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A wave of Atlantic cultural exchange

… cultural exchange Research (Article from l'Edition n.15 - february 2021) The analysis of cultural exchange between Europe, Africa and the Americas at the core of the …

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

Sepsis: a long-term battle, new issues and goals

… complications be avoided? These are questions that the Prometheus University Hospital Institute (IHU), which comprises … industrial partners, aims to answer. Officially launched on 17 September 2024, this first centre in the world to … is more remote, with the aim of uncovering disruptive innovations. "We are bringing together colleagues whose …

Published on: Fri 14/02/2025 - 15:20

Nose, olfaction and fragrance: giving a sense to smell

… of smell generated renewed public interest during the Covid-19 pandemic. And yet, scientists from a wide range of fields have been … that enable most mammals to smell, dates back only to 1991. "More than 20 years after Man walked on the Moon!" …

Published on: Wed 26/02/2025 - 15:28

Sophie Kazamias: Compressing the infinitely powerful

… This means that we don’t need buildings of hundreds of metres long to house the metal cavities used in current … Accelerator, laser and applications (ALEA) team of around 10 people.  Her role is to identify interesting scientific … third year of the undergraduate degree , and to first-year master’s in physics students, for whom she developed a …

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

François Sarfati: understanding the mechanisms of social vulnerability

… Sarfati studied Economics and Sociology at Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, which he then continued at the Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers (Cnam) where he defended his thesis in 2005. His … was recruited by the Centre for Employment Studies in 2011. In this interdisciplinary establishment, he could …

Published on: Thu 12/05/2022 - 15:30

Reading tree cores to better predict global warming

… Reading tree cores to better predict global warming Reading tree cores to better … Earth system' (CATES). This project, which was awarded a €1.5 million ERC grant, will develop a new database over five … rings also shows disturbances during its growth. By the 16th century, Leonardo da Vinci had already outlined a …

Published on: Thu 19/05/2022 - 16:31

Jean-Pierre Hermier: the optics of semiconductor nanocrystals

… optics and materials science, especially semiconductors. In 1996, he obtained his DEA (Diploma of Advanced Studies) in … semiconductor lasers. He defended his thesis in 2000. In 2001, he was recruited as a lecturer at Université Denis … In 2006, he started a collaboration with Benoît Dubertret's team at the Laboratory of Physics and Materials Studies …

Published on: Mon 26/09/2022 - 15:18

Subcutaneous chemotherapy, a solution to ease cancer treatment?

… are identified on average in France, and there are over 150,000 cancer-related deaths over the same period. Worldwide, more than 18 million cases are detected annually, resulting in nearly 10 million deaths. …

Published on: Thu 17/11/2022 - 11:02

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 … but researchers are not moving in the dark. Already in the 1950s, the physicist Enrico Fermi proposed several … interested in a very small fraction of blazars (≤1%): extreme blazars, “those whose emission is particularly …

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

Unlocking the potential of blockchain

… (This article was originally published in  L'Édition n°16 ) Today, blockchain is being used more widely. This … Paris-Saclay are currently working on.  Bitcoin (2008) and Ethereum (2015) are the most well-known, while Zcash (2016), Tezos …

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

The LISN - a new digital science laboratory at Paris-Saclay

… are internationally recognised.  The LISN was created on 1 January 2021 as a result of merging teams from the “Laboratoire d'informatique pour la mécanique et les sciences de l'ingénieur” (Computer Laboratory for … also benefit from their work to develop new models and innovations. This continuous give and take is of great value …

Published on: Thu 22/04/2021 - 10:18

Overcoming therapeutic resistance in cancer

… Overcoming therapeutic resistance in cancer Research Targeted therapies, which first appeared during the start of the … General Hospital in Harvard. On his return to France in 2015, he set up a research group ( the genetic tumor … “For 90% of patients, the clinical benefits are there, but 100% of them will relapse and eventually not respond to …

Published on: Fri 04/06/2021 - 17:57