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Hugo Duminil-Copin is awarded the Fields Medal

… to study the critical behaviour of various models on networks, such as the Ising, the Potts, the self-avoiding … describe a number of physical phenomena (such as magnetisation, polymers, material porosity, etc.) by reframing them through random trajectories, sets or …

Published on: Tue 05/07/2022 - 10:05

Fabienne Goldfarb, from light-matter interaction to laser dynamics

… and where, to put it simply, we had the opportunity to get our hands dirty!" says Fabienne Goldfarb from the outset. She decided very early on to focus on low energy physics. This choice led her to complete a DEA (now equivalent to a Master's degree) in quantum …

Published on: Fri 07/10/2022 - 15:05

Jean-Christophe Tavanti: Economics & Management at the crossroads of science

… . For this economist, a specialist in financial markets, economics & management have an increasingly important … economics and mathematics on the problems of financial markets. This is a subject that he has since helped to update. … PhD thesis in 1994 and spent a year at Université de Toulon et du Var as a temporary teaching and research associate …

Published on: Thu 12/01/2023 - 15:27

A wave of Atlantic cultural exchange

… n.15 - february 2021) The analysis of cultural exchange between Europe, Africa and the Americas at the core of the … the human race lies in its diversity. […] Diversity is not between cultures, but inherent in the very idea of culture … (Centre for the Cultural History of Contemporary Societies, CHCSC – Université Paris-Saclay, UVSQ), in …

Published on: Tue 09/03/2021 - 13:24

Sepsis: a long-term battle, new issues and goals

… complications be avoided? These are questions that the Prometheus University Hospital Institute (IHU), which comprises … parasitic or fungal infection with an acute and sudden onset. The disease is also defined by its long-term … thirty years, Djillali Annane is now head of the Prometheus University Hospital Institute (IHU), whose aim is to …

Published on: Fri 14/02/2025 - 15:20

Nose, olfaction and fragrance: giving a sense to smell

… renewed public interest during the Covid-19 pandemic. And yet, scientists from a wide range of fields have been … capable, by creating multiple combinations, of smelling between ten thousand and one trillion (one billion billion) … transmit the signal to the brain. The brain then interprets it as a scent.   The first experimental structure of a …

Published on: Wed 26/02/2025 - 15:28

David Attié and Sébastien Procureur: From Saclay's water tower to the Great Pyramid of Giza

… particles originating from cosmic rays – to characterize detectors and develop a "cosmic bench"1. "I always wanted to … with my preschool teacher, who introduced us to a new planet in the solar system every week."  After graduating from … aspiration to "be an inventor". While preparing for competitive exams to gain admission to graduate school, he lived …

Published on: Wed 14/11/2018 - 09:00

Claire Gaudichon: Stable isotopes to track dietary proteins in the body

… Claire Gaudichon: Stable isotopes to track dietary proteins in the body Claire Gaudichon: Stable isotopes to track dietary proteins in the body Researcher portraits Research   … She is also the director of the Physiologie de la nutrition et du comportement alimentaire (Nutritional Physiology and …

Published on: Fri 16/04/2021 - 14:20

Sophie Kazamias: Compressing the infinitely powerful

… This means that we don’t need buildings of hundreds of metres long to house the metal cavities used in current technology, because the … and European investment. Funded by a planning agreement between national and regional governments (CPER) from 2003, …

Published on: Thu 31/03/2022 - 17:12

Pascal Corbel: A Business-Minded Academic

… professor at Université Paris-Saclay, a researcher in the Network, Innovation, Territories, Globalization (RITM - … de Caen and Manchester Polytechnic (now Manchester Metropolitan University), Pascal Corbel was still unsure of what direction to take in his career after completing his Master’s degree. “I could see myself as a …

Published on: Thu 28/04/2022 - 16:06

François Sarfati: understanding the mechanisms of social vulnerability

… he then continued at the Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers (Cnam) where he defended his thesis in 2005. His … examined the mechanisms by which uncertainty in labour markets increases from the perspective of those who take … of view of those who had difficulty integrating into society, those who were in an insecure situation and those who …

Published on: Thu 12/05/2022 - 15:30

Reading tree cores to better predict global warming

… Reading tree cores to better predict global warming Reading tree cores to better predict global warming Research How can we assess the … Grant in January 2022. More than a third of the planet’s land surface is covered by forests. The trees and …

Published on: Thu 19/05/2022 - 16:31