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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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… thanks to its public education system. "It's a major advantage of the French system that I think it's essential to … into Latin between 1258 and 1266. Maaike van der Lugt was particularly interested in how this knowledge, ranging … 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 … lack of attention to their complaints and diagnostic wandering. This has left them helpless in the face of their …
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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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… reductive groups. He won the 2023 Jacques Herbrand Prize, awarded by the French Academy of Sciences for solving the … from his years at secondary school in Lithuania. "At the time, I was lucky enough to take part in the International … reductive groups. He won the 2023 Jacques Herbrand Prize, awarded by the French Academy of Sciences for solving the …
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… a niche in the market with materials that offer multiple advantages: lightweight, repeatable and fast. "Current … in the event of impact, including containers for nuclear waste storage, stratospheric balloons in aeronautics, drones … in fuel cells. Expanding into new markets At the same time, AM3L is exploring porous tooling. "Our idea is to …
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… to understand how labour is divided among social insects. Awarded an ERC Starting Grant in 2024, Julie Carcaud is … are divided into fertile or non-fertile castes and the maximum division of labour. "Eusocial species are those with … castes. "Among eusocial species, the honeybee has the advantage of being the species for which the chemistry of …
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… Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA). It was founded in 2023 by Benoît Larrat, then a researcher in … represent one of the greatest medical challenges of our time. They all face the same limitation: 98% of known … Larrat, then a post-doctoral fellow in the BAOBAB unit, was exploring the use of MRI-guided ultrasound for brain …
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… channels and their regulation by the cyclic nucleotide pathway. Researcher portraits Research Some journeys, through curiosity and daring, open up new horizons. This was the case with Rodolphe Fischmeister. The son of … Saclay plateau. "I didn't have any real career plans at the time. It wasn't until I became an engineering student that I …
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… the face of climate change, species react in one of three ways: through local adaptation, changes in phenology (the … change encourages the expansion of insects, often northwards towards Europe or to higher altitudes, while many … and the setting of conservation targets. At the same time, Céline Bellard is working with the MNHN and the French …
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