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When the mix changes
… up the flexibility of nuclear power, the fluctuation of renewable energies and the rise of hydrogen and nuclear … the heart of the reactor. This nuclear fission breaks apart heavy atomic nuclei, such as uranium 235 or plutonium 239, … load monitoring can also increase the ageing of certain materials, particularly the control rods, which move more …
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Demonstration of a continuous laser beam with germanium-tin alloy
… (C2N - Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS) have developed a new materials engineering method for manufacturing a … dissipates the heat that is generated by the device warming up when it is used. Using this system, the GeSn … those reported in the literature. These results pave the way for the manufacture of laser sources based on group IV …
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Weakening vinyl polymers for better degradation
… groups which create fragility. From nanomedicine to water treatment, the applications of such a material are numerous. Vinyl polymers, which are members of … fragility will then be cleaved, either hydrolytically (by water) or enzymatically (e.g. by esterases), to obtain the …
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Climate and environmental upheaval: responses of non-Western communities to signs of human extinction
… Vanderlinden, the western researcher has a predominant material vision, while non-western communities mostly have a hybrid material and non-material vision. They even claim it and set … interviews, because the 'small ends of humanity' are always different depending on the context. Therefore, research …
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Different states of condensed matter
… Different states of condensed matter Research (This article was originally published in L'Edition No.14 ) Physicists of … in a state where atoms are spatially correlated. Some materials – both natural or artificial – and behaviours … perfect kagome lattice of spins, frustrated geometry, microwave photon cooling, diamond-encased magnetometers. Magnetic …
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GRANDMA - the ‘Swiss army knife’ of multi-messenger astronomy
… to observing the sky. Recent detections of gravitational waves resulting from the coalescence of compact objects … observatories are scanning the heavens when gravitational waves, gamma-ray bursts or neutrinos take place. Once an … light curve highlighted in particular the production of heavy elements such as gold, platinum and neodymium through …
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