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World-Class Scientists Gather at Tencent 2024 WE Summit in Chengdu to Share Cutting-Edge Discoveries
On November 3, the 12th Annual Tencent WE Summit took place at the Chengdu Science Fiction Museum. Five world-renowned scientists took the stage,...
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n Five eminent speakers, including Nobel laureates and the top Chinese physicist Qi-Kun Xue, share groundbreaking insights at the Tencent WE Summit in Chengdu.SHENZHEN, China, Nov. 15, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- On November 3, the 12th Annual Tencent WE Summit took place at the Chengdu Science Fiction Museum. Five world-renowned scientists took the stage, including Qi-Kun Xue, President of Southern University of Science and Technology, and professor at Tsinghua University; Kip S. Thorne, Nobel laureate and Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics, Emeritus at the California Institute of Technology; May-Britt Moser, Nobel laureate and professor of neuroscience at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology; Jiang-Lai Liu, Distinguished Professor and Deputy Director of the Tsung-Dao Lee Institute (TDLI) and Chief Scientist of the PandaX experiment for dark matter detection at Shanghai Jiao Tong University; and Donald E. Ingber, Founding Director of the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University. Together, they captivated the audience with discussions on cutting-edge discoveries and breakthroughs, ranging from the quantum world, gravitational waves otherwise known as spacetime ripples, the search for elusive dark matter, and how brain cells comprise a GPS-like grid, and microchipping human organs.\n \n \n Continue Reading\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n Kip S. Thorne, 2017 Nobel Laureate in Physics, Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics, Emeritus at the California Institute of Technology, and scientific advisor and executive producer of the film Interstellar, delivering his speech. (PRNewsfoto/Tencent)\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Guided by the vision of \"Tech for Good\", Tencent has hosted the WE Summit for twelve consecutive years to showcase frontier technological insights and trailblazing scientists. Tencent has also provided long term support of fundamental scientific research through several initiatives.\n \n \t Standing at the Forefront of a New Technological Revolution\n \t This year's summit, themed \"Tech Tree • Tipping Point\", opened with a monologue from Guo Fan, director of The Wandering Earth film series, who took the audience on a journey, traveling through time to pivotal hist...