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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 … (GHG) in France, among which, 45% of gas emissions are methane. Livestock farming, which produces 68% of all emitted … 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

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 … research potential in the field. It brings together 1,000 Master’s students each year and nearly 500 doctoral …

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

Pierre Gilles Lemarié-Rieusset: From wavelets to Navier-Stokes

… Pierre Gilles Lemarié-Rieusset: From wavelets to Navier-Stokes Pierre Gilles Lemarié-Rieusset: From … work”. It is easy to imagine the mathematician alone at his desk, far from the hustle and bustle of the world…and yet, …

Published on: Fri 03/06/2022 - 16:33

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 … generating gravitational waves. However, space-time is something very rigid and only small disturbances result from … 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

Marie Erard: A chemist tackling life head-on

… level. To achieve this, she is developing analytical methods based on fluorescence spectro-imaging. For the past … Erard discovered the field of chemistry coming from and destined for living organisms during an internship at the Pasteur Institute in her 1st year Master's degree. She passed her 'agrégation' in chemistry in …

Published on: Tue 19/12/2023 - 11:29

Camille Coron: a passion for applied mathematics

… to biology, particularly developing models for the genetics of biparental populations.  Camille Coron's daily … mathematics, which she discovered during her 2nd year master's at the Université Pierre et Marie Curie (now … 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

Claire de March: the discovery of the experimental structure of an olfactory receptor

… colours in 2005 at the Arsonval High School in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés. With her sights set on ISIPCA, a prestigious school specialising in … In 2008, she was accepted into a professional Master's programme and completed a work-study programme with …

Published on: Fri 15/03/2024 - 17:11

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

… bees, scientists identified the first clue: a correlation between the role of bees in a hive and their age. The … guarding the hive and fighting predators such as hornets, then foraging at the end of the bee's life. However, in … 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

… Rennes, where Frédéric Chevallier grew up reading Sciences et Vie magazine, particularly the articles on aerospace, … he learnt by heart. Later, he was inspired by a 2nd year Master's internship at the Dynamic Meteorology Laboratory … " 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

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 … the ‘École Mines ParisTech’ for two years. He completed a Master’s Advanced Studies Diploma (DEA) in materials science … 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

Environment, animals, humans: The one health approach

… our environment is full of dangers for human beings means rethinking medicine through the "one health" approach, which … liveable, including the fight against climate change, the detection of zoonoses, diseases carried by animals such as … worldwide. "Bee mortality is reaching a worrying and widespread level," stresses Fabrice Requier, research fellow …

Published on: Fri 15/12/2023 - 17:17

Curiosity detects new organic molecules: a step closer to the discovery of past life on Mars?

… Curiosity detects new organic molecules: a step closer to the discovery of past life on Mars? Curiosity detects new organic molecules: a step closer to the discovery … in the absence of a dense atmosphere, would otherwise destroy any organic molecules down to a depth of two metres …

Published on: Tue 25/03/2025 - 16:56