Vietnamese stars in the sky of world science

With the wisdom and love of the homeland, many Vietnamese people have become stars in the scientific sky when they are honored by the world in 2012.

Professor Trinh Xuan Thuan: Tell science in literature

Professor Trinh Xuan Thuan. (Photo: HT).

Professor Trinh Xuan Thuan was born in 1948, in Hanoi. He is a world-renowned expert on astronomy outside the galaxy. He discovered the youngest known galaxy in the universe today.

In 2012, he succeeded in winning the Louis Pauwels award for Le Cosmos et Le Lotus (Quantum and Lotus, The Quantum and The Lotus).

In June 2012, he became the first Vietnamese to receive the Cino del Duca literary award of the French Institute for his work on expressing the complex and sophisticated look of a scientist and a person of faith in dance. pillars and positions of people in the universe.

Dr. Tara Van Toai: Bringing Vietnamese soybeans to America

Tara Van Toai is guiding an intern. (Photo: US Department of Agriculture).

The US Department of Agriculture information page published by Don Comis about the success of Vietnamese-American scientist Tara Van Toai in the study of finding flood-resistant and disease-resistant soybean genes for the US in August 2012.

Soybean cultivars intercropped in rice fields in Southeast Asia can provide the world with a source of soy gene that is subject to flooding, root rot and other plant diseases in wetlands.

According to Dr. Tara Van Toai, soybeans in the US cannot live on flooded land. However, test results on 21 soybean varieties grown in Can Tho showed that 3 varieties are VND3, Nam Vang and ATF15-1 are resistant to flooding and disease resistance in flooded environments. In this study, Ms. Van Toai collaborated with Chinese, Brazilian and Hungarian scientists. In Vietnam, she worked with scientist Tran Thi Cuc Hoa and her colleague Nguyen Thi Ngoc Hue of the Rice Research Institute of the Mekong Delta.

She confided: "I was born and grew up in the Mekong Delta, surrounded by rice paddies, my uncles and uncles were farmers. From a young age, I liked learning about farming. I knew and listened. In many parts of the world, even in Vietnam, many people do not eat enough, I think in the future, the agricultural research industry can help people, first of all, farmers, harvest more fields. , create more food to feed the growing world population ".

Professor Nguyen Van Tuan: Bringing Vietnamese science close to the world

Professor Nguyen Van Tuan. (Photo: vnuhcm.edu).

Professor Nguyen Van Tuan is currently the leader of the research team on osteoporosis and genetics of Garvan Medical Research Institute. He is a senior professor at the University of New South Wales, Australia. In addition, he is a senior researcher with the Australian National Health and Medical Research Commission (the NHMRC Senior Reseach Fellow - an appointment appointed by the Australian government for the best scientists in the industry. y of this country)

As an experienced scientist, Professor Nguyen Van Tuan has more than 200 research projects published in world medical journals. He is also an editorial editor, reviewer for more than 20 medical research journals around the world.

Professor Nguyen Van Tuan contributed much effort to the development of domestic scientific research. On his latest trip back home, he presented his notes on the process of publishing scientific manuscripts, explaining why some manuscripts were rejected at the Hanoi School of Public Health, Hanoi on October 10. /first. He also teaches in a training course on how to write a scientific research proposal in a 3-day course (from 7 to 9 January) at Dinh Tien Hoang Medical Research Institute, Hanoi.

In recent years, each year Professor Tuan often spends his time in the country teaching at the Ho Chi Minh City National University, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, at hospitals. Some of Tuan's research works are published in Vietnam in the field of evidence medicine, osteoporosis, education . Two recent publications in Vietnam are "Quality of higher education: seen from Integration perspective 'and' Going into scientific research '(HCMC General Publishing House in 2011).

Professor Luu Le Hang: Planet with Vietnamese women names

Professor Luu Le Hang. (Photo: Laborer) .

In September 2012, in Oslo, the Norwegian King Harald presented the Kavli astrophysical prize to two scientists David C. Jewitt and Luu Le Hang (Jane X. Luu in English) for the discovery of celestial objects. belong to the Kuiper Belt (also known as the outer body of the Neptune). This award is considered as the astronomical Nobel with a $ 1 million bonus.

After years of observing with the telescope of Harvard University in Mauna Kea (Hawaii), Professor Luu and his teacher Professor Jewitt found the first celestial bodies in the Kuiper Belt and discovered more. many other celestial bodies belong to this belt. Professor Liu said: " We found millions of meteorites out there, on the edge of the solar system in the Luiper Belt just like Pluto . This discovery completely changed their perceptions. What is the definition of a planet? "

The work of identifying the objects outside Hai Vuong Tinh of these two scientists also received the Shaw Astronomy Award in Hong Kong. The American Astronomical Society took her name to call an asteroid 5430 Luu. Professor was born in 1963, currently working at the Lincoln Laboratory, at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Her husband is an astronomer Ronnie Hoogerverf. Two people have a 6-year-old Vietnamese adopted daughter.

Professor Nguyen Hung: " Australian of 2012 " candidate

Professor Nguyen Hung . (Photo: ust.educ.au).

Head of the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology of the University of Technology in Sydney, inventor Nguyen Hung was nominated by the state of New South Wales to be a candidate of this state for the Australian of 2012 (Australian of the Year 2012).

Earlier, according to the Australian Anthill website, Aviator's intelligent wheelchair detection experiment was chosen to rank third in the list of 100 smart products. This wheelchair can operate itself with the robot brain itself to overcome crowds or objects visible by cameras in the car. He has spent nearly 20 years researching this vehicle to help children paralyzed by accident.

In addition to the car, Professor Nguyen Hung and his colleagues also researched and made some other medical devices such as early detection machine for breast cancer, blood sugar lowering machine, driver's health check . He confided. : "What I am trying to do is to help others. Being nominated for an Australian award of the year surprised and happy me.