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Alzheimer’s disease: mysteries and new leads

… with a very high prevalence and incidence rate,” says Yvette Akwa, researcher at the Diseases and Hormones of the … agents (smoking, alcohol consumption, depression, etc.) are the other notable risk factors.”    What do we … protein: amyloid, or “senile”, plaques are due to the beta-amyloid peptide, and neurofibrillary degeneration is …

Published on: Thu 13/07/2023 - 16:57

Karine Labadie: The sequencing bug

… as they were introduced, as well as to the wide variety of organisations involved in the projects. “The aim is … - in order to improve the sequencing for projects.” Together with colleagues, the researcher has also implemented … the DNA so that we can identify the areas which interact together and the biological impact this can have according to …

Published on: Fri 11/12/2020 - 11:36

Emanuele Daddi: Why stars are born and then die

… Daddi is a researcher at the Laboratoire de cosmologie et évolution des galaxies (LCEG) (Laboratory of Cosmology … He is one of the first to have established a link between their mass and their rate of star formation. Today, … of galaxies. What are the physical processes that have determined the formation of galaxies and their transformation …

Published on: Thu 14/01/2021 - 11:50

Philippe Bourges: The hidden order of matter

… Bourges is an expert in neutron diffraction and spectrometry. “The materials I study not only allow interaction with the nuclei of atoms, but also with magnetism in general,” explains the researcher. As with X-rays, … “Thanks to their spin, neutrons help to explore the magnetic properties of matter,” the researcher clarifies. “They …

Published on: Thu 04/03/2021 - 11:04

The new ambassador of Japan to France welcomed at Université Paris-Saclay

… by the president of Université Paris-Saclay, Prof. Sylvie Retailleau, and the president of ENS Paris-Saclay, Prof. … research projects ans 3 international research networks . Among its component institutions, ENS Paris-Saclay … Japan, with the international research project NanoSYNERGETICS - Photoactive materials with cooperative and …

Published on: Tue 30/03/2021 - 14:39

Weakening vinyl polymers for better degradation

… Weakening vinyl polymers for better degradation Weakening vinyl polymers for better degradation Research Julien Nicolas’ team at the … “To make them degradable, degradable monomers named cyclic ketene acetals (CKAs) are inserted during the synthesis as …

Published on: Thu 30/06/2022 - 15:56

Data science or results science: are we shifting away from statistics?

… block is the centre of debate regarding the relationship between these two disciplines. What link, what differences and what complementarities are there between them? These are the questions that an international … present in our daily lives, be it in health, social networks, industry, logistics, video games, or others. No …

Published on: Wed 12/01/2022 - 16:55

The closure of schools, Covid-19 and children’s mental health

… in children at the time of the school closures and detailed the various socio-economic factors associated with … on the same sphere, but its approach would be different. Together, we formulated a questionnaire which was broadened to … as many disciplines as possible,” sums up Alexandra Rouquette, a researcher from CESP, a public health physician and …

Published on: Wed 19/01/2022 - 14:29

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 understanding of these prodigious particle … some of the matter concentrated in the surrounding accretion disc, while another part escapes as an ultra-bright …

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

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

… complications be avoided? These are questions that the Prometheus University Hospital Institute (IHU), which comprises … parasitic or fungal infection with an acute and sudden onset. The disease is also defined by its long-term … thirty years, Djillali Annane is now head of the Prometheus University Hospital Institute (IHU), whose aim is to …

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

Nose, olfaction and fragrance: giving a sense to smell

… renewed public interest during the Covid-19 pandemic. And yet, scientists from a wide range of fields have been … capable, by creating multiple combinations, of smelling between ten thousand and one trillion (one billion billion) … transmit the signal to the brain. The brain then interprets it as a scent.   The first experimental structure of a …

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

AI for Covid-19: personalised and predictive care for patients

… varies greatly. Being able to predict a patient’s risk of deterioration at diagnosis, i.e. whether they will require respiratory assistance or need to be … Hospital – AP-HP, INRIA and the start-up Owkin have come together to tackle this urgent issue. The new AI tool produces …

Published on: Mon 01/02/2021 - 16:25