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Claude Fermon: Magnetic sensors which help us in our daily lives
… to medical imaging and IT systems, he has just been awarded his third prize by the French Academy of Sciences. … is divided between basic and applied research. This balance was created by Michel Viret and Myriam-Pannetier-Lecoeur … nanomagnetism, as were other laboratories at Saclay at the time, such as the Laboratoire de physique des solides (LPS, …
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Christine Le Scanff: Healing the mind by exercising the body
… university out of the 50 in France, and at the same time directed the ‘Sciences of sport, motor skills and human … Sociology of aerobics “When I started my studies, there was no research in sports science,” Christine Le Scanff … habits, etc.” As a young researcher, Christine Le Scanff was one of the first to take an interest in sophrology, …
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The Rhône valley: Home to Neanderthals for over 200,000 years
… shelters played in the Middle Palaeolithic era. France was occupied solely by Neanderthals during this period … carried out over the past twenty years and new dating was carried out to fill in the chronological gaps. As the … in archaeology and enjoy taking part in excavations. Sometimes I spend several weeks there. This is important to …
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Deforestation in Brazil, a doomed economic strategy?
… not attend the regional summit on the Amazon forest, which was planned a few days later in Colombia. The current media … certain per capita income threshold and then decreases over time. While these links between economic growth, natural … of global warming, biodiversity, but also of the last indigenous populations living there. However, Jaïr Bolsonaro does …
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Camille Coron: a passion for applied mathematics
… in various fields, including biology and ecology, which I was already interested in at the time." During this period, Camille Coron also developed an … team at the Mathematics Laboratory of Orsay (LMO), she was promoted to the post of Lecturer in this laboratory in …
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Hope Valley AI: a new, more effective and ethical form of non-ionising breast imaging for the prediction and early detection of breast cancer
… discovered at an advanced stage. This is due to mammogram waiting times, reluctance to undergo screening, medical deserts in … to this AI-assisted screening section. The first will be awareness-raising, in the form of games. "This part should … discovered at an advanced stage. This is due to mammogram waiting times, reluctance to undergo screening, medical …
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My thesis in 180 seconds: "this experience unlocked something in me"
… "this experience unlocked something in me" This article was originally published in L'Édition n°24. Every year, PhD … Université Paris-Saclay embark on this adventure. All the way to the Université finals, where the most talented of the … That's why I was there. It forced me to set aside time to step back from my subject and think about how to …
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Our inspiring stories No. 2: Alumni astrobiologists and explorers of (extra)terrestrial worlds
… and explorers of (extra)terrestrial worlds This article was originally published in L'Édition n°25 . In early … hundreds of millions if not billions, of kilometres away. Their presentation was part of the series of alumni … drop to -80°C, and in early May, the sun sets for the last time, not to reappear again for three months." An experience …
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Zoe Care: using artificial intelligence to watch over the elderly
… Zoe Care: using artificial intelligence to watch over the elderly Zoe Care: using artificial intelligence to watch over the elderly Zoe Care is the result of research … through CentraleSupélec's technology transfer unit. At the time, Piotr Antonik was working at the Optical Materials, …
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Anne Broise: from mathematical abstraction to educational value
… for a competitive exam. "I knew I liked mathematics, but I wasn't sure whether I wanted to be a teacher, researcher or engineer...," recalls … the University of Western Brittany (UBO), at Brest. At this time, she began to take an interest in probability and …
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Loïc Lepiniec: an architect of plant biology, from genomes to seeds
… Researcher portraits Research As a child, Loïc Lepiniec was drawn to forests and nature. He began his scientific … first genetic transformations of plants. "That internship was a turning point for me: I realised there that I wanted … offered students a structured course on biotechnology at a time when scientific and societal controversies surrounding …
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