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Data science or results science: are we shifting away from statistics?

… Research When looking for the answer to a problem, is understanding the process that leads to the answer necessary? … makes it its goal. This stumbling block is the centre of debate regarding the relationship between these two … Learning, models from before 2015 are already out of date,” says Nicolas Vandeput. Furthermore, statistics are …

Published on: Wed 12/01/2022 - 16:55

V|LF-Spiro3D: respiration in images

… limitations to this test, which has prompted researchers to develop alternative diagnostic methods. The Very|Low Field 3D MR Spirometry (V|LF-Spiro3D) project, under the direction of Xavier Maître, a researcher in the … pathophysiology and associated clinical practices. To date, the results expected with this project have no …

Published on: Thu 16/02/2023 - 17:33

Philippe Langella: a brilliant career marked by major discoveries on probiotics and intestinal microbiota

… for Agriculture, Food, and Environment (INRAE) and Leader of the Commensals and Probiotics-Host Interactions … Exeliom Biosciences in 2019, with Benjamin Hadi as CEO. To date, the start-up has raised €27 million. Exeliom's ambition is to transform Fprau into a drug candidate to treat IBD and recurrent Clostridioides difficile …

Published on: Fri 12/04/2024 - 10:42

Gilles Uhlrich: At the forefront of education

… Teachers, the Teaching, Education and Training Professions degree (MEEF), Training Practices and Engineering . He is … a passion for educational issues, is committed to his students and Université Paris-Saclay and who is also a rugby … is Université Paris-Saclay today) in September 1981. “This date corresponds exactly with the point at which my …

Published on: Thu 28/10/2021 - 10:30

CoCaBio: synthesis of bio-based polymers via organocatalysis

… project (ring-opening co-polymerization of succinic anhydride derivatives and bio-based epoxides via organocatalysis) aims … to polyester synthesis has not been greatly explored to date," regrets Franck Le Bideau. "However, in the short … to polyester synthesis has not been greatly explored to date," regrets Franck Le Bideau. "However, in the short …

Published on: Fri 22/09/2023 - 08:56

Our inspiring stories No. 2: Alumni astrobiologists and explorers of (extra)terrestrial worlds

… their careers and research, in front of an audience of students and curious attendees who were quickly fascinated with their compelling … Freissinet and Cyprien Verseux agree that their careers to date have not followed any kind of set path. Instead, they … Freissinet and Cyprien Verseux agree that their careers to date have not followed any kind of set path. Instead, they …

Published on: Fri 14/03/2025 - 10:48

GRANDMA - the ‘Swiss army knife’ of multi-messenger astronomy

… the multi-messenger approach to observing the sky. Recent detections of gravitational waves resulting from the … TAROT telescope in Calerne (France)      Identified candidates trigger new multiwavelength tracking, with rapid … The event GW170817 (the fusion of two neutron stars) is to date the only event observed by LIGO/Virgo whose optical …

Published on: Thu 16/07/2020 - 10:11

Néolithe fossilises our waste

… Néolithe is not to be outdone: it has come up with the idea of fossilising non-recyclable waste and transforming it … came from the sedimentation of Cretaceous waste. So he wondered whether we could transpose this fossilisation process … start-up also plans to expand internationally at a later date. Steps have already been taken to install fossilisers …

Published on: Thu 20/07/2023 - 10:18

Aqemia: in search of new therapeutic molecules

… Aqemia: in search of new therapeutic molecules Co-founded in 2019, Paris-based start-up Aqemia promises to … mathematics, the company can discover drug candidates 10,000 times more efficiently than its competitors. … through the highly efficient invention of therapeutic candidates in silico (trials developed using computerised …

Published on: Wed 17/04/2024 - 14:53

Martian soil under the spotlight of new investigations

… Martian soil under the spotlight of new investigations Martian soil under … IRS spectrometer on board Perseverance will be used to validate in situ the readings taken from orbit by OMEGA and … ago.”  Planetologists count the number of impact craters to date the land and trace the chronology of events. “Thanks to …

Published on: Fri 12/02/2021 - 12:56

Gigantic magnetic fields at the origin of hypernovae

… that the MagBURST project led by Jérôme Guilet of the Department of Astrophysics / Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Modelling at Paris-Saclay is trying to decipher. Supernovae … is constraining the model and setting parameters. To date, astrophysicists have few clues about the mechanisms …

Published on: Thu 08/07/2021 - 10:02

Bertrand Maury: mathematising reality

… years. A specialist in the mathematical and numerical modelling of complex phenomena, Bertrand Maury’s work results … “Certain physical laws considered ‘immutable’ are invalidated, unlike in the modelling of ‘traditional’ mechanical … About thirty of these weeks have taken place in France to date.  In 2016, his colleague and fellow mathematician, …

Published on: Thu 01/09/2022 - 10:27