日韩精品久久一区二区三区_亚洲色图p_亚洲综合在线最大成人_国产中出在线观看_日韩免费_亚洲综合在线一区

English 中文網 漫畫網 愛新聞iNews 翻譯論壇
中國網站品牌欄目(頻道)
當前位置: Language Tips> 閱讀天地> 新聞選讀

華人科學家高錕獲諾貝爾物理學獎
Shanghai-born Kao 1 of 3 Nobel laureates in physics

[ 2009-10-07 10:48]     字號 [] [] []  
免費訂閱30天China Daily雙語新聞手機報:移動用戶編輯短信CD至106580009009

瑞典皇家科學院6日宣布,將2009年諾貝爾物理學獎授予華人科學家高錕(美英雙重國籍)以及科學家韋拉德·博伊爾(美加雙重國籍)和美國科學家喬治·史密斯,以獎勵他們在光纖和半導體領域中的開創性研究。高錕1933年出生于中國上海,并于1987年至1996年間任香港中文大學校長。高錕被譽為“光纖之父”。

華人科學家高錕獲諾貝爾物理學獎

華人科學家高錕獲諾貝爾物理學獎

File photo of Charles Kao, former head of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, speaking in Hong Kong[Agencies]

Shanghai native Charles Kao and two North American scientists were jointly awarded the 2009 Nobel Prize for physics yesterday.

Kao, 75, a pioneer in fiber optic communications, along with two scientists who figured out how to turn light into electronic signals - work that paved the way for the Internet age - won the $1.4 million prize.

Kao, who is a US and British citizen, won half the prize for his research that led to a breakthrough in fiber optics in determining how to transmit light over long distances via optical glass fibers as thin as a human hair.

Kao, who is retired, has been based in Hong Kong after teaching at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Professor Kenneth Young, pro vice-chancellor of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, quoted Kao's response to receiving the Nobel Prize: "I am absolutely speechless and never expected such an honor. The Nobel has never been given out for applied sciences before. This is very, very unexpected."

Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang said he was pleased to learn that Kao was awarded the Nobel Prize in physics.

"The people of Hong Kong and I extend our heartfelt congratulations to Professor Kao on receiving the honor," Tsang said.

"An outstanding scientist, Professor Kao is also a true gentleman and a committed educator. We are immensely proud to have such an eminent figure in Hong Kong," Tsang said.

Kao was vice-chancellor of the Chinese University of Hong Kong from 1987 until 1996.

Willard Boyle, a Canadian American, and George Smith of the United States shared the other half of the prize.

Boyle and Smith were cited for inventing the first successful imaging technology using a digital sensor. Boyle, 85, and Smith, 79, also are retired.

"This year's Nobel Prize in physics is awarded for two scientific achievements that have helped to shape the foundations of today's networked societies," the Nobel Committee for Physics at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said in a statement.

"They have created many practical innovations for everyday life and provided new tools for scientific exploration," the statement read.

Kao's discovery in 1966 formed the basis for the production of the first "ultra-pure" fiber only four years later, setting the stage for the communication society of today.

"What the wheel did for transport, the optical fiber did for telecommunications," said Richard Epworth, who worked with Kao at Standard Telecommunications Laboratories in Harlow, England, in the 1960s.

Low-gloss glass fibers facilitate global broadband communication such as the Internet, the international prize committee said.

"Text, music, images and video can be transferred around the globe in a split second," the committee said.

A large portion of Internet traffic is made up of digital images, facilitated by a breakthrough by Boyle and Smith in 1969, when they invented the first successful imaging technology using a digital sensor, or charge-coupled device (CCD).

The CCD converts light into electrical signals.

CCD technology is also used in many medical applications, such as imaging the inside of the human body.

Boyle said he was surprised at being named a winner yesterday as he spoke to reporters in Stockholm.

"Is this real?" asked the scientist. Being awarded the Nobel Prize is "really quite exciting", he added.

Boyle, in a telephone call to the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, said he often witnessed practical applications of his work.

Most digital cameras today use the more efficient CMOS sensor, although the CCD sensor is still used for advanced photography.

One of the advanced uses of the CCD was in the Mars probe. "When the Mars probe was on the surface of Mars ... it used a camera like ours," Boyle said. "It would not have been possible without our invention."

An avid sailor, Smith recently completed a long-term cruise around the globe, taking 17 years to achieve what one of his light signals could perform in a second.

"I feel very elated," he said by telephone yesterday from his home in Barnegat, New Jersey. Asked what he would do with the prize money, Smith said: "I'm 79 years old right now. And I don't think my life is going to change much. I don't even need a bigger boat."

相關閱讀

本土華人為何難獲諾貝爾獎

2008“搞笑諾貝爾獎”新鮮出爐

(Agencies)

華人科學家高錕獲諾貝爾物理學獎

Vocabulary:

fiber optics: 光纖學

elated:exultantly proud and joyful(興高采烈的)

(英語點津姍姍編輯)

 
中國日報網英語點津版權說明:凡注明來源為“中國日報網英語點津:XXX(署名)”的原創作品,除與中國日報網簽署英語點津內容授權協議的網站外,其他任何網站或單位未經允許不得非法盜鏈、轉載和使用,違者必究。如需使用,請與010-84883631聯系;凡本網注明“來源:XXX(非英語點津)”的作品,均轉載自其它媒體,目的在于傳播更多信息,其他媒體如需轉載,請與稿件來源方聯系,如產生任何問題與本網無關;本網所發布的歌曲、電影片段,版權歸原作者所有,僅供學習與研究,如果侵權,請提供版權證明,以便盡快刪除。
 

關注和訂閱

人氣排行

翻譯服務

中國日報網翻譯工作室

我們提供:媒體、文化、財經法律等專業領域的中英互譯服務
電話:010-84883468
郵件:[email protected]
 
 
主站蜘蛛池模板: 国产成人精品一区二区三区四区 | 国产人妻人伦精品潘金莲 | 五月婷婷深深爱 | 亚洲欧美爱爱 | 免费视频一区二区 | 国产999精品久久久影片官网 | www91| 欧美片第一页 | 欧美黄色一级 | 五月亭亭激情五月 | 狠狠干综合 | 激情久久av一区av二区av三区 | 欧美一级片手机在线观看 | 亚洲天堂网站 | 中文字幕日韩欧美 | 99热这里只有免费国产精品 | 日本无码免费久久久精品 | 91tv在线观看 | 大陆黄色a级片 | 欧美日韩无线码免费播放 | 欧美亚洲理伦电影毛片在线播放 | 黄色av片在线观看 | 午夜视频久久 | 国产传媒网址 | 国产精品综合视频 | 欧美日韩中文在线 | 午夜影院在线免费观看 | 夜夜爽爽 | 欧美一区二区三区国产精品 | 成人免费视频网站在线观看 | 久久精品这里是免费国产 | 欧美精品一区二区三区在线播放 | 午夜精品久久久久久久99蜜桃i | 黄网页在线观看 | 天天色天天干天天 | 国产三级在线精品男人的天堂 | 国产黄色大片 | 艹艹艹逼| 欧美日韩国产网站 | 无遮挡又黄又爽又色的动态图1000 | 成人午夜亚洲影视在线观看 |