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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

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

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

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

Developing new antibiotics using gut microbiota

… Developing new antibiotics using gut microbiota Developing … against antibiotic resistance, is one of Olivier Berteau’s pet subjects at the Institute for Food Microbiology for Human … compounds. Olivier Berteau and his Chemistry and synthetic biology (ChemSyBio) team at the Micalis Institute have …

Published on: Tue 13/07/2021 - 13:31

The dynamics of extreme weather Events

… of climate change, it is more important than ever to understand and predict their behaviour. To this end, … huge that we could not miss it.” Four conditions must be met for this kind of whirlwind to be created: the plume must … it is powerful enough for the other conditions to be met,” says Sergey Khaykin. “However, we thought for a long …

Published on: Fri 23/06/2023 - 15:52

Charging tomorrow’s electrochemical cell - L'Edition #12

… up new energy storage and conversion systems that offer better autonomy and longevity.   Last October, the Swedish Academy awarded the 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry to the … that have revolutionised energy storage and production methods, and secured it a place of prominence in the markets …

Published on: Tue 23/06/2020 - 10:47

Streamer - a software platform for machine learning for data streams

… StreamOps project, financed by the DATAIA Institute in order to further develop the STREAMER platform. Their aim is … in 2014 with the European SmartWater4Europe project (completed at the end of 2017) in which Sandra Garcia Rodriguez, … at CEA List participated. “Our goal in this project was to detect leaks in the Paris water network. To do this, we …

Published on: Mon 29/03/2021 - 10:22

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

Explorations into the depths of the reproductive system

… Explorations into the depths of the reproductive system Explorations into the … in the creation of a new individual. Abstruse and sometimes mysterious, it fascinates many scientists at the … sexes and results in the birth of an individual with new genetic material; in the second, an individual produces a …

Published on: Wed 08/02/2023 - 17:00

Spintronics and its developments: material interfaces in the spotlight

… Spintronics and its developments: material interfaces in the spotlight … in spintronics, exploring the original effects in nanometric heterostructures of involved materials and at their …

Published on: Fri 30/06/2023 - 12:17

Jean-Charles Soria: Fighting cancer on all fronts

… directed since January 2020 . Profile of a researcher who decided very early on to devote all his energy to fighting … Jean-Charles Soria. “Today, we know that it represents a plethora of sub-fragments corresponding to a good 15 diseases, … Jean-Charles Soria's research has highlighted the link between a certain number of cancers and the presence of very …

Published on: Fri 13/11/2020 - 10:26