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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

Karine Zeitouni: pioneer of spatial data mining in France

… de Strasbourg, where, from 1984 to 1987, she completed a Bachelor's degree and a Master's degree in computer … In 1991, she defended her PhD thesis at Université Pierre et Marie Curie; it focused on the integration of spatial … In 1992, she became a lecturer and joined the Parallelism, Networks, Systems, Modelling (PRiSM) laboratory, from which …

Published on: Thu 19/01/2023 - 18:00

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

Protoplanetary disks: in the eye of the James Webb Space Telescope

… Protoplanetary disks: in the eye of the James Webb Space Telescope Protoplanetary disks: in the eye of the James Webb Space Telescope … of discoveries since then, notably regarding protoplanetary disks, the disks of gas and dust where planets form. …

Published on: Mon 22/07/2024 - 06:35

Fermented products: the promise of healthier, more sustainable food?

… changes among human groups (in France, this period was between 6,000 and 2,000 BC). It is thought to have emerged … Today, fermented foods account for 5 to 40% of human diets, depending on the region of the world.    © Atelier … nutritional content from the original. There are a wide variety of fermentations performed by different species of …

Published on: Tue 01/04/2025 - 14:01

The proliferation of nuclides through nuclear physics - L'Edition 13 (june 2020)

… atomic nuclei are the building blocks of matter – yet they remain shrouded in mystery. Intrigued by their … nowhere near as simple as they first appeared. With a diameter of about a femtometer (10-15 metres), this assembly of particles in an atom – …

Published on: Wed 29/07/2020 - 10:00