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Claude Noguès - surface chemistry for health

… carried out her research at the Laboratoire de biologie et pharmacologie appliquée - LBPA (Laboratory of Applied … studies to broaden her skills. These took place between 2001 and 2007 at the Institut Weizmann des Sciences … researcher. In 2008, she joined the Laboratoire de biologie et pharmacologie appliquée (LBPA – Université Paris-Saclay, …

Published on: Fri 09/04/2021 - 12:17

Emmanuelle Deleporte: The photovoltaic revolution

… and carries out her research at the Lumière, matière et interfaces laboratory (Light, matter and interfaces, … studied the confinement effects in inorganic semiconductor heterostructures, i.e. quantum wells or quantum dots, and more precisely excitonic effects, i.e. interactions between electrons and holes (the absence of an electron) and …

Published on: Fri 21/05/2021 - 15:13

Céline Masclaux-Daubresse: How autophagy in plants helps them adapt to climate stress

… of the mechanism of autophagy (or self-digestion) in plant metabolism during the process of leaf senescence. Autophagy … Masclaux-Daubresse developed a keen interest in plant metabolism from 1986 onwards while studying for her … many subjects for research in terms of their physiology, metabolism and agronomy. They can also broaden our knowledge …

Published on: Thu 23/09/2021 - 16:01

Camille Peugny: Understanding how societies function through sociology

… Camille Peugny: Understanding how societies function through sociology Camille Peugny: Understanding how societies function through sociology Researcher portraits …  After finishing his ‘baccalauréat’ (A level), he completed two years of preparatory classes in literature and …

Published on: Fri 03/12/2021 - 09:31

Landslide Tsunamis: from modelling to real-life situations

… Research The unstable morphology of many of the planet’s reliefs are cause for massive collapses. When these … CNRS) and the University of California, Santa Barbara, set an experimental modelling system of these phenomena. It established a scaling law between the height of waves and the volume of material …

Published on: Thu 16/12/2021 - 17:29

François Robinet: Shedding light on the links between media discourse, republican institutions and political crises in Africa

… François Robinet: Shedding light on the links between media discourse, republican institutions and political crises in Africa François Robinet: Shedding light on the links between media discourse, …

Published on: Fri 18/02/2022 - 10:56

Frank Georgi: understanding the societal landscape through the history of trade unionism

… Frank Georgi: understanding the societal landscape through the history of trade unionism Frank Georgi: understanding the societal landscape through the history of trade unionism … and Historical Dynamics of the Economics and Society Laboratory (IDHES - Univ. Paris-Saclay, Univ. d’Évry, …

Published on: Thu 27/10/2022 - 09:37

Yann Brenier enriches mathematics with insights from fluid mechanics

… Brenier studied applied mathematics at Université Pierre et Marie Curie (UPMC, now Sorbonne Univ.). "By the second … he continued his studies at the École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées (now the École des Ponts ParisTech), where he … visualisation of fluid flows. At the same time, he completed a DEA (now equivalent to a 2nd year Master's) in …

Published on: Fri 07/07/2023 - 12:43

Maaike van der Lugt: Exploring medieval history through science and medicine

… of the French system that I think it's essential to retain."   Intersections between theology and science In 1998, Maaike van der Lugt defended her thesis Le ver, le démon et la Vierge. Les théories de la génération extraordinaire …

Published on: Wed 31/01/2024 - 17:42

Anne Davaille: at the heart of planetary dynamics

… Anne Davaille: at the heart of planetary dynamics Anne Davaille: at the heart of planetary dynamics Anne Davaille is CNRS Research Director at … the study of complex fluids applied to the evolution of planetary cores. This unique expertise, at the crossroads of …

Published on: Fri 11/10/2024 - 08:00

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

… belles histoires , in French), featured Caroline Freissinet and Cyprien Verseux. The two astrobiologists captivated … at the Rousseau Theatre at CentraleSupélec in Gif-sur-Yvette, two speakers took turns to talk about their careers … fascinated with their compelling accounts. Caroline Freissinet and Cyprien Verseux are astrobiologists, or …

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

5G wireless machine learning and communications, a promising combination

… new alternatives to overcome the current barriers that sometimes limit the use of machine learning, which consumes a … and energy. Machine learning is radically transforming society, from facial recognition to medical diagnosis, … consists of teaching computers one or more tasks from data sets. They become more autonomous and improve their …

Published on: Mon 06/01/2020 - 16:52