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Deforestation in Brazil, a doomed economic strategy?

… long-term economic growth. The "forest transition" issue Between 2005 and 2013, deforestation in Brazil declined by … of the active population (including low-skilled workers), economies of scale and access to the international market. … of the active population (including low-skilled workers), economies of scale and access to the international market. …

Published on: Sat 23/11/2019 - 19:17

Patricia Garnier: Unlocking the super purifying powers of soils

… science specialist. She develops mathematical models to better understand the ability of these layers to dissipate … to study the clay soils of the Senegal River and complete a thesis at the  Research Institute for Development … at Cornell University in the United States, the researcher returned to France in 1998. She successfully passed the …

Published on: Sat 07/12/2019 - 19:19

CESAER – Best Idea – A promising first selection phase

… In September 2020, CESAER launched the Best Idea competition, which aims at fostering innovative projects in … in October 2021. The perspective of the Chairman of the competition, Marc Zolver (CentraleSupélec) Marc Zolver, UPSaclay representative for CESAER, describes the competition in more detail: "There is an abundance of student …

Published on: Thu 06/05/2021 - 08:52

Bubbles, defects and precipitates: materials in extreme conditions

… produced in non-negligible quantities by the fusion between deuterium and tritium. These elements have an impact … a periodically ordered arrangement of atoms, which are sometimes ejected on collision with neutrons released during … ions, accumulated in the environment of the material, then get into it and create bubbles that grow and weaken the …

Published on: Wed 25/01/2023 - 11:34

Laboratoire de Recherche sur les Sciences de la Matière - DRF/IRFU (LARSIM)

… Documents Neurotechnologies, Ethics, and the Limits of Free Will Laurynas Adomaitis, … science From speculation to reality: Enhancing anticipatory ethics for emerging technologies (ATE) in practice Alexei … Grinbaum, Laurynas Adomaitis 08/01/23 Technology in Society LEIBNIZ’ MILITARY CONCEPTION OF SOVEREIGNTY Laurynas …

Published on: Wed 20/09/2023 - 07:25

Standing for Freedom – Portraits of exiled scientists

… 21 November. International-Europe Research Science and society The exhibition The exhibition, Poser pour la Liberté / … with the support of the PAUSE programme and the Open Society Foundation. In three years, 51 portraits of exiled … to exile. A catalogue was produced by the magazine Hommes et migrations, containing most of the portraits and numerous …

Published on: Mon 23/10/2023 - 15:04

Aurélien de la Torre is awarded an ERC Consolidator grant

… grants. A total of €678 million in funding will be shared between 328 winning scientists, including Aurélien de la … centres”. This is the main message of F. Lovering et al. in their seminal article “Escape from Flatland” … recommendation (more stereogenic centres 4 ) was largely unmet due to the lack of efficient methods for the …

Published on: Tue 17/12/2024 - 10:14

Algorithms and the human brain (L'Edition #12)

… (Article from  L'Edition N°12 - march 2020 )   Statistical methods inspired by machine learning are becoming … information systems can analyse large quantities of data, detect common patterns and learn from examples as well as … by neurological disorders – for the purpose of developing methods that will optimise clinical validation. “The …

Published on: Tue 09/06/2020 - 10:06

James Webb Space Telescope: when astrophysicists see (infra)red

… Telescope (JWST) is the latest in a 25-year collaboration between the US (NASA), European (ESA) and Canadian (CSA) … Space Telescope, which was launched in 2003 and has completed its mission, and with which the JWST also shares the … the interstellar dust and gas from which new stars and planetary systems form. It also makes it easier to observe …

Published on: Thu 16/12/2021 - 11:36

Jean-Yves Le Gall elected Chair of Université Paris-Saclay’s Strategic Advisory Board

… of France’s national space agency, the Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES) until April 2021, was unanimously … Jean-Yves Le Gall was President of the Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES), the French national space agency. … the "Space Circle" at the French think-tank CEPS (Centre d’Etude et de Prospective Stratégique). He chairs Medef …

Published on: Mon 21/06/2021 - 14:26

A scientific feast awaits at the Banquet!

… A scientific feast awaits at the Banquet! A scientific feast awaits at the Banquet! Until 7 August, the Cité des Sciences will host Banquet, a fun science exhibition on the many delights of …

Published on: Wed 16/02/2022 - 14:47

Canada-France Committee on Science, Technology and Innovation

… French universities at the first strategic council meeting of the Canada-France Joint Committee on Science, … collaborations and partnerships in research and education between French and Canadian universities. … French universities at the first strategic council meeting of the Canada-France Joint Committee on Science, …

Published on: Sat 06/05/2023 - 10:00