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Extreme Blazars: when particle acceleration reaches new heights

… CNRS), and other European astrophysicists 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 … a centre based on the Orsay campus and designed to introduce and raise awareness of science based on the Orsay …

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

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 … (O 2 ) and carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) to the ocean floor.   A dually sensitive circulation The Mediterranean Sea is a …

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

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

Annual day of the Agroecology Network (March 25, 2022)

… Annual day of the Agroecology Network (March 25, 2022) Annual day of the Agroecology … other in a loop, in an interactive way. The afternoon was devoted to the positioning of the scientific community in … Committee is coordinated by Safia Médiène (Agronomy lab, Graduate School Biosphera). To learn more about  about the …

Published on: Fri 06/05/2022 - 15:11

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 … Research Agriculture in the 21st century faces the dual challenge of feeding an ever-growing world population, …

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

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 is organised into functional units, the …

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

The dynamics of extreme weather Events

… of climate change, it is more important than ever to understand and predict their behaviour. To this end, … water.  Like fires, some of which have been extremely large during recent droughts, volcanic eruptions release huge … huge that we could not miss it.” Four conditions must be met for this kind of whirlwind to be created: the plume must …

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 … applications that have revolutionised energy storage and production methods, and secured it a place of prominence in the …

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

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), … a transaction and enter it into the next block. This can produce two competing blocks, one of which must be rejected. …

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

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, … the Données et algorithmes pour une ville intelligente et durable laboratory (Data and algorithms for a smart and …

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

Safer, More Reliable and More Agile Drones

… alone or several at once, professional civilian drones have demonstrated a largely underused potential. With drone use … You can often hear it buzzing long before you can see it. Whether it has fixed or rotating wings, drones of all sizes … flight conditions (points of departure and arrival, schedule, the context in which the drone will fly, …

Published on: Fri 14/01/2022 - 18:08