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Nuclear fusion: steps towards energy production

… in  L'Édition N.20 )   As stars do, several experimental devices are able to initiate nuclear fusion reactions, which … the world’s energy needs are and the calls for energy sobriety underline how difficult it is to reduce these needs … average speed, current, magnetic field, etc.,” explains Pierre Morel, from the LPP’s Magnetic Fusion team . “The …

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Jean-François Le Gall – a strange sort of menu for a mathematician

… sort of menu for a mathematician A member of the French Academy of Sciences, mathematician Jean-François Le Gall is a … that has decisively advanced the field of random geometry. Specifically, he is the first mathematician to have … research," he recalls. He became a professor at Université Pierre et Marie Curie, where he taught for twenty years, …

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Alzheimer’s disease: mysteries and new leads

… in  L'Édition  N.21 . Alzheimer’s disease is a neurodegenerative pathology that affects almost one million … with a very high prevalence and incidence rate,” says Yvette Akwa, researcher at the Diseases and Hormones of the … and especially to monitor the effectiveness of therapies.”    Steroids sulphates as treatment? At the DHNS, …

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

… Research When looking for the answer to a problem, is understanding the process that leads to the answer necessary? … 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 …

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

… one of the most asked since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. Opinions have been expressed on this subject, both in … 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 …

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Fabienne Goldfarb, from light-matter interaction to laser dynamics

… Paris-Saclay, ENS Paris-Saclay, CNRS, CentraleSupélec) and Deputy Director of Education at the Institute for the … and where, to put it simply, we had the opportunity to get our hands dirty!" says Fabienne Goldfarb from the outset. … to a Master's degree) in quantum physics at Université Pierre et Marie Curie (now Sorbonne Université), and then to …

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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 … such as innovative small molecules, nanomedicines, biotherapies and vaccines, as well as strategies to modulate …

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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 … in 2005, defended my PhD in astrophysics at Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris VI." After teaching a year …

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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 … land surface model, which was developed by the Institut Pierre-Simon Laplace (IPSL – Univ. Paris-Saclay, UVSQ, CNRS, …

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