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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 … and oceans contributes to heat distribution across the planet. Furthermore, cold and saline water masses sink and …

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

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 … underwater eruption increased the concentration of water vapour in the stratosphere by 13%. It was like diverting the …

Published on: Fri 23/06/2023 - 15:52

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 … the same time, which was jointly accredited by Université Pierre et Marie Curie (which is Sorbonne Université today) …

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

Explorations into the depths of the reproductive system

… Explorations into the depths of the reproductive system Explorations into the … in the creation of a new individual. Abstruse and sometimes mysterious, it fascinates many scientists at the … of identifying genetic anomalies and then proposing therapies to circumvent them. We are working hard on the genetics …

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 … the exchange of plasmids from a donor bacterium to a recipient bacterium. The genetic information carried by the …

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

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, … Jean-Charles Soria's research has highlighted the link between a certain number of cancers and the presence of very …

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 matter. “Oh! endless collage, shifting …

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

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

… 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 …

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

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 study of the founding father of genetics, Gregor Mendel. The monk and botanist from Silesia …

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 … CNRS) and the University of California, Santa Barbara, set an experimental modelling system of these phenomena. It …

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