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… while hoping that no one would ever use them. This paradox was a first in the history of management and deserved to be … the health crisis resulting from Covid-19. “For the first time in the history of medicine, medical consultations are … Promoting the ‘soft sciences’ Sandra Charreire Petit has always felt it is important to promote dialogue between …
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… (CREST) at INSEE, which he defended in 2007. His subject was ‘Downward social mobility, the challenge of social demotion’ and … subject of social demotion between the generations. “At the time, the challenge of social advancement had been studied a … (CREST) at INSEE, which he defended in 2007. His subject was ‘Downward social mobility, the challenge of social …
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… challenged the law in physics that objects smaller than a wavelength cannot be resolved; physicists who succeeded in … Jean-Jacques Greffet. “Nanoscience has the unique advantage of being able to bring out new physical properties … value actually increases by ten, a hundred or a thousand times and reveals two new physical properties. “When moving …
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… Claire Thomas-Junius is a former middle-distance runner. It was only natural that she became interested in sports … of Montpellier. She defended her PhD in 2004, which was about energy metabolism, i.e., the energy production … Olympics. “All the studies were about men, it was about time that someone takes an interest in women!” Three …
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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 … carried out,” explains the professor. What are the advantages of these techniques and this way of representing … can test their ideas much more quickly and save valuable time with their innovative work,” explains David Néron. The …
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… are still poorly understood. The Intertox project was created in order to better understand these phenomena. … of the project dates back to a call for proposals put forward jointly by the DATAIA Institute and the Centre of Human … 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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… inactive (OFF) to the active (ON) state , and shortly afterwards the first structure of a GTPase-activating protein. … cell biology, brefeldin A, the only GTPase inhibitor that was known at the time. In 2003, the biologist and her team discovered that … inactive (OFF) to the active (ON) state , and shortly afterwards the first structure of a GTPase-activating protein. …
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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 … beta particles, which are easier to detect. Another advantage of this gas is its lack of induced contamination, …
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