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Valérie Masson-Delmotte, a believer in socially responsible science

Published on: Wed 13/03/2019 - 08:00

Vincent Tatischeff: unlocking the secrets of cosmic rays

… project on this scale, the time frame for completion is considerable. “If our project is accepted (considering that the competition is tough), the satellite launch … to work simultaneously on more theoretical subjects, as I did at the start of the 2000s. I’m currently doing this on …

Published on: Thu 21/07/2022 - 15:04

Developing astronomy under Madagascar's starry skies

… observatory. Science and society What do the asteroid Besely, the star Rapeto and the planet Trimobe have … laboratory (GEOPS - Univ. Paris-Saclay/CNRS) and President of the French Astronomical Society (Société … are very few observatories and astronomy clubs. So the idea is to make astronomy accessible to as many people as …

Published on: Fri 18/07/2025 - 15:14

Jean-Jacques Greffet: Controlling light at the nanoscale

… types of particles are used in pregnancy tests and Covid home testing kits,” points out the researcher. “Silver … bind to these nanoparticles and to the virus being identified, it’s possible to accumulate nanoparticles in the … Sciences (ISMO – Univ. Paris-Saclay, CNRS) and the Solid State Physics Laboratory (LPS – Univ. Paris-Saclay, …

Published on: Mon 11/04/2022 - 15:05

Sébastien Descotes-Genon: exceeding the limits of the standard model of particle physics

… it is made of and how its elementary components, in a very wide range of energies, interact with each other to form … (Switzerland) which is home to the LHC (Large Hadron Collider), the largest particle accelerator in the world. By … Descotes-Genon states that “when two beams of protons collide at very high energies, new particles can be created, …

Published on: Fri 15/07/2022 - 13:47

Kęstutis Česnavičius, tackling mathematical conjectures

… conjectures. Researcher portraits Research It is often said that there are two kinds of mathematicians: those who … Bonn, Germany, delving deeper into the question of perfectoid spaces before being recruited by the CNRS and joining the … solved, but with one case still outstanding. So, I decided to look further into this case and finally succeeded in …

Published on: Fri 03/05/2024 - 17:22

Carsten Janke: Deciphering the "tubulin code"

… freedom At this stage, Carsten Janke had still not decided on the scientific subject that was to be the focus of … enabling him to discover research in new countries – and decided to head to France. At the end of the 1990s, … either the addition or removal of functional or peptide groups. As a microtubule is made up of a very large …

Published on: Thu 20/06/2024 - 11:27

Ana-Maria Castravet: delving into the heart of algebraic geometry

… time, I discovered an unsuspected conceptual depth." She decided to cross the Atlantic to join the Massachusetts … Lines, circles or parabolas studied at secondary school provide the simplest examples, but contemporary research, in … of geometric objects. Behind what may seem like a simple idea - for example, the space of all lines in our …

Published on: Fri 14/11/2025 - 17:54

Jean-Michel Bismut: The geometrisation of probability

… by John Coates , an Australian mathematician (now in Cambridge), who managed the laboratory from 1978 to 1984. … of the latter is on the relationship between ‘soft’ and ‘rigid’ objects, with the question being how a soft structure can carry a rigid structure, and, conversely, what does its rigidity reveal …

Published on: Thu 07/10/2021 - 13:54

Thibaut Fleury Graff - international law to aid refugees and migrants

… Thibaut Fleury Graff - international law to aid refugees and migrants Thibaut Fleury Graff - international law to aid refugees and migrants Researcher portraits Research … apply, but is also a collection of political and moral considerations which cannot be ignored if you want to understand …

Published on: Thu 25/11/2021 - 09:07

Tribute to Matthieu Roy-Barman: using isotope tracers to understand the ocean

… studying particle flows in the oceans, Matthieu Roy-Barman did not like describing himself as an oceanographer. “I … his history as a researcher.    Isotope analysis: from solid earth to fluid envelopes Matthieu Roy-Barman trained as an engineer at … studying particle flows in the oceans, Matthieu Roy-Barman did not like describing himself as an oceanographer. “I …

Published on: Wed 23/03/2022 - 14:06

Jean-Pierre Bibring: a pioneer in space exploration

… led several experiments on missions exploring Mars, asteroids and comets. Renowned for his efforts to popularise … environment, both to foster structural links with multidisciplinary scientific research and to nurture university … of the imaged surface, at the scale of each individual pixel.  "We made the first orbital observations of …

Published on: Wed 07/05/2025 - 15:57