Sustainable development, Research
… into contact in the southwest Paris region This article was originally published in L'Édition n°26 . Set up in 2021, … large quantities of nitrogen, which is essential for plant growth. Since 2021, work has been ongoing to study how … fertilizers, " confirms Sophie Pradié. At the same time, the EPA Paris-Saclay is working on systems for …
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Researcher portraits, Research
… Studies (DEA, the equivalent of a master’s degree nowadays) in oncogenesis at University Paris 7, before … led me towards immunology, a rapidly growing field at the time." Immersion in immunology and the discovery of a … solutions." In the longer term, Charles-Antoine Dutertre plans to found a biotech start-up to translate his …
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Innovation
… start-up EikoSim is developing digital simulation software to reduce the costs and testing times of structural parts. The company promises … company," explains the co-founder. EikoSim currently has no plans to raise further funds, as the market is too small. …
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Research
… Different states of condensed matter Research (This article was originally published in L'Edition No.14 ) Physicists of … properties of matter. “Oh! endless collage, shifting planes, the bleeding sun, the deep sea scattered with … not by the phonons.” By measuring the RPE signal – 2.3 times higher - the researchers concluded that the microwave …
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Research
… to observing the sky. Recent detections of gravitational waves resulting from the coalescence of compact objects … in observations using telescopes of a suitable size, comparable to those used by the ‘professionals’. In order to meet … the even greater demands of the next O4 observation run (planned between 2022 and 2023) which will be another quantum …
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Researcher portraits, Research
… Camel’s choice of career path began in a rather traditional way with a physics/chemistry preparatory course at Lycée … the ‘École normale supérieure’ and becoming a teacher.” She was accepted at the ENS in Lyon and went on to start at the … about and to which she now devotes almost a quarter of her time. …
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Researcher portraits, Research
… disciplines and cultures for over twenty years. There was no reason to think that Philippe Achilleas would devote … thesis on satellite television. “What interested me at the time was the cultural acceptance of foreign programmes in a … disciplines and cultures for over twenty years. There was no reason to think that Philippe Achilleas would devote …
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Researcher portraits, Research
… while hoping that no one would ever use them. This paradox was a first in the history of management and deserved to be … to stop there, as the subject is far from exhausted. “I’m planning to very soon start on an historical approach to … the health crisis resulting from Covid-19. “For the first time in the history of medicine, medical consultations are …
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Researcher portraits, Research
… (CREST) at INSEE, which he defended in 2007. His subject was ‘Downward social mobility, the challenge of social … subject of social demotion between the generations. “At the time, the challenge of social advancement had been studied a … Kosciusko-Morizet, the Secretary of State for Forward Planning, commissioned the report ‘Social Demotion’ from the …
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Researcher portraits, Research
… challenged the law in physics that objects smaller than a wavelength cannot be resolved; physicists who succeeded in … value actually increases by ten, a hundred or a thousand times and reveals two new physical properties. “When moving … more intense than that found at ten micrometres. In this way, the flux exchanged between two closely spaced surfaces …
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Researcher portraits, Research
… Claire Thomas-Junius is a former middle-distance runner. It was only natural that she became interested in sports … of Montpellier. She defended her PhD in 2004, which was about energy metabolism, i.e., the energy production … Olympics. “All the studies were about men, it was about time that someone takes an interest in women!” Three …
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Researcher portraits, Research
… Stéphane Bazot: understanding the ecology of the plant-soil system Stéphane Bazot: understanding the ecology … in ecosystems ranging from grasslands to vineyard stormwater basins, forests and even golf courses! Stéphane Bazot … his research. “In our field, soil has been seen for a long time as a sort of black box. We now know that it’s an …
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