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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 … in France, developed progressively over the past six decades and, since 2006, has given rise to three Fields medals. …

Published on: Mon 01/04/2019 - 08:00

Quandela, the CNRS, Université Paris- Saclay and Université Paris Cité join forces to accelerate research and innovation in quantum photonics

… Quandela, the CNRS, Université Paris- Saclay and Université … CEO), Giancarlo Faini (Director of Centre for Nanoscience et Nanotechnology), Valérian Giesz (Quandela co-founder and … photonics, which has been developed since the late twentieth century, seeks to take advantage of the specifically …

Published on: Fri 15/11/2024 - 16:00

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 … specifically cleave APP to produce amyloid-beta peptides.”  Aβ40 and Aβ42 peptides, derived from APP cleavage, …

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

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

… to France, H.E. Junichi Ihara, was welcomed by the president of Université Paris-Saclay, Prof. Sylvie Retailleau, and the president of ENS Paris-Saclay, Prof. … to develop its training offering. The Paris-Sacaly hub includes one TTO, SATT Paris-Saclay , 6 incubators, a network of …

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 … case acrylamide) and a CKA results in a material which degrades very quickly in water (by about 70% in seven days)!” For …

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

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 … Are the tools used so far removed from one another? Despite their different approaches, do these two disciplines …

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

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 … develop and present a standard questionnaire, specifically designed to assess the effects of the health crisis, and to …

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

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. … my technology-oriented teaching, I had the opportunity to design practical work studying the advanced optoelectronic …

Published on: Fri 07/10/2022 - 15:05

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