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

… children, and is one of the world's leading causes of death, now representing a major public health problem. How … complications be avoided? These are questions that the Prometheus University Hospital Institute (IHU), which comprises … the triggering of new inflammatory or autoimmune diseases," describes Djillali Annane, head of the neuroendocrine …

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

David Attié and Sébastien Procureur: From Saclay's water tower to the Great Pyramid of Giza

… David Attié and Sébastien Procureur were jointly awarded the Prix Ivan Peychès by French Academy of Sciences for … particles originating from cosmic rays – to characterize detectors and develop a "cosmic bench"1. "I always wanted to … For David Attié, the urge to do research came later, despite his boyhood aspiration to "be an inventor". While …

Published on: Wed 14/11/2018 - 09:00

Reading tree cores to better predict global warming

… Reading tree cores to better predict global warming Reading tree cores to better … ring data and the wealth of information they contain, in order to make existing model simulations more powerful. In … observations) can only provide information over a few decades. By including tree rings, Jonathan Barichivich believes …

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

Subcutaneous chemotherapy, a solution to ease cancer treatment?

… to ease cancer treatment? Research With ten million deaths each year, cancer is one of the leading causes of … the same period. Worldwide, more than 18 million cases are detected annually, resulting in nearly 10 million deaths. … of various active ingredients respectively in order to destroy cancer cells.  Of all the cancer therapies, …

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

Aqemia: in search of new therapeutic molecules

… Aqemia: in search of new therapeutic molecules Co-founded in 2019, Paris-based start-up Aqemia promises to … drug candidates 10,000 times more efficiently than its competitors. Innovation Aqemia 's story began at the École … calculations). Sixty people work on unique algorithms to design small molecules which will be used in the future to …

Published on: Wed 17/04/2024 - 14:53

Low-energy cosmic rays: between mysteries and applications

… Low-energy cosmic rays: between mysteries and applications Low-energy cosmic rays: … possible using these cosmic rays? Research Cosmic radiation defines the flow of subatomic particles and atomic nuclei … this radiation comes from supernova star explosions," concludes the astrophysicist. The energy distribution of the …

Published on: Fri 15/03/2024 - 16:08

Overcoming therapeutic resistance in cancer

… Overcoming therapeutic resistance in cancer Research Targeted therapies, which first appeared during the start of the … guarantee a cure, as resistance will inevitably occur. Understanding these mechanisms and how to overcome them is the … limits. Not all cancers are responsive. For lung cancers, despite the fact that ten or so oncogenes (genes which …

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

Stefan Haar: Pushing the boundaries of discrete event dynamic systems

… Stefan Haar: Pushing the boundaries of discrete event dynamic systems Stefan Haar: Pushing the … Stefan Haar is a researcher in the Laboratoire méthodes formelles (LMF – Univ. Paris-Saclay, CNRS, ENS …

Published on: Thu 05/05/2022 - 15:16

Gravitational waves: listening to the vibrations of the universe

… seen thanks to very high-tech instruments called interferometers. What interest do these waves have for scientists and … such as the merging of black holes or the explosion of very dense stars, were capable of distorting space-time and … the challenge for physicists throughout the world was to design a device capable of perceiving the minute movements …

Published on: Thu 20/10/2022 - 15:18

Camille Coron: a passion for applied mathematics

… probability and statistics applied to biology, particularly developing models for the genetics of biparental populations.  Camille Coron's daily … contribute to no one. In this case, the individual has no descendants over a long period of time." The mathematician …

Published on: Wed 14/02/2024 - 07:35

Olfatask: the role of olfaction in bees, queens of social organisation

… Centre for Scientific Research, CNRS/Research Institute for Development, IRD) . The project aims to understand how … bees, scientists identified the first clue: a correlation between the role of bees in a hive and their age. The … activity is far from easy. Julie Carcaud has therefore designed a unique experiment combining modern biological …

Published on: Wed 29/01/2025 - 17:16

Frédéric Chevallier: atmospheric inversion turned on its head

… Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) and leader of the Inverse modelling for atmospheric and satellite … Rennes, where Frédéric Chevallier grew up reading Sciences et Vie magazine, particularly the articles on aerospace, … " MicroCarb will be launched by the Centre national d'études spatiales (CNES) in early summer 2025. More compact, …

Published on: Wed 05/02/2025 - 12:05