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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 … towards uniformity. The challenge of our time is to understand that the unity of the human race lies in its … is not between cultures, but inherent in the very idea of culture and is therefore a fundamental part of …

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

When light is brief but intense

… on the phenomena and uses of femtosecond lasers. These devices, with their ultrashort pulses and ever-increasing … the first amplified, coherent, monochromatic radiation device appeared in 1960, thanks to the work of the American … units of power reaching a terawatt (TW, 10 12 W) or even a petawatt (PW, 10 15 W).    A high-performance laser …

Published on: Thu 05/08/2021 - 10:00

The second rentrée solennelle ceremony at the Jean Monnet Faculty (Law, Economics & Management)

… The second rentrée solennelle ceremony at the Jean Monnet Faculty (Law, Economics & Management) The second rentrée … In his opening speech for the ceremony, the Faculty’s Dean, Boris Bernabé, recalled how “the first rentrée … now know as the First Lockdown.” In front of an audience made up of the Faculty’s teaching staff, students who were at …

Published on: Mon 14/02/2022 - 17:35

The Nuclear Physics Institute (IPN) listed as an EPS historic site

… Institute (IPN) has received the honour of being included in the European Physical Society (EPS) ’s list of historical sites. Research A ceremony … Hélène Joliot-Langevin, the daughter of Irène et Fréderic Joliot-Curie, Joel Pouthas, Physics historian and …

Published on: Fri 20/10/2023 - 11:10

MedSens or the circulation of water masses in the Mediterranean: uncovering the past to predict the future

… surrounding nations, the MedSens project, a collaboration between the Geosciences Paris-Saclay Laboratory (GEOPS - … Food and Environment INRAE, Research Institute for Development IRD) , has embarked on a journey to delve into the Mediterranean's past to gain insight into its …

Published on: Thu 09/11/2023 - 12:37

Jean-Marie Mirebeau: Calculating the shortest path

… Mirebeau is a mathematics researcher , known worldwide for his speciality: the resolution of anisotropic partial differential equations using algorithmic geometry tools. He has thus developed his own digital solutions applied to image …

Published on: Fri 05/02/2021 - 16:16

SPARK - reducing CO2 emissions and decentralising hydrogen production

… SPARK - reducing CO2 emissions and decentralising hydrogen production SPARK - reducing CO2 emissions and decentralising hydrogen production Innovation The future … PhD. A former PhD student at the “Énergétique moléculaire et macroscopique, combustion” (Molecular and macroscopic …

Published on: Wed 09/06/2021 - 08:45

Sophie Kazamias: Compressing the infinitely powerful

… Kazamiasis is a professor at Université Paris-Saclay and deputy director of education for the Graduate School of … . A graduate of ‘École Polytechnique’, this physicist has dedicated around 20 years to the Laserix platform , of which … This means that we don’t need buildings of hundreds of metres long to house the metal cavities used in current …

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

Extreme Blazars: when particle acceleration reaches new heights

… recently conducted the first inventory of the most energetic of them all: extreme blazars. To gain a better understanding of these prodigious particle accelerators. Probing ever more deeply into the structure of the Universe, perfecting the …

Published on: Thu 06/02/2020 - 16:08

Doctoral missions: an opportunity to raise public awareness of science

… have the opportunity to take on additional missions alongside their research, including science outreach, science … of the options available to them. Doctorate Science and society " It's great to have multiple activities because we … things that we wouldn't learn in the lab , " says Maria Mendez, a third-year PhD student at the Centre for Nanosciences …

Published on: Tue 17/06/2025 - 14:10

The unknown inner workings that control our genes

… of sperm fertility in bulls have in common? It is epigenetics, which is the study of the mechanisms that regulate … Nestled at the heart of the nucleus of cells, DNA (or deoxyribonucleic acid) contains all the genetic information … is organised into functional units, the genes, which determine the characteristics of the individual or of a …

Published on: Thu 23/02/2023 - 16:58

Genome editing and agroecology: a combination that is proving beneficial

… in  L'Édition n.24 . To cope with both rising food demand and climate change, agriculture needs to make the … favoured in agriculture. The result today is a lack of genetic diversity in agricultural plants for these traits of … today’s agricultural system has to reinvent itself in order to continue producing while at the same time preserving …

Published on: Tue 23/07/2024 - 17:25