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Explorations into the depths of the reproductive system

… Explorations into the depths of the reproductive system Explorations into the … Research This article can also be found in L'Édition N.20 . Despite their differences, living organisms share a number … in the creation of a new individual. Abstruse and sometimes mysterious, it fascinates many scientists at the …

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

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 …     Understanding gut microbiota Gut microbiota includes all the micro-organisms which live in the small …

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

Launch of the 2022 “Science with and for Society” call for proposals

… Launch of the 2022 “Science with and for Society” call for proposals Launch of the 2022 “Science with and … is one of eight French institutions to have been awarded the “Science with and for Society - SAPS” label (Science … projects to be developed as part of partnerships (artists, designers, associations, media libraries, museums, etc.) or …

Published on: Tue 18/01/2022 - 17:26

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 … in opposite directions for opposite spins. This provides for more efficient charge-to-spin current conversions. …

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, … satisfactions are multiplicative,” Jean-Charles Soria concludes.    … Jean-Charles Soria: Fighting cancer on all fronts …

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

Different states of condensed matter

… Different states of condensed matter Different states of condensed matter Research … Physicists of condensed matter at Université Paris-Saclay set out to conquer new electronic and magnetic properties of … could dissolve in it,” exclaimed painter Paul Klee. This description of the artist’s pictorial quest also evokes a …

Published on: Wed 25/11/2020 - 16:57

Muscle physiology: How it works, therapies and other mysteries

… . Numbering 639 in the entire human body, skeletal muscles are organs whose primary function is to contract. Made up of muscle fibres grouped together in fasciculi, … (ATP), a nucleotide which, through hydrolysis, provides the energy needed for muscle cell contraction. ATP is …

Published on: Tue 16/07/2024 - 14:32

An amazing protein that regulates the mobility of bacteria

… their movements. However, these bacteria in motion sometimes have to change direction. Jacqueline Cherfils and her … direction in a coordinated manner. Two proteins mainly determine the direction of movement of this bacteria: MglA …

Published on: Thu 06/02/2020 - 15:55

The green pea genome: when the assembled sequence sheds light on the evolution of the species

… time the genome sequence of the green pea. This work provides new information on the genomic history of this leguminous plant. In 1866, Pisum sativum L., better known as “green pea”, became the favourite subject of …

Published on: Sun 24/11/2019 - 12:45

Landslide Tsunamis: from modelling to real-life situations

… Landslide Tsunamis: from modelling to real-life situations … Research The unstable morphology of many of the planet’s reliefs are cause for massive collapses. When these … are generally triggered by earthquakes, but also landslides, causing sudden spillage of huge amounts of material, …

Published on: Thu 16/12/2021 - 17:29

5G wireless machine learning and communications, a promising combination

… new alternatives to overcome the current barriers that sometimes limit the use of machine learning, which consumes a … and energy. Machine learning is radically transforming society, from facial recognition to medical diagnosis, … operations they were not initially programmed for. Mérouane Debbah, of the Large Networks and Systems Group (LANEAS - …

Published on: Mon 06/01/2020 - 16:52

Protoplanetary disks: in the eye of the James Webb Space Telescope

… Protoplanetary disks: in the eye of the James Webb Space Telescope … its first infrared images of the Universe, including "the deepest and sharpest ever produced", according to NASA. This … IAS are part of the European consortium responsible for the design, construction and assembly of one of the JWST …

Published on: Mon 22/07/2024 - 06:35