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Igor Ferrier-Barbut: Exploring light on the atomic scale

… encouraging work has recently earned him a research grant from the European Research Council (ERC) and the 2022 Jacques Herbrand Prize from the Academy of Science. The son and grandson of … behaviour of a system containing a large number of atoms becomes very difficult when they are interacting with each …

Published on: Thu 30/03/2023 - 16:52

PEBBLES: Observing stardust

… the size of tiny grains of dust located light-years away from Earth, in areas where new stars are emerging. The term … Contrary to popular belief, the space between stars is not completely empty: it contains gas and around 1% silicate, … Paris-Saclay, CNRS, CEA, Université Paris Cité) . From 2015 to 2022, with the MagneticYSOs project, winner of …

Published on: Fri 13/10/2023 - 09:10

Delphine Neff: preserving our heritage and securing our nuclear future through the study of metal corrosion

… and heritage. After graduating in Materials Engineering from Polytech Orléans in 1999, Delphine Neff developed a … in a historical context. In 2000, she pursued this path by completing a DEA (“Diplôme d'études approfondies”, now … Neff studied some 50 archaeological objects, such as nails, from six different archaeological sites. She cut these …

Published on: Thu 19/10/2023 - 15:22

Muriel Boulakia: mathematics applied to the biomedical field

… UVSQ, National Centre for Scientific Research CNRS) . From analysing fluid-structure interaction problems to … ENS Rennes) in Brittany, after successfully passing the competitive exam in her third year. In 2000, she passed her … team. In 2015, Muriel Boulakia successfully presented her Accreditation to Supervise Research at the LJLL. Then, in …

Published on: Mon 05/02/2024 - 07:35

Élisabeth Borne, French Minister of State, and Roxana Mînzatu, European Commissioner, visit Université Paris-Saclay

… French Minister of State, and Roxana Mînzatu, European Commissioner, visit Université Paris-Saclay Élisabeth Borne, … where they were able to talk with researchers and students from the university about international attractiveness, … international students, echoed by first-hand experiences from three of the university’s students who expressed the …

Published on: Tue 29/04/2025 - 07:33

Jean-Michel Bismut: The geometrisation of probability

… in Mathematical Sciences. Jean-Michel Bismut graduated from the ‘École polytechnique’ in 1970 and the ‘École … In the same year, he also obtained his PhD in Mathematics from Université Pierre et Marie Curie (which is Sorbonne … him even more determined to fulfil his true vocation and become a researcher. He became a lecturer at the École …

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

TheraPanacea: using artificial intelligence to improve the quality and access to cancer treatment and beyond

… develop a software suite for analysing medical data (mainly from imaging) in order to standardise, facilitate and … patients the chance to receive the best treatment possible from amongst those available today, whether they go to a … statistical learning (or artificial intelligence) and computer vision - which involves interpreting data from …

Published on: Thu 16/06/2022 - 16:06

The origins of life: investigating exoplanets

… between solar radiation and the early atmosphere generated complex organic molecules which then reacted chemically and … is an imperfect model for the Earth as it is also too far from the Sun for water to be liquid. “Advances in … in December 2021 at a distance of 1.5 million kilometres from Earth. More powerful than any previous space telescope, …

Published on: Tue 20/09/2022 - 16:49

Isabelle Grenier: studying the interaction between cosmic rays and interstellar gas

… medium, and won the 2022 CNES-Astrophysics prize from the French Academy of Sciences. She has been working … literally propelled me into the stars, and I have never come back down," recalls Isabelle Grenier. Driven throughout … messengers of pulsars and other energetic objects.   From COS-B to Fermi: astronomical observation in gamma rays …

Published on: Fri 24/03/2023 - 10:12

Agrosciences, Environment, Territory, Landscape, Forest

… Safia Mediene - safia.mediene@agroparistech.fr Learning outcome targets The aim of the degree in Agro-sciences, the … of resource management, in particular ecological issues (from maintaining biodiversity to controlling invasive species), food (from food deprivation to ecological methods of agricultural …

Published on: Fri 17/01/2020 - 11:47

Nuclear fusion: steps towards energy production

… needs without efforts and profound changes. Moving away from fossil fuels to low-carbon energies is not easy, given … currently operating nuclear power plants to produce energy from atomic nuclei. Like what happens at the heart of stars, … atomic nuclei, they must be close together. This means overcoming their mutual electrical repulsion. In a star, the …

Published on: Fri 20/01/2023 - 11:33

The shift towards a circular economy

… their ecological transition.  With countries like France committing to carbon neutrality by 2050, people are … reconciles ecology with economic development.   Production from waste Currently, the economy is largely based on a … light vehicles,” says Bernard Yannou in astonishment. By buying back their used vehicles, companies could become key …

Published on: Wed 28/07/2021 - 08:00