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Sophie Kazamias: Compressing the infinitely powerful

… Kazamiasis is a professor at Université Paris-Saclay and deputy director of education for the Graduate School of … This means that we don’t need buildings of hundreds of metres long to house the metal cavities used in current technology, because the …

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. …

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 … for a secondary school class at the Maison d’initiation et de sensibilisation aux sciences (MISS), a centre based on …

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

Mechanical and Energy Sciences, Materials and Geosciences (SMEMAG)

… L'école doctorale Thesis subjects, admission and competition Registration Doctoral training and supervision Defense Carrière & Alumni International Contact L'école … with an approach that is part of a permanent exchange between modelling, numerical simulation, experimentation, …

Published on: Sat 11/01/2020 - 15:30

When light is brief but intense

… on the phenomena and uses of femtosecond lasers. These devices, with their ultrashort pulses and ever-increasing … units of power reaching a terawatt (TW, 10 12 W) or even a petawatt (PW, 10 15 W).    A high-performance laser … fs. This duration can be reduced to 17 fs by adjusting the settings. “The particularity of the ATTOLAB Orme platform …

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

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 interest. To re-establish variety on targeted genes and obtain plant species beneficial to …

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

Unlocking the potential of blockchain

… in  L'Édition n°16 ) Today, blockchain is being used more widely. This requires lifting a certain number of scientific, … Paris-Saclay are currently working on.  Bitcoin (2008) and Ethereum (2015) are the most well-known, while Zcash (2016), … worldwide, these various crypto-currency (token) exchange networks are based on blockchain technology. Blockchain is …

Published on: Tue 20/07/2021 - 15:20

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 … of welcoming Hélène Joliot-Langevin, the daughter of Irène et Fréderic Joliot-Curie, Joel Pouthas, Physics historian …

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

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 solennelle ceremony at the Jean Monnet Faculty (Law, Economics & Management) Having been … In his opening speech for the ceremony, the Faculty’s Dean, Boris Bernabé, recalled how “the first rentrée …

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

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 … and oceans contributes to heat distribution across the planet. Furthermore, cold and saline water masses sink and …

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

Beef has not had the last word

… more eco-friendly alternatives such as chicken, pork and vegetable substitutes. To implement this idea, there is an initiative that is growing in popularity … (GHG) in France, among which, 45% of gas emissions are methane. Livestock farming, which produces 68% of all emitted …

Published on: Thu 06/01/2022 - 17:03

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 (or genome) of an individual. This molecule …

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