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Maths at Paris-Saclay, on top: excellence and humanism at their best

… ranking of universities by discipline (ARWU, Academic Ranking of World Universities) on 29 June 2020. … in the world in the institutions which today are brought together under the umbrella of Université Paris-Saclay.  The … also enjoys third place and Paris-Sciences-Lettres has been ranked tenth. This top ranking also tells …

Published on: Thu 30/07/2020 - 09:21

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

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

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

Attosecond science to define the infinitely short

… Attosecond science to define the infinitely short Attosecond science to define the … light is slow at this scale: it ‘only’ travels 0.3 nanometres (0.3 nm or 0,3.10 -9 m) per attosecond.  The … electron, one of the constituents of the atom. How can we detect electron dynamics, knowing that they are even faster …

Published on: Thu 24/11/2022 - 15:51

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

… (Article from  L'Edition N°12 - march 2020 )   Statistical methods inspired by machine learning are becoming … relevant to predicting or quantifying neurological disorders. The interdisciplinary research projects are exploring … information systems can analyse large quantities of data, detect common patterns and learn from examples as well as …

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

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

… Strategic Advisory Board Jean-Yves Le Gall, who was President 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. …

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

Reaction to France’s new Immigration bill

… have joined forces to protest against the measures included in France’s new immigration bill. On Tuesday 19 … 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 …

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

Jean-Marc Aury: Genomes in the age of Big data

… Research Jean-Marc Aury, a computer engineer who accidentally fell into genomics twenty years ago, manages the R&D Bio-informatique et séquençage (R&D Bioinformatics and sequencing) team at … Paris-Saclay, CEA). Today, he assembles the complete genomes of plants and animals using bioinformatics - an …

Published on: Thu 07/01/2021 - 10:14

VOLTING: from reduced mobility to augmented and emotional mobility

… Versailles Systems Engineering Laboratory (LISV) and president of the Resource and innovation centre for mobility and … combine research activities with industrial and societal production. VOLTING is part of the laboratory's … creation of a start-up in 2017. The result of a project between LISV and the Handipode association, this locomotion …

Published on: Fri 31/03/2023 - 15:56

Building large instruments for neuroimaging: from population imaging to ultra-high magnetic fields (BAOBAB)

… for neuroimaging: from population imaging to ultra-high magnetic fields (BAOBAB) Building large instruments for neuroimaging: from population imaging to ultra-high magnetic fields (BAOBAB) CEA CNRS Université Paris-Saclay … tell us? A comparative analysis of the accuracy of sulcal identification by experts and perspectives in …

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

Research and agriculture: cross-fertilization at Saclay- L'Edition #13 (june 2020)

… local associations and local authorities are working together to develop research projects on the Saclay plateau.   Society’s expectations of agriculture have changed in recent …

Published on: Wed 22/07/2020 - 09:25

Conference: Quantum Physics from Foundations to Innovations: Honouring Alain Aspect

Published on: Wed 07/06/2023 - 09:54

Looking back on the Tropicana press conference at Institut Pascal

… Hurricanes, typhoons and cyclones are all known for the devastating impacts they can have on lives and towns. How …   Pourquoi la saison cyclonique s'annonce hors normes cette année dans l’Atlantique? – RFI - 04/06/2024 Pluie et ouragans : le pire est à venir – Le Point – 05/06/2024 O …

Published on: Fri 21/06/2024 - 12:36