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… in ecosystems ranging from grasslands to vineyard stormwater basins, forests and even golf courses! Stéphane Bazot … – without much success – tulips,” says the lecturer. It was therefore not surprising that once he had completed his … his research. “In our field, soil has been seen for a long time as a sort of black box. We now know that it’s an …
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… the competitive exams in science, David Néron thought he was destined to become a teacher. However... “My initial thought was that I should go to an engineering school and then go on … can test their ideas much more quickly and save valuable time with their innovative work,” explains David Néron. The …
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… characteristics. The goal is to better anticipate the undesirable effects of treatments, which often continue after … are still poorly understood. The Intertox project was created in order to better understand these phenomena. … it be communicated? Should the risk be quantified at the time it is communicated? Should strategies for managing …
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… political, social and cultural developments. Frank Georgi was admitted to the École normale supérieure de Fontenay-Saint-Cloud in 1981. At the same time, he took history courses at Université Paris 1 … the 1960s, and its transition from a Christian to a secular way of thinking in a context of cultural, economic and …
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… of this evolution. These special algorithms mimic the way the brain works to solve complex problems. "The human … CNRS, CEA, Univ. Paris Cité) . “We have transposed the way the brain computes into electronic components, so that … they have to learn everything all at once. Every time they learn something new, they almost instantly forget …
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… work at the Institute of Physical Chemistry (ICP). "I was already studying biological phenomena at the molecular … at the University of California, Riverside (USA), she was hired in 2003 as a lecturer at Université Paris-Sud (now … working conditions directly, and within a reasonable time frame." This involvement reflects her taste for …
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… specific phenomena and eventually lead to public health or waste management issues. Although relatively weak, the … radiation is in fact sufficient to penetrate one to two centimetres into living tissue. Radon ( 222 Rn), produced by … of stars, is found on Earth as a byproduct of radioactive waste processing and accounts for 99% of man-made …
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… into Latin between 1258 and 1266. Maaike van der Lugt was particularly interested in how this knowledge, ranging … initially intended for an intellectual and academic elite, was transformed and disseminated in more accessible forms, … historiques. (Heredity between the Middle Ages and modern times. Historical perspectives.) "I studied the concept of …
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… de Versailles - Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines. In 2008, she was accepted into a professional Master's programme and … "I didn't touch a single lab bench for three years!" She was aiming to model the olfactory process, from the capture … a sequence revealing the protein's dynamic life on a time scale down to the microsecond (µs or 10 -9 s). "This …
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… on endometriosis, fighting relentlessly to fund and raise awareness of it, thus helping to make this disease central to … reactions and the formation of lesions that can sometimes lead to disabling pain. It affects 200 million women … says Marina Kvaskoff, who admits to dedicating "considerable energy" to the project. From melanoma to endometriosis …
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… Doctor in Gastroenterology at Saint-Antoine Hospital, who was writing a thesis on the analysis of the microbiota … its protective effect in murine models of colitis. "This was the beginning of a long story that changed our lives and … in 2008 in the American journal PNAS, now cited 4,000 times, paved the way for countless studies on Fprau and the …
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… soil bacteria to degrade pollutants of human origin." It was also during this time that she met her future husband, a Frenchman, and made … working on viruses that infect archaea. "Having always worked on bacteria up until then, I began to take an … soil bacteria to degrade pollutants of human origin." It was also during this time that she met her future husband, a …
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