

Analysis of Chinese Japanese Academy of Social Sciences scholar Lu Hao, for the Japanese lighting project, the Nobel Prize honors not only represent the academic recognition, more can be transformed into the national soft power, so the government hopes to promote their elite research more and the culture of the people, "winning" in Japan as international shaped uplift.

There are worries in applause

However, the master is actually training out or stocking out, has been a controversial topic, the Japanese experience seems to be difficult to come up with an absolute conclusion. In the award-winning achievements, not only by the market practical need to promote the technology, also has basic theory researcher "cold-shouldered" built for many years. But many of the winners of the personal experience has some similarities, that is, in the continuation of the Japanese nation's unique dedicated dedication, there is a challenge common sense, the courage to go along with it.

However, in a congratulatory voice, there is no lack of criticism of Japan's scientific research system. Nakamura Shuji at the press conference, criticized the "Japan (academic research field) is not free," said he left Japan to the United States because of the country's innovation environment is suffocating. Until today, Japanese companies are still reluctant to take on more risk in their research and development or compensate for the intellectual property rights of their employees, leading to a lack of motivation for the next great invention, the times said. Asahi Shimbun also said that the award-winning research results of 3 people in the last century, the rapid development of the Japanese economy. But from the beginning of 2000, there is no significant increase in research funding.