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… did not yet know what path to take in her studies. "It was on the advice of my father, a chemist by training, that … which he said led to everything," she recalls. This was the beginning of a journey to all four corners of … 2016 to 2022. The study of superheavy nuclei At the same time as her research on superdeformed nuclei, in which her …
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… dispersion-strengthened steel, using ions, for the first time. Aurélie Gentils is in charge of one of the two teams … fusion (ITER), small modular reactors (SMR), or nuclear waste conditioning matrices. "We subject these materials to … programmes, including the Nuclear: Energy, Environment, Waste, Society (NEEDS) programme of the CNRS's National …
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… Institute (IGPS - Univ. Paris-Saclay, CNRS) , where he was its director from 2010 to 2019. He specialises in … him. The early stages of galenic research "During my time in San Francisco, I conducted experiments that helped … to be administered using these nanoparticles in the same way that messenger RNA vaccines are administered today." …
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… to study physical sciences with the intention of working on waste recycling. However, he soon shifted his focus to … in 1979. His diploma of advanced studies (DEA) internship was dedicated to the plastic deformation of olivine, a … a collaboration lasting nearly thirteen years, during which time I became interested in the development of optical …
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… his start-up as part of the International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste on 29 September, launched by the United Nations (UN) … on our plates in its natural state, although it is sometimes used in the form of extracts or concentrates. "This … his start-up as part of the International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste on 29 September, launched by …
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… published this portrait of Gilles Dowek, who passed away on Monday, 21 July 2025. This portrait will continue to pay tribute to the scientist he was. Gilles Dowek was a director of research at Inria, a … his keen interest in computer science. During this time, he created a Mastermind game programme, an early …
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… of the Earth's formation from an early age. As a child, she was fascinated by a lecture given by Maurice and Katia … "My first contact with the theory of plate tectonics, which was still very new at the time,"she recalls. Three years later, this theory was …
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… of bacteria on petri dishes, the DNTech start-up wants to democratise new, less polluting and more effective … a project called BacterioDec in 2020. Their objective was to design a rapid, sensitive and affordable detection … and culturing it for 18 hours. It is during this period of time, which is known as the pre-enrichment stage, that …
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… Research Aurélien Marabelle's interest in medicine was sparked by a chance internship with Dr Éric Bérard in a … "Having grown up in quite a privileged environment, here I was confronted with a very intense world, particularly … called CAR-T Cells in Houston, USA. "It was in 2005, at a time when there was very little research into cancer …
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… articles on aerospace, which he learnt by heart. Later, he was inspired by a 2nd year Master's internship at the … about automatic learning and artificial intelligence. So, I was working on what we now call machine learning," recalls … Chevallier, who defended his thesis in 1998. "At the time, atmospheric modellers observed my work cautiously. …
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… directly measurable, but are distorted by noise. The aim was to develop robust statistical methods for analysing … at Université Paris-Descartes in 2007. During this time, she expanded her research into survival analysis, an … with deconvolution and models with errors. This approach was instrumental, for example, when working with data from …
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… international regulation of artificial intelligence. She was recently named Chevalière de l'Ordre des Arts et des … intellectual property and AI In 2007, Alexandra Bensamoun was recruited as a lecturer at Université Paris-Sud and … funded by PhD projects and contracts." At the same time, she was involved in developing the DATAIA Institute , …
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