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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), … so that users, particularly those in industry, are able to describe their programme and its normal behaviour,” explains …

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

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 … and is made up of a series of smaller molecules: nucleotides. Nucleotides are formed from four different bases: …

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

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 … Yet this land has been reducing in size for many decades now because of urbanisation, desertification and global …

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

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 … of work started over ten years ago with the company Amplitudes Technologies, as part of the Impulse joint laboratory. …

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

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

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 east, into which the Nile flows. As North Africa is a desert region, very little water comes from the south. "The …

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 … recipes. Like a constantly active kitchen brigade, multitudes of molecules are busy in both the nucleus and the … of data. By targeting, for example, the MET1, DML2 or DDM1 genes of the plant, which control DNA methylation, we …

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, … huge that we could not miss it.” Four conditions must be met for this kind of whirlwind to be created: the plume must … and accelerometers.” All the equipment is holding up well despite the hostile environment.    The crashing of the …

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 … based on the flow of lithium ions between two solid electrodes thanks to chemical reactions, resulting in conversion of …

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

Loïc Bertrand: Revealing previously unseen heritage knowledge through micro-imaging

… using micro-imaging and reveals the previously unseen secrets of certain heritage objects. Loïc Bertrand studied condensed-matter chemistry at the ‘École polytechnique’ between … and these meetings inspired me greatly. They confirmed my desire to study ancient materials.” In 1999 up until 2002, …

Published on: Fri 22/10/2021 - 09:25

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, … which can be used with Linux, Windows and macOS. It provides a free interface which facilitates monitoring 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 … we have developed does not change the structure nor the design of the system. This ensures that the allocated …

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