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Odile Stephan: Exploring the nanoworld
… electron microscopy while studying carbon nanotubes. “I was experimenting with electron microscopy measurements on … had won the first call for projects for Investissements d’avenir (Future investments ) eleven years ago. “There have … a decade - so a lot of freedom. For me, it was the right time scale for basic research in electron microscopy.” The …
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D.Terre: From the plate to soil decontamination thanks to enzymes
… the plate to soil decontamination thanks to enzymes Sometimes chance works in your favour. Although he had planned … sometimes have unexpected beginnings. In 2019, Simon Morin was an ambitious student, determined to study medicine. Unfortunately, he was rejected. However, this stroke of bad luck proved to be …
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Sarah Antier: a multi-messenger approach of astrophysics
… approach of astrophysics A new branch of astrophysics was born with the first detection of gravitational waves in … in multi-messenger astrophysics and the principal investigator of a global network of telescopes designed to … waves Gravitational waves were detected for the first time in 2015. Until then, they had been merely a prediction …
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M2 Studying the Climates of the Earth
… such as ice or marine sediments offer formidable investigative possibilities for r econstructing past climates … explains the flow of the Earth's fluid envelopes (air, water), energy exchanges, radiation-matter interactions, and … with an understanding of the mechanisms at work over time (CLIMEO sub-course) or more specifically on current …
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If sexual harassment were told to us
… If sexual harassment were told to us Research (This article was originally published in L'Edition No.18 ) The … subjected to acts of sexual harassment which they have sometimes denounced or fought legally or symbolically. The goal … other reasons, and it was only in the course of the investigation that it became apparent that sexual harassment …
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Living with insects: perspectives
… Living with insects: perspectives (This article was originally published in L'Édition N.23) Intriguing and … the distribution of species and their evolution over time. Bruno Le Ru, a researcher at the Evolution, Genomes, … dating analyses and historical biogeography. The aim was to try and understand the evolutionary history and …
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Sport and gender: What is the situation in the run-up to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games?
… in the run-up to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games? This article was originally published in L'Édition n°24. 10,500 is the … Games of the modern era, held in Athens in 1896 at the instigation of Pierre de Coubertin. It was not until the … led to a very active rejection of sportswomen at the time, including by Pierre de Coubertin, who felt that "an …
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Biomimicry: When the natural world inspires scientists with new ways of thinking about energy
… When the natural world inspires scientists with new ways of thinking about energy Biomimicry: When the natural … the chemistry normally present on the surface of blood capillaries. The blood then begins to clot .” In addition, the … and the membrane to reach the blood, which is at the same time freed of the CO₂ it contains. Each three-layer …
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Hugo Duminil-Copin, a mathematician at the interface
… impressive number of collaborations, publications and awards. "There are so many ways of doing mathematics!" Dr. Duminil-Copin says … mathematician is also interested in "universality", this time in two dimensions. A model always relies on rules and …
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Marie-Hélène Schune: where did the antimatter go?
… 20th century, the standard model of particle physics, which was completed by the discovery of the Higgs boson in 2012, … For her research, Marie-Hélène Schune travels two to three times a year to Geneva to the LHCb , CERN's large hadron … model, the so-called physics of flavours." When she was younger, the researcher dreamed of being an …
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Science for All: putting secondary school students at the heart of research
… with the local association Sciences Essonne, for the third time, Université Paris-Saclay organised the ‘Science for All’ operation, which was started by the French Alternative Energies and Atomic … organised by the Centre for Science Initiation and Awareness ( Maison d'initiation et de sensibilisation aux …
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