… Alain Abergel: investigating the interstellar medium Alain Abergel: investigating the interstellar medium … However, he quickly realised that the courses he was most passionate about were those in fundamental physics … VEGA-1 and VEGA-2 spacecraft during the Halley flyby, I was one of the first to observe a cometary nucleus, its …
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… nutrient-rich microalga. It is supported and accompanied by members of the Université Paris-Saclay Innovation Alliance, … Innovation In response to the ecological transition, new ways of eating have been emerging in recent years: edible … is in high demand, but supply remains limited, with nearly 90% of production concentrated in Asia. This led to …
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… rays: between mysteries and applications This article was originally published in L'Édition n.22 Cosmic rays, … helium nuclei (around 9%). The hypothesis of cosmic rays was first put forward by German physicist Albert Gockel in 1909, and confirmed by Victor Hess three years later. While aboard a hot-air …
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… for the discovery of giant magnetoresistance (GMR). He is a member of the Académie des sciences (The French Academy of … As a student at the École Normale Supérieure (ENS), he was more attracted, he freely admits, by the capital's jazz … of Ian Campbell. “Previously, I thought that science was a set of laws firmly established by eminent researchers …
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… and cross-disciplinary subject. Nathalie Frascaria-Lacoste was interested in life sciences from an early age. She … of organisms and populations at Université Paris-Sud (merged with Université Paris-Saclay in January 2020) and, … forêts” (ENGREF - The National School of Rural Engineering, Water and Forestry) in Nancy as a research professor in …
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… Élodie Béthoux: Employment in all its forms Élodie Béthoux: Employment in all its … Sociology, she spent six months at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg. There, she studied the reform of … Labour Office, and her Master’s thesis focused on this. “It was towards the end of the 1990s,” she remembers. “Just a …
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… is interested in the structure and properties of plant polymers. It is in this context that she is developing an … industry sector at ENSIA, Stéphanie Baumberger decided, towards the end of the 1990s, to focus on a PhD investigating … to the ‘Les étoiles de l’Europe’ (Stars of Europe) award In 2013, Stéphanie Baumberger also decided to take on …
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… Étienne Fouvry: Hunting for prime numbers Étienne Fouvry: Hunting for prime numbers … hundreds of years. The French Academy of Sciences recently awarded him the ‘Sophie Germain - Fondation de l’Institut de … With his passion for classical mathematics, he leaned towards analytical number theory, which was a relatively …
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… portraits Research Isabelle Grenier is an astrophysicist, a member of the Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Modelling … began back in 1969, when the Apollo 11 mission to the Moon was launched. She was eleven years old at the time. "I was lucky enough that …
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… Anne-Claude Ambroise-Rendu: a committed historian of media, pedo-criminality and ecology Anne-Claude … abuse) and ecology evolve in public opinion due to the way in which they have been relayed and interpreted by the … "Despite the pleasure of teaching, I longed for more and was eager to immerse myself once again in the intense …
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… and explorers of (extra)terrestrial worlds This article was originally published in L'Édition n°25 . In early … with their fascinating experiences of exploring extreme environments, on Earth, Mars and beyond, in the search … hundreds of millions if not billions, of kilometres away. Their presentation was part of the series of alumni …
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… biology and tumour dissemination, she focuses on the mechanisms of cancer cell migration to develop new … Research Nothing initially suggested that Fanny Jaulin was destined to head a cutting-edge oncology research … by a desire to explain, interpret and share knowledge. It was during an early internship at the Pasteur Institute that …
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