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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 … used in agriculture, such as fertilizers or pesticides. The challenge is to conserve soil fertility and … in Grignon. Supporting soil organic dynamics Ecosys includes three research teams, among them the "soils" team, led …

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 … Marc Zolver, UPSaclay representative for CESAER, describes the competition in more detail: "There is an … Marc Zolver, UPSaclay representative for CESAER, describes the competition in more detail: "There is an …

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 … ions pass through the material and create displacement cascades: they collide with the nuclei of the atoms they meet and … ions pass through the material and create displacement cascades: they collide with the nuclei of the atoms they meet and …

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

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 … in 2009 and which induced a paradigm shift in drug design. The first recommendation (higher proportion of Csp3) … offering a comparable biological action. In drug design, it is used to improve efficacy or reduce toxicity …

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

Kfé EFE, Water sports and gender in PE: The case of sailing and surfing

… gender in PE: The case of sailing and surfing Our work provides a sociological analysis of the gender and social class … characteristics of each context. These differences exist despite both locations having similar laws and concerns when … success. The qualitative analysis, combining interviews and ethnographic observations, highlights the socialization …

Published on: Tue 06/02/2024 - 19:07

Live from asteroid Ryugu: analysis of extraterrestrial samples using atomic force microscopy and infrared spectroscopy

… Ryugu Through their organic compounds, asteroids and comets provide scientists with crucial information on the … back on the return journey, landing in the Australian desert in December 2020. The samples were then sent to … Often used in conjunction with optical microscopy, it provides highly accurate, localised measurements, although its …

Published on: Wed 07/02/2024 - 14:27

Making mental illness visible – a challenge for MRI

… for which researchers Paul Lauterbur (from America) and Peter Mansfield (from the UK) were awarded the Nobel Prize … them, much in the same way as a flick of a wrist would destabilise a spinning top without making it fall. The … using our expertise in artificial intelligence system design to improve specific measurements from highly complex …

Published on: Fri 28/01/2022 - 14:52

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. In …

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

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

Reaction to France’s new Immigration bill

… at the end of the parliamentary debates, we strongly regret the bill’s current version, which is an attack on the … of our academic community.  Furthermore, introducing a blanket increase in tuition fees for non-EU students, without exception, will have a detrimental effect on the number, geographic origin and …

Published on: Wed 20/12/2023 - 13:52

Thomas Pesquet live from space on 17 June

… Thomas Pesquet live from space on 17 June Thomas Pesquet live from space … Heure de debut 12:30 pm Information Thursday 17 June, 12:30 Description On Thursday 17 June at 12.30pm, the astronaut … Heure de debut 12:30 pm Information Thursday 17 June, 12:30 Description On Thursday 17 June at 12.30pm, the astronaut …

Published on: Mon 19/04/2021 - 23:05

In search of antimatter

… numerous science-fiction writers and fuelled their wildest literary fantasies: fuel for spaceships for some, a delusion of power or a weapon of mass destruction for others. But from a scientific point of view, … physics. Introducing the notion of space-time, the link between energy and the mass of an object, and the speed of …

Published on: Thu 11/04/2024 - 15:56